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NEWBURY NEWS GCSE RESULTS

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Newbury Weekly News

Hurst is best in county for science once again Headteacher says ‘I always want more, but I am ver y pleased with the students ’ Report by CHARLOTTE BOOTH email charlotte.booth@newburynews.co.uk twitter @charlotteb_nwn

THE HURST have been really successful this year.” Top performers Oliver O’Malley and Ellie Baird each achieved nine grade 9/8s. Oliver said: “My results are great. They were better than what I was expecting.” He plans to go to Peter Symonds College, Winchester, to study A-levels in mathematics, further mathematics, chemistry and psychology. Ellie plans to go to Queen Mary’s College, Basingstoke, to study A-levels in biology, chem- istry and mathematics. She said: “I don’t know how it happened. It’s crazy. I didn’t expect it at all.” She celebrated her results by going to Reading Festival for the first time.

THE Community College, Baughurst, is celebrat- ing a triple science success, surpassing last year’s results. Last year, the college was best in Hampshire for chemistry and physics and it has managed to top that with this year’s results. More than 60 per cent of pupils gained top grades 9/8 in biology, chemistry and physics and 76 per cent attained grade 4 or higher in English, mathematics and science. More than 20 per cent of the cohort achieved grades 9 to 7 in mathematics, geography and reli- gious studies. Headteacher Roger Jones said: “I’m very pleased with the results. “I always want more, but I am very pleased with the students who have worked really hard and Hurst

GCSE celebrations at The W illink

THE WILLINK Impressive English results

Marshall, Louis Le Bellego, Alexandra Young, Callum Skel- ton, Felix Rogers, Neil Joseph and Aiden Gosling. Headteacher Peter Fry said: “Students, staff, parents and governors of The Willink School are today celebrating another year of outstanding examination results. “With success across the board, results in English and mathematics were particularly impressive, with 92 per cent of students achieving at least a grade 4 in English and three quarters of students achieved a grade 5 or higher – defined by the Government as a ‘strong pass’ or better. “My thanks also go to our staff, who have worked tirelessly in supporting our students gain- ing such great results.”

AT The Willink School, Burghfield Common, the percentage of top grades 9-7 (the old A*-A) was almost 29 per cent, breaking the school’s previous best. In total, 86 per cent of pupils gained GCSE grades 4-9 in English and mathematics, while 64 per cent gained GCSE grades 5-9 in the two subjects. In the English Baccalaureate, 5.38 was the average points score. The following pupils achieved at least eight GCSE grades 9-7: Oliver Smith, Arianna Prosser, Sophie Ashton, Alex Hulley, Finlay Harrison, Beckie Edwards, Bea Cottee, Naomi Barlow, James Read, Daniel Penney, Jenny Hewison, Francesca Laven, Oliver Philpott, Hannah Mott, Mia

Asha Raja, 16, four 9s, four 7s and an A*; Johnathan Lund, 16 , one 9, two 8s, one 7, one 6, two 3s and a B; T om Reynolds, 16, three 8s, two 7s, two 6s, two 5s, one 4 and a C

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