Top Pupils – pictured from left are Juliette Ball, Elizabeth Dobson, Harvey Homer and Darcey Joia
Top Pupils – pictured from left are Juliette Ball, Elizabeth Dobson, Harvey Homer and Darcey Joia

Ashville College celebrates GSCSE success

22 August 2019

Harrogate’s Ashville College is celebrating the successes of its GCSE results with more than half (52 per cent) of all grades achieving a 9, 8 or 7, the equivalent of an A*/A and ten per cent higher than in 2018.

Whilst more than two thirds (70 per cent) of grades were awarded a 9 – 6 (B or above), which is a seven per cent rise on last year, a third of all grades were 9 and/or 8, equivalent to A* – a ten per cent rise.

Many departments including maths (higher), further maths, English language, chemistry, biology, physics and art achieved a 100 per cent pass rate.

Darcey Joia
Darcey Joia

Individual successes saw Darcey Joia passing all nine subjects with a clean sweep of 9s – the equivalent of A*+s – and, taking into account she also passed two subjects last year with 9s, this takes her tally to an incredible 11 9s!

Four pupils – Juliette Ball, Ansel Bayly, Elizabeth Dobson and Harvey Homer all passed their GCSEs with either a 9 or an 8 – equivalent to all A*s.

A further five pupils, Paul Cheung, Callum Johnson, Ping-An Limmanee, Charlotte Parris and Oscar Tso all achieved grades of 9, 8 or 7, the equivalent to all A*/As.

High Achievers – Delighted pupils from Harrogate’s Ashville College
High Achievers – Delighted pupils from Harrogate’s Ashville College

Ashville College’s Headmaster Richard Marshall said: “This is an outstanding set of GCSE results, and I could not be any prouder of this year’s cohort and our teachers.

“Having more than 50 per cent of pupils achieving a 9, 8 or 7 – ten per cent more than last year – is incredibly pleasing and a testament to their two years of hard work.

“I’m delighted to say that the majority of last year’s Year 11 pupils will return to Ashville in a few  weeks as Sixth Formers, ready to make the most of their final two years at this inspirational school.”

Headline figures for 2019’s GCSE results are:

18 per cent of all grades were graded 9 – the equivalent to a A*+, and nine per cent higher than last year
A third of all grades were 9 and/or 8, equivalent to A* – ten per cent higher than in 2018
52 per cent of all grades were graded at 9, 8 and 7 – the equivalent of A*/A and a ten per cent rise on last year
70 per cent of grades were awarded at 9, 8, 7, 6 – equivalent to B or above, a seven per cent rise on 2018
95 per cent of all grades were 9 to 4
Many departments including maths (higher), further maths, English language, chemistry, biology, physics and art achieved a 100 per cent pass rate

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