GCSE Results 2011 Top GCSE success with a Spanish twist. Alsager School celebrates GCSE results that mark a quarter of its GCSE students achieving A*‐A. Headteacher David Black said: ‘We are delighted with our GCSE results and in par cular the results of our most able. Based on this performance A level grades should be excep onal.’ GCSE Spanish received 100% A‐C with 81% of its students achieving A*‐A. ‘Par cular congratula‐ ons to Spanish students and their teachers. This is the first year that we have entered students for GCSE Spanish and what a huge success it has been.’ David Black con nued. ‘I am sure that A lev‐ el Spanish in our sixth form will be phenomenal’. Par cular success stories are that of Hope Bristow who achieved 8A*, 3 A. Alice Thomas 9 A*, 2A, 1B. Gregory Godley who secured 7A*, 4A. Ricky Fiore 6A*, 3A, 1B. Along with so many other stu‐ dents that secured this phenomenal rate of A/A*. As well as this outstanding numbers of top grades, Alsager School can now boast 85.4% A*‐C and 71.8% including English and Maths. A local school with results to be proud of. Sonia Cross, Deputy Head, said: ‘I am really looking forward to welcoming these students along with students from elsewhere into our sixth form which is riding high on such great success.’
A Level Results—2011 Well over half of the students achieved A*‐B at A level. Alsager School has once again achieved the enviable accolade of well over half of its students achiev‐ ing A*‐B at A level. ‘I am yet again gra fied that all of our students who worked so hard have achieved such great success.’ said headteacher David Black. Amongst these successful results are Tony Boardman and Catherine Turner who both achieved 2 A* and an A! ‘As well as an incredible academic achievement both students are talented musicians and have been a constant presence in the musical performances at Alsager School over the last 7 years.’ con nued David Black. Tony along with band mate Sam Kerr are well known locally as they are mem‐ bers of the up and coming band ‘The Flares’. Sam Kerr along with Hannah Donkin and deputy head boy O o Warman achieved an A*, A, A. Another student, Tom Price, overcame a broken back injury to achieve A,B,B a real testament to his commitment and hard work. Meanwhile his brother, Ma hew Price along with Peter Collins both achieved an A in AS Maths despite only being 16 years old! Deputy Head, Sonia Cross, said ‘I’m really looking forward to the start of term; to welcoming a new Sixth Form intake who have already achieved massively and know they are entering a learning envi‐ ronment where everything is possible. Along with our brand new state of the art Performing Arts
Centre these are very exci ng mes at Alsager.’
How the results look
GCSE 2011 86% 5A* ‐ C 72% 5A* ‐ C (inc E&M)
A Level A2 51% A* ‐ B
AS Level 40% A – B
How do we compare to others in Cheshire East? � GCSE
DfE No School name Sandbach High School and Sixth Form Col4123 lege
% 5+ A* - C inc GCSE % 5+ A* Eng & APS Eng A* to Ma A* to Maths (uncapped) % 5+ A* - G -C C C 94.3%
83.5%
457.0
100.0%
91.0%
85.4%
4165 Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School
92.3%
80.6%
522.7
98.5%
91.3%
83.7%
4612 St Thomas More Catholic High School,
96.7%
78.7%
561.0
99.2%
89.3%
82.0%
4220 Brine Leas High School
97.6%
77.7%
621.4
98.1%
85.8%
82.5%
4121 Alsager School
85.5%
71.8%
456.1
97.4%
77.5%
76.7%
5401 Fallibroome High School
82.8%
71.0%
432.0
98.3%
82.8%
75.6%
6010 Sandbach School
75.8%
71.0%
424.3
97.8%
80.1%
85.5%
4211 Poynton High School
91.4%
70.2%
480.7
99.6%
85.3%
73.5%
4225 Wilmslow High School
79.6%
69.7%
435.7
94.7%
73.9%
83.5%
4226 Congleton High School
92.8%
69.1%
598.6
98.9%
76.2%
72.9%
88.7%
74.6%
490.5
98.8%
83.0%
80.3%
4163 Knutsford High School
87.3%
63.2%
538.9
96.9%
77.6%
68.4%
4144 Shavington High School
82.8%
62.6%
480.8
96.3%
77.3%
66.9%
4227 Eaton Bank School
74.1%
62.0%
419.7
94.3%
77.2%
69.6%
4143 Malbank School and Sixth Form College
84.6%
62.0%
354.0
99.0%
82.7%
64.4%
4116 Tytherington High School
73.1%
62.0%
415.0
96.6%
71.6%
66.8%
4801 All Hallows Catholic College
83.2%
58.1%
354.9
98.3%
71.5%
62.6%
4127 Middlewich High School
69.5%
53.9%
384.6
93.6%
66.7%
61.7%
Ruskin Sports and Languages College, a 4139 Community High School
62.3%
49.2%
406.5
100.0%
51.5%
73.1%
4223 Kings Grove School
76.8%
45.7%
463.0
97.4%
53.0%
55.0%
5402 Macclesfield High School
62.3%
40.2%
408.3
92.6%
55.7%
43.4%
4803 Sir William Stanier Community School
76.2%
33.5%
474.0
93.2%
47.1%
46.6%
895 CHESHIRE EAST
How do our A Levels compare to others in Cheshire East? ‐ A Level
2011
Post 16 Summary Results - 2011
2011 GCE A level
APS No. of
DfE
No. of
No. of A LevStustuel Per dents Per dents En- A LevCandiaged Entry tries el APS endate 16 to tered 18
No. of entries achieving grades……
A*
A
B
C
D
E
% of % of % of entries entries entries achiev- achiev- achieving ing ing grades grades grades A* - A A* - B A* - E
4225 Wilmslow High School 5401 The Fallibroome Academy
475 340
210 162
780.4 936.0
232.4 230.0
530 531
234.5 237.8
43 58
133 135
169 164
112 103
50 46
16 21
33.2% 36.3%
65.1% 67.2%
98.7% 99.2%
4801 All Hallows Catholic High School 4116 Tytherington High School 6010 Sandbach School 4121 Alsager School
204 189 202 235
85 96 86 119
918.4 726.0 758.0 685.8
229.6 223.0 218.0 217.6
291 271 259 375
236.1 226.9 225.2 218.2
22 18 13 17
81 69 58 62
81 48 69 109
76 70 61 98
26 45 43 51
1 21 11 27
35.4% 32.1% 27.4% 21.1%
63.2% 49.8% 54.1% 50.1%
98.6% 100.0% 98.5% 97.1%
Poynton High School & Perform4211 ing Arts College
333
159
804.3
214.4
488
227.7
35
107
126
120
58
39
29.1%
54.9%
99.4%
Sandbach High School & Sixth 4123 Form College 4163 Knutsford High School 4227 Eaton Bank School
276 180
116 136 94
890.8 736.4 752.1
211.2 210.2 209.8
365 410 260
223.8 216.8 220.5
22 27 20
70 70 42
109 99 52
83 98 74
50 65 49
24 39 21
25.2% 23.7% 23.8%
55.1% 47.8% 43.8%
98.1% 97.1% 99.2%
Malbank School & Sixth Form 4143 Centre 4226 Congleton High School
281 191
145 81
721.7 732.0
208.1 208.0
396 227
218.9 218.1
16 7
62 41
103 50
107 63
68 40
38 26
19.7% 21.1%
45.7% 43.2%
99.5% 100.0%
Holmes Chapel Comprehensive 4165 School 5402 Macclesfield High School
185 97
82 52
699.9 658.9
202.4 198.0
206 147
219.0 206.7
11 10
40 7
50 29
54 46
31 41
14 10
24.8% 11.6%
49.0% 31.3%
97.1% 97.3%