Celebrating GCSE success

Pupils in Kensington and Chelsea have been celebrating their GCSE results, the first to return to completely pre-pandemic marking. Results across the borough show an increase in pupils achieving 9 to 5 in English and Maths compared to 2019 and across all subjects at grades 9 to 5 children in Kensington and Chelsea outperformed the national average by 16 per cent. 
 
Cllr Catherine Faulks, Lead Member for Family and Children’s Services, said: “Firstly can I say well done to every pupil for their hard work and I hope your results are what you wanted. It’s been incredibly challenging having the disruption of Covid for much of their schooling in the buildup to these exams and you all deserve to take a great deal of credit of getting through it all.
 
“I hope you are happy with your results, but if you haven’t got the grades you wanted, don’t despair, there are lots of options for you and your teachers are well placed to give you advice and help you decide what to do next.”

School results 

Cardinal Vaughan is celebrating 55.4 per cent of pupils getting grades 9 to 7, significantly up on the pre-pandemic level and well above the national average of 22.4 per cent.  A total of 17.1 per cent of grades were 9 in the school, compared to a national average of 4.9 per cent. 
 
Kensington Aldridge Academy had 70 per cent of students achieve 5 or above in English, compared to a national average of 55 per cent and a quarter of all grades were 9 to 7.  
 
At All Saints College nearly 90 per cent of pupils passed English and 80 per cent passed Maths. 
 
Chelsea Academy were celebrating excellent GCSE results after three years of disruption from Covid. It saw a strong return to pre pandemic levels, with 62 per cent of students achieving a grade 9 to 5 in both Maths and English. 
 
Pupils at the Ormiston Latimer Academy, which offers alternative provision were also celebrating excellent results with pupils going onto further study or into apprenticeships or straight into full time work. 
 
The headteacher of St Thomas More Language College in Chelsea, Dr Trevor Papworth, welcomed the hard work of his students saying: “Another very successful year for students, with significant increases in the number of students achieving the higher grades across the board, particularly in the sciences, where 60 per cent of single science students scored grade 7 and above across all three sciences and further maths, where 81 per cent achieved grade 7 or higher.”