GCSE results show Suffolk on the rise.
Friday, 16th October 2015.
Provisional GCSE results released today show Suffolk’s 16 year olds have performed better than the national figure for the first time since 2007.
The statistics from the Department for Education show 53.4% of Suffolk pupils achieved 5 or more A*-C grades including English and Maths. The national figure for all schools was 52.8%.
Suffolk’s results have increased by 2.6% from last year’s provisional results and see Suffolk rise 17 places in the overall league table, going from 124 to 107.
Suffolk is making significant improvements with a higher percentage of pupils making the expected levels of progress in English and Maths –the County climbs from 110th to 75th in Maths and from 119th to 87th in English. (Out of 151 Local Authorities)
Students making expected progress in English have narrowed the gap to the national figure, from a gap of 3.5% to 0.7%. Expected progress in Maths is now at the national figure; last year’s provisional results showed Suffolk as 3.6% below.
Councillor Lisa Chambers, Suffolk County Council’s cabinet member for education and skills, said: “Congratulations to all our students across the county for their excellent Key Stage 4 results. It’s extremely encouraging that these provisional results show Suffolk above the national figure. It is also very pleasing that progress has continued in the core subjects of English and Maths.
These latest figures show that students, parents and schools are working well together to achieve positive outcomes for our young people. Ofsted has recognised that our Raising the Bar strategy is moving us in the right direction, these results reaffirm this strategy is enacting the change we desired.”
The statistics from the Department for Education show 53.4% of Suffolk pupils achieved 5 or more A*-C grades including English and Maths. The national figure for all schools was 52.8%.
Suffolk’s results have increased by 2.6% from last year’s provisional results and see Suffolk rise 17 places in the overall league table, going from 124 to 107.
Suffolk is making significant improvements with a higher percentage of pupils making the expected levels of progress in English and Maths –the County climbs from 110th to 75th in Maths and from 119th to 87th in English. (Out of 151 Local Authorities)
Students making expected progress in English have narrowed the gap to the national figure, from a gap of 3.5% to 0.7%. Expected progress in Maths is now at the national figure; last year’s provisional results showed Suffolk as 3.6% below.
Councillor Lisa Chambers, Suffolk County Council’s cabinet member for education and skills, said: “Congratulations to all our students across the county for their excellent Key Stage 4 results. It’s extremely encouraging that these provisional results show Suffolk above the national figure. It is also very pleasing that progress has continued in the core subjects of English and Maths.
These latest figures show that students, parents and schools are working well together to achieve positive outcomes for our young people. Ofsted has recognised that our Raising the Bar strategy is moving us in the right direction, these results reaffirm this strategy is enacting the change we desired.”
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