BEST EVER GCSE RESULTS
21st Aug 2008
Record 54% at A*/A (up from 46% in 2007)
Record 82% at A*-B (up from 76% in 2007)
12 students achieve 9-12 A*/A grades
Top student achieves 11A*s and 1A
All Physics, Chemistry and Biology GCSE results A*/A
100% of students achieve at least 5A*-C grades
4 students gain A*/A grades up to 3 years early
Students at New Hall School, Chelmsford, are celebrating the best ever GCSE results. A record 54% of GCSE grades are at grades A*/A, up from 46% in 2007. Moreover, 12 students have achieved 9-12 A*/A grades. The highest performer has been awarded 11A*s and 1A.
A record 82% of all GCSE grades are at the top grades A*-B, up from 76% in 2007. 100% of students have achieved at least 5A*-C grades.
Principal, Katherine Jeffrey, said: “We are very proud of our students for these record achievements. These outstanding results are a testament to their ability and hard work and of course to the expertise and dedication of the teachers. We congratulate Year 11 on New Hall’s best ever GCSE results.”
Individual Student Successes
- Jany Asha Budahn has achieved 11A*s and 1A
- Laura Beatty has achieved 10A*s and 1A
- Hannah Myers has achieved 10A*s and 1A
- Emily Crisp has achieved 8A*s and 3As
- Harriet Wilson has achieved 7A*s and 4As
- Natalie Bateman has achieved 6A*s and 5As
- Amy Greenham has achieved 5A*s, 4As and 1B
- Stephanie Quick has achieved 5A*s, 4As and 3Bs
- Clare Fox has achieved 4A*s, 6 As and 1B
- Catherine Jones has achieved 3A*s and 7As
- Elizabeth Shepherd has achieved 3A*s and 7As
- Celia Catchpole has achieved 3A*s, 6As and 2Bs
New Hall students achieve 100% A*/A grades in sciences
Every GCSE result in Physics, Chemistry and Biology at New Hall is an A*/A grade this year. Katherine Jeffrey, Principal, said: “New Hall continues its tradition of excellence in science and we encourage many of our students to progress to science A Levels and degree courses. We are keen to challenge the national trend in which fewer students each year choose science options. We believe students need inspirational science teachers who can communicate the importance of these subjects for the future.”
4 students achieve A*/A grades up to 3 years early
As part of the Gifted and Talented programme at New Hall, a number of students take A Level and GCSE examinations early. 4 younger students have achieved an A*/A grade at GCSE:
- Caroline Flechtner, Year 8 (age 12), has achieved A* in German
- Maria Luisa Arias Neder, Year 9 (age 15), has achieved grade A* in Spanish
- Beatriz Alessio Robles, Year 10 (age 15), has achieved grade A in Art
- Shraiya Thapa, Year 10 (age 15), has achieved A* in English
This follows last week’s record A Level results at New Hall – a bumper year of top grades
Last week, records were also broken when the first co-educational Sixth Form cohort in New Hall’s 366-year history achieved the school’s best ever A Level results. A record 47% of grades were at the top grade A, up from 37% in 2007. 12 candidates achieved 3, 4 or 5 A grades at A2 Level and one student achieved 5As and 1B, winning his place at Cambridge University. In a remarkable total of 81 modules, students received a perfect score of 100%. 78% of grades were at the top grades A or B and 94% of grades were at A-C; these were all records for New Hall students. There was a 100% success rate overall.
New Hall’s ‘Diamond’ Model for Academic Success
New Hall was one of the first girls’ schools nationally to expand by establishing a Boys’ Division for 11-16 year olds and a large co-educational Sixth Form. The doors of the former girls’ convent school opened to senior boys in 2006 and a fourth and fifth Boarding House have now been successfully established for boys.
New Hall’s rare ‘diamond’ model structure enables boys and girls to be taught separately for five years, until the end of the GCSE courses. Principal, Katherine Jeffrey, said: “From the outset the initiative to educate senior boys and yet to continue the tradition of single-sex teaching met with overwhelming support. The school roll reaches 950 this September. The move has enhanced the school in so many ways and now these exceptional GCSE and A Level results are evidence that the academic performance has continued with its year-on-year improvement”.
