Private School News

Merchant Taylors’ School GCSE – Another record year …

Thursday 24th August 2006
It’s not clear who was more nervous this morning – the pupils or those parents who came in with them! Several mums and dads arrived early, because their sons were away – and these were the most nervous, as they then had to ring and pass on the news. Of course, the anticipation is always far worse than the reality, particularly as this year’s results were very pleasing.

You could say they were pleased!

This year’s results were outstanding.

In summary:
- 57% of all results were grade A* or A, with 23% being the top A* grade
- 100% of results were grade A to G – in other words, every exam taken was passed – using the Government’s figures
- 96% of results were grade A to C – the more traditional “pass” grades
- 21 pupils gained straight grade A (or A*) results
- 3 of these gained an outstanding 9 straight A*s
- 4 gained 10 straight A*/As
- and there were a further 12 who gained 8 results at A* or A
- 2 boys’ marks were amongst the top five in the country

The Headmaster said, “We are once again very pleased with the GCSE results. Twenty of our boys achieved a set of straight A or A*s. In this age of concern over falling standards, I was delighted, for example, that all our boys passed Mathematics with grades A* – C”

We congratulate all the boys on their hard work and well-deserved successes. Hopefully they can enjoy the last few days of the summer, before returning to start on their A-level courses. We wish them all well with the next, and most exciting stage of their school careers