St Birinus School

St Birinus School is celebrating the excellent achievement of its students in their GCSE qualifications this

summer. Students in this Year 11 cohort have worked consistently hard and brought real determination

and character to their Key Stage 4 courses and to school culture more widely. We are delighted that the

grades awarded today genuinely recognise their commitment and ambition and allow students

progress onto the destinations that they desire.

 

• 70% of our 173 Year 11 students achieved a Grade 4 and above in English and Maths, and 50%

achieved Grade 5 or above in both. 

• 64% of students gained 5 GCSE passes including English and Maths (9-4) and 46% of students

gained 5 GCSE passes including English and Maths (9-5).

• 78% of students achieved Grade 4 and above in English and 79% achieved Grade 4 and above

in Maths. At Grade 5 and above, 61% were successful in English and 61% in Maths.

 

In summary, for the 173 students in Year 11 …

64% of students gained 5 GCSE passes including English and Maths (9 – 4)

50% of students gained 5 GCSE passes including English and Maths (9 – 5)

78% of students gained a grade 4 or above in English

61% of students gained a grade 5 or above in English

20% of students gained a grade 7 or above in English

79% of students gained a grade 4 or above in Maths

61% of students gained a grade 5 or above in Maths

31% of students gained a grade 7 or above in Maths

Overall Attainment 8 figure – 48

 

William Manning, Headteacher at St Birinus, said …

“The legacy of the pandemic made for a bumpy transition to secondary school for this cohort, but the

boys have demonstrated a most remarkable character and resilience. I am very pleased with the results

that they have achieved today and so excited for their next steps post 16.

As a professional community, St Birinus staff are incredibly proud - I am so very grateful for their

relentless hard work and drive, helping the boys realise their potential and delivering such commendable

outcomes today.”

 

Didcot Girls School

Today we congratulate our Year 11 students as they receive their GCSE results. We are so pleased that this hard-working cohort, who have been a pleasure to teach, have achieved such excellent results which allow them to progress to their sixth form, college or training course of choice.

We are delighted that 87% of our 262 Year 11 students achieved a Grade 4 and above in English and Maths, and 72% achieved Grade 5 or above in both.

83% of students gained 5 GCSE passes including English and Maths (9-4) and 69% of students gained 5 GCSE passes including English and Maths (9-5).

92% of students achieved Grade 4 and above in English and 88% achieved Grade 4 and above in Maths.

At Grade 5 and above, 83% were successful in English and 75% in Maths.

Results at the highest levels are excellent across all subjects with 42% of all grades at 7-9 and 25% at grades 8 or 9. 44 students achieved 6 or more grades 8 or 9.

In summary, for the 262 students:

- 83% of students gained 5 GCSE passes including English and Maths (9-4)

- 69% of students gained 5 GCSE passes including English and Maths (9-5)

- 92% of students gained a grade 4 or above in English

- 83% of students gained a grade 5 or above in English

- 45% of students gained a grade 7 or above in English

- 88% of students gained a grade 4 or above in Maths

- 75% of students gained a grade 5 or above in Maths

- 36% of students gained a grade 7 or above in Maths

- 42% of all entries were graded 9-7

-38% of students gained 5 or more grades 9-7

- 97% of students gained 5 GCSE passes (9-1) -

Overall attainment 8 figure: 58.46

As a school community, we celebrate the achievements of all our students but there are some exceptional individual performances that deserve special mention.

Mia Canpunar-Cubilie: 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8, 8, 8, 7

Lucy Capper: 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8, 8, 7

Faith Croft: 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8, 8, 7

Estelle Curwen: 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8, 7

Emily Darling: 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8

Holly Freshwater: 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9

Ruby-Anna Junkison-Goodman: 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8

Alice Kent: 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8

Aleena Khan: 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8, 8, 8

Lily King: 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 7, 7

Mary-Ann Maingi: 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 6

Alice Ramos: 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8, 7, 7, 6

Hannah Smillie: 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8, 6

Lyla Stott: 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8, 8, 7

Orla Sutton: 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 7

Imogen Tame: 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8, 8, 7, 7

Georgina Littler, Headteacher of Didcot Girls’ School, said:

“We are extremely proud of all of our students this year. They have achieved an excellent set of results and thoroughly deserve their success. The exceptional performance of this cohort is testament to the consistent hard work of students and staff alike and we are looking forward to celebrating each individual achievement with our school community. We wish all of Year 11 the very best of luck with their next steps and look forward to welcoming back a large number to our outstanding Sixth Form."