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Pupils from St Crispin's School celebrate their A-level results last summer
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Bright sparks above national average for GCSEs and A-level

By Laura Herbert
February 05, 2013

Clever pupils have once again achieved excellent GCSE and A-level results exceeding the national average, according to latest statistics.

Within the borough, St Crispin’s School, in London Road, came top of the class for A-levels, achieving 898.8 as an average point score per student, followed by Reading Blue Coat School in Sonning and Luckley-Oakfield School, in Luckley Road, in third.

A-level students across the borough achieved an average point score per student of 757.8, beating the national average of 733. They also exceeded the national average point score per entry of 212.8, achieving 215.1.

The finalised A-level and GCSE results were published by the Department for Education on Thursday, January 24.

At GCSE, 83.7 per cent of pupils in Wokingham schools achieved five or more A* to C grades, which remains above the national average of 81.8 per cent. The percentage of pupils achieving five or more A* to C grades including maths and English fell from 67.6 in 2010/11 to 65.6 in 2011/12, but still remains higher than the 59 per cent national average.

Wokingham GCSE students buck the trend

The percentage of pupils gaining an English Baccalaureate in the borough, and achieving the highest GCSE grades in English, maths, science, modern languages and history or geography was 24.4 per cent, once again above the national figure of 16.2 per cent for maintained schools.

Bright sparks help schools better the national average in A-levels

Wokingham Borough Council has made closing the achievement gap between children eligible for free school meals and their classmates a key priority.

In 2011/12 the 26.2 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals achieved the key five or more A* to C grades including English and maths indicator, compared to 36.4 per cent for this group nationally.

Councillor Charlotte Haitham Taylor, executive member for children’s services, said: “It is pleasing to see young people in the Wokingham borough are continuing to achieve GCSE and A-level results that are above the national average.

“I would like to thank teachers for their hard work, these outcomes will clearly help students progress through the next stage of their education or training.

“We do need to acknowledge the problems with the GCSE English marking and last minute changes to the grade boundaries in looking at where there has been dips in results. However, I know our headteachers and schools have not been complacent in looking critically at where improvements are required for this year.”

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