Almost half of all GCSE grades were equivalent to A or A* at Charter School North Dulwich this year.
43 per cent of grades achieved grade 7 to 9, although this was slightly down on 2019 (44 per cent) – the last set of pre-pandemic results.
Headteacher Mark Pain said: “We are extremely proud of the achievements of every one of our Year 11 students whose hard work and commitment to excellence in their education has led to these fantastic GCSE results.
“These results give our young people a strong foundation from which to progress to the next stage of their education and fulfil their hopes and ambitions.”
Across the year group, a stunning 86 per cent of students attained standard passes (grade 4 to 9) in the core subjects of English and Maths.
15 per cent of all GCSEs were given grade 9 – the highest possible – although this was down from 18 per cent in 2022.
However, it should be noted that students in 2022 were working under different circumstances, with grades determined by their teacher’s assessments rather than external examiners.
The school has highlighted several “exceptional individual performances” including Carly Addison (eight grade 9s, three grade 8s), Barley Page (ten grade 9s), Nancy Hayes (nine Grade 9s, two Grade 8s, and more.
It also praised the “exceptional process” made by others including Rocco Savini (seven grade 9 to 7), Joshua Headlam Charles (eight grade 9-7) and Sami Elkhawad (eight grade 9-7).
GCSE grades explained
The number scale is not directly equivalent to the old letter scale, which changed in 2014, but this is how they roughly match up:
- The three number grades – 9, 8 and 7 – correspond to the two previous top grades of A* and A
- The bottom of grade 7 is aligned with the bottom of grade A
- The bottom of grade 4 is aligned with the bottom of grade C
- The bottom of grade 1 is aligned with the bottom of grade G
Exams watchdog Ofqual has said grade 9s “identify exceptional performance” and as such, fewer will have been awarded nationally than A*s (pre-2014).