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College Pushes The Boundaries With Phenomenal GCSE Success
August 27th, 2009
Sheer hard work and determination at Tollbar Business and Enterprise College has led to 86.2%, or 275 out of 319 GCSE students gaining 5 plus A*- C grades, including English and Maths, today.
This is a phenomenal 5% increase from last year and shows just what can be achieved when a comprehensive school with an average intake entry continues to push the boundaries.
Tollbar focuses on traditional subjects, and this year basic skills are being seen as the most important measure of school performance for employers and further education providers. In this respect the college's students have surpassed expectations with an incredible 99.7% (318 students) achieving 5 or more grades at A*-C across all GCSE subjects.
Nationally reports show that fewer teenagers are leaving school with a decent grounding in basic subjects, yet students at Tollbar continue to buck this trend as the results below show:
Students achieving A*-C grades this year:
English
89%
ICT
100%
In addition to this, 93.7% of students achieved a Level 2 qualification in Functional English and Maths.
A more comprehensive indicator of Tollbar's success is the comparison with national figures for the number of students gaining passes in English, Maths, Science and Modern Foreign Languages. At Tollbar more than double the number of students pass than the national average.
This all bodes well for students taking the International Baccalaureate at Tollbar Sixth Form, where students continue to study a MFL language as part of their broader curriculum.
Tollbar Principal, David Hampson, OBE, said today:
"I am ecstatic with our results given that this is the worst time in recent memory for young people to obtain employment."
"These results maximise their opportunity to fulfil their potential in either employment or further study, and is an indication of what can be achieved given the right educational environment and the talent that exists in the young people of this country."
