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16 GCSE EXAM RESULTS
The headteachers of the three designated Local Authority secondary schools serving West
which are displayed in the format requred by the Department For Education (as a percentage

Bradon Forest School Greendown Community School
Purton Grange Park
Headteacher: Mr tan Perkins Hoadteacher: Mr Ian Matthews GREENDOWN
Tel: (0793) 770570 Tel: (0793) 874224
Once again Bradon Forest School We wish to celebrate the achieve- In comparison with last year - our with at least one GCSE.
examination results have been the ments of ourstudents and recognise first public examinations - all the There is much to feel very pleased
best in the school's history. in some cases the considerable suc- results show a dramatic increase. with in these results, but we are by
In summary: cesses represented by grades other We congratulate all the students no means complacent. The staff at
i) An average number of 5.26 than those at A-C. It is particularly and staff for their hard work and Greendown know of many students
grades A-C per pupil on roll the pleasing to acknowledge those stu- parents for their support. who performed exceptionally well,
previousJanua ry was achieved; this dents who join us with learning dif- Although there has been an im- but we also know of some who un-
compares favourably with our av- ficulties yet leave with successful provement over the whole country, derachieved. We continue to recog-
erages of 2.94, 3.16, 3.23, 3.43 and examination results. the Greendown improvement has nise that we need to work on those
4.52 in years 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 Achievements in GCSE apart, the far exceeded any national figure. students, particularly some of the
and 1991 respectively. successes of our students in the City Last year, our overall result was boys who are capable of better per-
50.8% of pupils on roll gained 5 and Guild's Pre-vocational course,
ii) equal to the result over the whale of formance.
grades A-C or more, 36.4% gained 8 our Basic Skills courses in Geogra- Wiltshire when the GCSE was in- With our increasing experience of
or more and 26.5% gained 10 or phy and History and instrumental troduced in 1987. This year, our the public examination system and
more grades A-C. Music examinations must also be overall result is similarto that of the hard workby students and staff, we
89.4% of the year group achieved recognised.
iii) LEA - other schools achieving the shall continue to raise the standards
5 grades A-C or more -the full range Successful exam results need to improvement in five years, Green- of pupil achievement.
of pass grades - from the 91.7% of be considered in a wider context. down achieving it in just one. One final quite outstanding as-
the year group who were entered There has been considerable service The girls achieving grades A-C, pect of the results, not shown in the
for 5 GCSEs or more to the local community, outstand- for example, increased by over one statistics below, are the grades for
99.2% - all students on roll in ing sporting performances at local,
iv) third to a figure of 55%. The boys those students who were 'early en-
January, apart from one who left us regional and national levels, and showed an even larger increase of tries' in Mathematics.
to share her success with another many otherextra-curricularactivities. nearly three times the previous fig- Whilst early entry is not uncom-
school, entered for at least one GCSE Finally it is worth highlighting ure to just under 30%. mon, the grades for students in Year
examination. This reflects our policy the process as well as the product. The statistics are of course affected 9 were exceptional, with all nine
of entering all pupils who start Our students should enjoy and ap- by the fact that the year group had students entered achieving grade A-
courses and who show commitment preciate the processes leading to their 12% of boys with statements of edu- C ,four students achieving grade A.
to study, regardless of whether we success. In this way, not only will cational need - a disproportionate In Year 10, with a larger entry, al-
are confident they will achieve a they leave Bradon Forest with use- figure in comparison with other ready 16% of the year group has
pass grade or not. able qua lifications, but also they will schools. This clearly has an effect on achieved a grade A -C in mathemat-
78.8% of the year group achieved have become mature young adults, the statistics. ics. The results of these students is a
at least I grade A-C, and 98.5% well equipped with a whole range All grades have improved, with most positive indicator of results to
achieved at least I grade AG. of social and other skills, ready to considerably more pupils achiev- come in the future and strongly sug-
v) 31% of the subject entries re- meet the opportunities, responsibili- ing the top grades than last year. gests that the staff and students are
sulted in success at grades A or B - a ties and experience of adult life. over 65% of the year group got at capable of delivering exam results
pleasing improvement on the 1991 We wish them to regard learning least one grade A-C. Every one of which are comparable to the very
figure of 27.8%. as a desirable life-long process. the Year I I students left Greendown best elsewhere.

Year 11 pupils on roll -132 (69 boys, 63 girls) Year 11 pupils on roll -128 (60 boys, 68 girls)
Entered Awarded Awarded Entered Awarded Awarded Entered Awarded Awarded Entered Awarded Awarded
5+ 5+A-C 5+A-G 1+ 1+A-C 1+A-G 5+ 5+A-C 5+A-G 1+ 1+A-C 1+A-G
60
60 69 49 68
Boys 62 29 Boys 60 16 52 60 32
Girls 59 55 62 Girls 68 37 67 68 52 68
38 58 62

128
Total 121 67 118 131 104 130 Total 128 53 119 128 84

Boys 90% 42% 87% Boys 100% 27% 87% 100% 54% 100%
100% 71% 99%
Girls 94% 60% 92% 98% 87% 98% Girls 100% 55% 98% 100% 76% 100%

Total 92% 51% 89% 99% 79% 98% Total 100% 41%
100%
66% 100%
93%
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