Jumping for joy
STAFF and students at Tytherington School are celebrating after another impressive year of GCSE results.
A first look at this years marks shows that 80 per cent of Year 11 pupils achieved Grade 4 or above in English and maths, which is an improvements of 15 pc on 2015.
One of the stand out pupils this year was Oliver Dean, who had the honour of being the student who made the greatest progress from Key Stage 2 (primary school) to the end of Key Stage 4 (GCSE), averaging three grades higher than his predicted grades.
Headteacher, Manny Botwe, said he was impressed with his students’ attitude towards the exams and the changes to its structure.
He said: “We are so proud of our students.
“The students coped extremely well with the new GCSE structure which was far more exam based than before.
“The teachers and students had to contend with not even having past papers to revise from. I’m pleased that we have shown three consecutive years of strong performance. Importantly, the improvement in our results has been done in the right way.
“We are proud that we have always held fast to the principled belief that we should do what is right for our students and not what will purely satisfy league tables.
He added: “This means that we do not direct our students to study specific combinations of subjects and we do not enter them for less recognised qualifications that ‘boost’ or ‘top-up’ our figures in government league tables.
“We know that our league table position will suffer because of this, but we will continue to do what is in the best interests of our students.”
Two Tytherington students stood out above the crowd this year.
Anna Luckman delighted teachers with her nine Grade 9s and one Grade 8 in her GCSE results. The youngster who represents Cheshire at netball, managed to balance her studies and achieve her incredible grades.
Another teenager who shone this year was Harriet Terrington, who despite suffering a serious injury as a result of a gokarting crash at the start of her GCSE studies managed to get the grades.
Despite having to miss a lot of school as a result she came out with one Grade 9, three Grade 8s, three Grade 7s, a Grade 6, a Grade 5 and an additional Grade B from Astronomy that she took as part of an extra-curricular club.
Headteacher, Manny Botwe said he was proud of his students for what they have achieved this year. He said: “I am delighted the by the youngsters achievement.
“The new GCSEs have been extremely demanding and I’m very proud of what our community has achieved. The best thing about the results is that the youngsters are such fantastic A* people who are keen to make a positive difference to the world. They have a very bright future ahead of them.”