Cllr Joe Caluori, Executive Member for Children, Young People and Families, congratulates Islington’s students for their outstanding English GCSE results
Congratulations to Islington’s fantastic GCSE students, who bucked the national trend and outshone their peers nationally in English language and English literature this year.
More Islington GCSE students achieved top results than last year, despite changes in the grading system which meant that results fell across the country.
Some 20.6 per cent of pupils gained a grade 7 or better in English literature -; equivalent to A and A* grades under the old system. This is a huge improvement on last year -; a rise of 2.5 per cent on 2016 and 3.7 per cent higher than this year’s national average.
In English language, 15.9 per cent of pupils gained a grade 7 or better -; a rise of two percent.
English literature and language are two of the most important GCSEs for young people to have under their belt, so it’s great news that the proportion of Islington pupils achieving a grade 4 or better in those subjects -; equivalent to a C or better under the old system -; also rose this year and again beat the national averages. In English literature this was a rise of 2.5 per cent to 76.1 per cent, and in English language of 1.3 to 72.8 per cent.
There was a brilliant atmosphere across Islington’s schools as students received the results they had worked so hard for. It is fantastic that so many of them have achieved and even exceeded the grades they hoped for, and they thoroughly deserve them.
An exciting future now lies ahead for these young people, whether they are starting A-levels, vocational qualifications or training.
And, of course, a huge thank you to Islington’s exceptional headteachers and teachers and the students’ families for their support and hard work. The transformation of performance in local schools in recent years would not have been possible without them.
NB: All results are provisional. Full comparative results will be available once they have been verified early next year.
Pictured: Cllr Joe Caluori, Executive Member for Children, Young People and Families