Despite the many challenges that our students have faced during the Covid Crisis, Nottingham High School students are celebrating again this week after achieving an outstanding set of GCSE results. This year’s cohort has excelled, 57.9% of grades were secured at the equivalent of Grades 8 and 9. 81.2% of Grades were at Grade 7 or above. An incredible 12 pupils gained the equivalent of at least 10 9 Grades and 28 pupils each gained the equivalent of at least 10 Grades 8-9. 37.2% of all passes were at the highest possible grade 9.
Headmaster Kevin Fear said: “These are a truly excellent set of results following on from our brilliant A Level results. We recognise all the uncertainty that this cohort faced but their grades are the result of their two years of hard work and their determination throughout the lockdown period. Whilst it is not really possible to compare this year’s grades with those achieved in the past, these results confirm the academic strength of the High School. Our students, their parents and their teachers can be incredibly proud of this significant achievement. The uncertainty that they faced through the lockdown and over how their results were to be calculated cannot be underestimated so it is brilliant that they enter our Sixth Form with such a strong set of qualifications. It must be remembered too that they all undertook a series of assessments that were used to calculate these grades and that a huge amount of work went into preparing for these. Our staff also deserve many congratulations for all that they did to keep teaching this cohort throughout the various lockdowns. We made a rapid transition to online learning and the can-do attitude of our staff really did add value to the results achieved by this cohort of pupils.”
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