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Higham Lane School

Higham Lane School

Students Perform Exceptionally Well In GCSE Qualifications!

Higham Lane School is delighted to announce that students have performed exceptionally well in the 2019 GCSE qualifications.

76% of students achieved 5 or more Standard Passes including at least grade 4 in English and Maths, an increase of 6 percentage points compared with 2018. 57% achieved 5 or more Strong Passes including at least grade 5 in English and Maths (up 8 percentage points).

89% of students achieved a grade 4 or above in English (up 3 percentage points), 86% in Maths (up 11 percentage points), 81% in both English and Maths (up 9 percentage points) and 81% in at least 2 Sciences (up 8 percentage points).

Over a quarter of all GCSE grades awarded were the highest GCSE grades of 9-7.

Headteacher, Phil Kelly, commented: “There are many excellent individual performances to celebrate by students of all abilities.”

Among the School's top performers were Grace Phillips (7 x grade 9, 5 x grade 8), Michaella Gapelbe-Santander (6 x grade 9, 4 x grade 8, 3 x grade 7 and 1 x grade 6), Zaynah Mulla (6 x grade 9, 3 x grade 8, 3 x grade 7), Dasol Kim (6 x grade 9, 2 x grade 8, 2 x grade 7, 1 x grade 6), Grace Geary (4 x grade 9, 6 x grade 8, 2 x grade 7), Lucas Brindley (3 x grade 9, 4 x grade 8, 5 x grade 7), Holly Moore (3 x grade 9, 3 x grade 8, 3 x grade 7), Evie Bottomley (3 x grade 9, 2 x grade 8, 3 x grade 7, 3 x grade 6), Ryan Sullivan (2 x grade 9, 7 x grade 8, 2 x grade 7 and 1x grade 6) Chloe Ireland (2 x grade 9, 6 x grade 8, 3 x grade 7) and Maryam Khalifa (1 x grade 9, 7 x grade 8, 3 x grade 7).

Mr Kelly added: “The students have worked extremely hard, effectively supported by our highly-skilled and dedicated team of teaching and support staff and encouraged by their families/carers.  Once again, Higham Lane School continues to excel. These results are very pleasing following the School’s Outstanding inspection judgement by Ofsted back in May and our exciting plans to open a new free school in Weddington in 2022. It’s a time to celebrate!”