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A Level results – records smashed again!
Pupils at Yarm School are celebrating record-breaking A-Level passes as their results were published this morning.
Of all the examinations taken by Yarm School pupils, a phenomenal 83% were awarded an A or B grade, smashing last years performance by over 15%! Overall, the pass rate was 100% again, with a staggering 95% of all papers achieving the benchmark A-C grade – up 8% on last year.
The extraordinary set of results particularly pleased Headmaster, David Dunn, as they are based largely on traditional subjects like Mathematics, the Sciences and languages – considered key indicators of success by Universities and the CBI.
He commented: “The quality of this year’s results surpassed even my expectations, and it’s great that pupils have received such good grades in subjects that are seen to be more rigourous and challenging. One third of our outgoing Upper Sixth Form sat Mathematics A Levels – 20 out of 24 of them received A grades. I already have three letters from the exam board congratulating pupils on their performance in scoring one of the top 10 marks in the country. 5 pupils took Further Mathematics, recording 4 A grades and one B.
“Pupils also recorded a very strong set of results in Science, while everyone who sat a Language A Level was awarded an A or a B grade.”
An incredible 25% of the year group was awarded straight A grades, and virtually all pupils will go on to University next year, a good proportion of them heading to Oxbridge and highly respected Red Brick Universities.
Particularly pleased with his results is Paul Stubley, of Marton, last year’s head of school, who attained 5 straight A grades and follows in his elder brothers’ footsteps to study at Oxford, where he will read Physics at Worcester College. Joining him at Oxford are twins Matthew and Jonathan Cornford from Nunthorpe. Both gained the necessary grades to study their chosen subjects – Classics for Matthew at Lady Margaret Hall, Physiological Science for Jonathan at Keble College.
Congratulations, too, to Gavin Fourie, who attained 5 straight A grades, and was given a letter from the exam board informing him he had scored one of the top 10 marks in the country in his Further Maths paper. Gavin is looking forward to starting a Physics degree at Brasenose College, Oxford.
The wait for results has been an anxious one for Bethany Longstaff of Middlesbrough. Earlier this year the exam board lost one of her History papers, causing her a considerable amount of stress! After some strong representation on her behalf from Yarm School, and the appropriate consideration from the Examination board, Bethany was awarded an A grade, and now goes on to study English at Exeter University.
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Only GCSE grades A*, A, B or C are regarded by Yarm School as passes.
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2008 |
5 yr. av. |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
| Number of A* and A grades as a % of passes |
63%
(A* 32%) |
55%
(A* 25%) |
63%
(A* 27%) |
55%
(A*25%) |
52%
(A*20%) |
49%
(A*20%) |
| Number of A*, A & B grades as a % of passes |
86% |
84% |
90% |
81% |
83% |
78% |
| Overall pass rate (Total number of papers passed at A*, A, B, C as a percentage of the number sat) |
97% |
97% |
99% |
98% |
97% |
96% |
| Average number of passes per candidate at the end of Fifth Year |
9.3 |
9.7 |
9.7 |
9.9 |
9.9 |
9.9 |
SUBJECT PASS RATES EXPRESSED AS PERCENTAGES
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2008 |
5 yr. av. |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
COMPULSORY CORE - ALL PUPILS
Note (1)
English Language
English Literature
Mathematics Note (2)
Biology
Chemistry Note (3)
Physics
French
German Note (4)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
OPTIONS Note (6)
Art
Business Studies
Classical Studies
DT Systems Control
DT Resistant Materials
Geography
History
Latin Note (5)
Music
P.E.
R.S.
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100
94
99
100
100
100
84
97
100
98
100
100
100
96
100
78
100
100
94 |
100
97
99
100
99
100
92
98
100
87
100
100
99
96
99
96
100
100
99
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100
100
100
100
98
100
96
100
100
97
100
100
100
97
100
100
100
100
100 |
99
99
100
100
100
100
93
100
100
85
100
100
95
100
98
100
100
100
100 |
100
95
99
100
100
98
91
95
100
77
100
100
100
93
100
100
100
100
100
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99
99
97
100
98
100
96
92
100
78
100
100
100
95
98
100
100
100
100 |
Note 1 All pupils take the seven compulsory subjects.
Note 2 The top set take GCSE Mathematics at the end of their fourth year and go on to sit units of AS
level Mathematics in their fifth year.
Note 3 Some pupils do “Double Award” science instead of “separate subject” sciences.
Note 4 At least one foreign language is compulsory. Some pupils offer two foreign languages.
Note 5 Pupils taking Latin GCSE also take Classics in their fourth year.
Note 6 All pupils add three “option subjects” to the compulsory core.
Izza Saqib, Katherine Rostami and Sophie Wilson receiving more great results |
Ronan Burrows-O'Donoghue - 13A stars |
Tim Spratt, Alex Harding and Christopher Granville
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YARM SCHOOL A-LEVEL EXAMINATION DATA OVER 5 YRS
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2008 |
5 yr av. |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
Overall Pass Rate
(excluding General Studies)
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100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
Overall Pass Rate
(including General Studies)
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98.0% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
Average number of A levels
per candidate (incl. GS)
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4.5 |
4.4 |
4.5 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
4.2 |
Number of A grades as a % of Passes
(excl. GS) |
46% |
40% |
42% |
41% |
32% |
38% |
Number of A and B grades as a % of Passes
(excl. GS) |
83% |
69% |
68% |
67%
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65%
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63%
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UCAS Points* per candidate (incl. GS)
(excl. GS) |
452
376 |
415
338 |
424
339 |
416
338 |
397
324 |
385
313 |
*A = 120, B = 100 etc.
YARM SCHOOL BREAKS INTO UK TOP 50
On the back of a tremendous set of examination results,  Yarm School is celebrating its inclusion in the independents Schools’ Council (ISC) GCSE league tables published in the Times and Daily Telegraph.
For the first time ever, the performance of Yarm School’s pupils has merited a place in the top 50 schools in the country! This reinforces our reputation as the top school in the region, either single-sex or co-educational.
We are delighted that our pupils’ and staffs’ efforts have been rewarded these tables, as the Government persist in ignoring the more challenging International GCSE for its own tables, thus penalising the school despite many IGCSE pupils attaining A*’s.
Our Pupils study traditional subjects, like languages and individual Sciences, so deserve real praise for their outstanding results.
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