Great GCSE Results at Hampshire Collegiate School

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20 August 2015

GCSE RESULTS FOR HAMPSHIRE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL

~ 35% of GCSEs achieve A* or A~

Pupils and staff at Hampshire Collegiate School (HCS) are celebrating today after receiving the school's GCSE results, with 13% of grades being awarded at A* level.

An impressive 90% of pupils gained five or more A*-C GCSEs and 60% of all grades awarded were at A*-B.

Emma-Kate Henry, Principal of Hampshire Collegiate School, said:

"I am very pleased with these GCSEs results. They reflect a great deal of hard work on the part of the pupils and staff. We are all very proud that 35% of all grades are A or A*. This is particularly impressive for a School that is not narrowly academically selective. Our goal is to instil academic ambition and for every young person to perform up to or beyond their potential. We analyse baseline data and use this to set ambitious targets for our pupils. We are delighted that this happened in a great many exams and subjects within the headline GCSE results. We congratulate all of our pupils and take great interest in the next steps in their education.

We are looking forward to maintaining and building on our excellent standards and striving to provide the very best Sixth Form experience for our young men and women in order to prepare them for an ever changing world. We have newly refurbished facilities and have implemented a very robust programme of individual pastoral and tutorial support designed to assist that".

Amidst the whole-school success, some notable individual achievements stood out, including:

• Harriet Abraham being awarded 8 A*/A grades
• Romané Basset was awarded 10 A*/A grades
• Matthew Fyson gained 9 A*/A grades
• James Houston achieved 9 A*/A grades
• Toby Houston was awarded 9 GCSEs including 8 at A*/A
• Rhiannon Leighton gained 9 GCSEs where 8 of them were A*/A
• Archie Lyon-Maris's results included 8 GCSEs at A*/A
• Isabel Manuel also gained 8 GCSEs at A*/A
• Sarah Matthews's achieved 9 GCSEs at A*/A
• Emma Perriam's grades included 9 at A*/A
• Jade Phillips' results also included 9 at A*/A
• Emily Pitt-Pitts achieved 9 A*/A grades
• Freya Snart also achieved 9 A*/A grade GCSEs
• Leo Tongue's results included 7 A*/A grades
• Esme Toth achieved 8 A*/A grade GCSEs

Student Quotes:

HCS student Romané Basset, from New Milton who achieved 10 A*/A grades said: "My results were really good, I am so pleased!" Romané will be studying A Level: English, Psychology, French and Geography at HCS in September.

Jade Phillips, from Romsey, achieved 8 A* and 2 As and will also be staying at HCS to study A Levels in Chemistry, Biology, Maths and History, simply said she was "Ecstatic!"

Rhiannon Leighton: 5A* 3As 1B. "Ecstatic!" from Wellow

Mat Fyson (boarder) from Surrey going on to study Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Economics at A Level said he was "Relieved!"

Isabel Manuel: 3A* 4As and 1B said she was "Really Happy!" going on to study Chemistry, Maths, Physics and Photography at A Level.

Archie Lyon-Maris from Marchwood is going to study A Level Classics, Music, Geography and Graphics.

ENDS

For further information call Susannah Rendall on 01794 527306.