Overview of exam results

GCSE Results 2015

St Ivo students have celebrated terrific achievements - there were many delighted faces as students opened their envelopes and studied their results. Congratulations to so many students!

The majority of GCSE students have added significant value and met or exceeded their predictions based on prior achievement. 74.4% of students achieved 5 or more A*-C grades, which is 6.5% better than last year (67.9%). 79% of all grades were A*-C, compared to 75% last year. At 62.3%, the students achieving 5 or more A*-C including English and maths, is slightly better than last year (62.2%). Our progress 8 figure looks likely to be significantly positive which indicates that ‘significant value’ has been added. Underneath these headline figure are many areas of success. An indication of the inclusive nature of our school is reflected in the fact that 98% of students gained 5 or more A*-G grades. There were some exceptional performances by individual subject areas (78.4% of Year 11 students achieved A*-C in maths; 81.8% achieved A*-C grades in English literature; 100% of the 70 students in art achieved A*- C and 50% of the 117 geography students achieved A*-A grades!) and individual students (for example: 8 A* and 3 A; 8 A* and 2 A; 7 A* and 2 A).

Additional statistics are 25.9% (compared to 20.6% in 2014) achieved the English Baccalaureate. In English, 68.4% of students achieved at least their minimum expected level of progress between Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 4, whilst 74.3% of students did so in Maths. English A*-C is 68.4% and maths A*-C is 76.8% (subject to appeals and re-marks).

The latest official DfE performance tables for the school (2014) GCSE results can be found here.

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A Level Results 2015

We are really pleased with yet another solid set of results by our sixth form. Many students have achieved better than their potential with over 29% having at least one grade A/A*. 46% of grades were A*-B, a terrific achievement and we are really proud of all the hard work put in by students and staff to achieve these results. 76% of grades achieved were A*-C and 99% were A*-E. 23% of students achieved 3 or more A*-B grades with 7 outstanding students gaining 2 A*s and an A. We have been particularly impressed with the number of students who have achieved their estimated grades and even better. Well done St Ivo students!

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Key Stage 4 results by subject, 2015 (note that these figures exclude Sixth Form GCSE retakes)

Subject	GCSE Grades total	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	U	X	%A*-A	%A*-C	%A*-G
Art (Drawing and Painting)	70	13	16	21	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	41.4%	100.0%	100.0%
Art - Textiles	29	1	7	13	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	27.6%	96.6%	100.0%
Art and Design	Information has been suppressed because the underlying numbers are too small
Art - Pottery	7	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.3%	100.0%	100.0%
Business Studies	44	1	4	17	11	8	0	3	0	0	0	11.4%	75.0%	100.0%
Economics	18	1	1	7	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	11.1%	88.9%	94.4%
Catering	48	1	8	18	9	8	4	0	0	0	0	18.8%	75.0%	100.0%
Child Development	38	3	2	8	12	8	3	2	0	0	0	13.2%	65.8%	100.0%
Electronics	18	1	2	4	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	16.7%	72.2%	100.0%
Food and Nutrition	12	0	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	33.3%	83.3%	100.0%
Graphics	13	2	3	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	38.5%	76.9%	100.0%
Resistant Materials	34	2	3	9	9	7	2	2	0	0	0	14.7%	67.6%	100.0%
Drama	26	0	2	5	7	8	2	1	1	0	0	7.7%	53.8%	100.0%
English	291	0	26	93	84	61	20	3	3	1	0	8.9%	69.8%	99.7%
English Literature	291	18	54	87	79	34	13	4	2	0	0	24.7%	81.8%	100.0%
Geography	117	30	29	25	23	5	3	2	0	0	0	50.4%	91.5%	100.0%
History	186	21	50	46	30	10	11	7	6	5	0	38.2%	79.0%	97.3%
Computing	27	2	2	5	5	5	5	1	0	0	2	14.8%	51.9%	92.6%
Mathematics	292	25	40	73	90	21	13	15	12	3	0	22.3%	78.4%	99.0%
Film Studies	106	0	8	30	35	22	7	2	2	0	0	7.5%	68.9%	100.0%
Media Studies	107	0	4	17	37	31	14	4	0	0	0	3.7%	54.2%	100.0%
French	44	1	10	15	12	3	3	0	0	0	0	25.0%	86.4%	100.0%
German	56	2	5	16	21	10	1	1	0	0	0	12.5%	78.6%	100.0%
Italian (private entry)	Information has been suppressed because the underlying numbers are too small
Latin	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Latin Literature	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0%	66.7%	66.7%
Music	22	0	6	8	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	27.3%	81.8%	100.0%
PE	20	1	4	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	25.0%	100.0%	100.0%
RE	25	4	7	5	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	44.0%	84.0%	100.0%
Science Additional	238	14	47	57	70	40	9	0	0	1	0	25.6%	79.0%	99.6%
Science Core	237	12	45	66	82	26	4	2	0	0	0	24.1%	86.5%	100.0%
Science Further Additional	62	10	18	12	15	5	1	1	0	0	0	45.2%	88.7%	100.0%
Totals:	2484	166	410	679	692	324	122	51	26	12	2
% for each grade:		7%	17%	27%	28%	13%	5%	2%	1%	0%	0%	23.2%	78.38%	99.44%

Full GCSE Equivalent Subjects	Grades total	Dist*	Distinction	Merit	Pass
Dance (Vocational)	5	0	1	2	2
ICT -OCR Cambridge Nationals (Diploma - worth 2 GCSEs)	32	0	11	15	6
ICT -OCR Cambridge Nationals (Certificate - Full Equivalent)	32	0	9	18	5
Vocational Sport	19	0	0	3	16
Science Extended	14	0	0	0	14
Science First Certificate - information has been suppressed because the underlying numbers are too small
Totals:	102	0	21	38	43
% for each grade:		0%	21%	37%	42%

Half GCSE Equivalent Subjects	Total	Distinction*	Distinction	Merit	Pass
ICT -OCR Nationals (Short Course Equivalent)	173	18	35	47	73

Level 1 Subjects	Total	Distinction	Merit	Pass	U
Business and Enterprise (Vocational)	10	3	1	5	1
Vocational Sport	38	0	0	37	1
Vocational Studies	11	0	0	11	0

Other Subjects	Total	Pass
Vocational Car Mechanics	6	6
Pathway Award - information has been suppressed because the underlying numbers are too small

Whole school %A*-C based on grades and entries	79%
Whole school %A*-G based on grades and entries	99.5%

AS & A2 Level results by subject, 2015

AS Level Subjects	Entries	A	B	C	D	E	U	X	%A	%A-B	%A-C	%A-E
Health & Social Care Single	18	2	4	7	4	0	1	0	11.1	33.3	72.2	94.4
Health & Social Care Double	4	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0.0	25.0	50.0	100.0
Applied Business	15	0	1	7	5	2	0	0	0.0	6.7	53.3	100.0
Applied Science	8	0	2	4	1	1	0	0	0.0	25.0	75.0	100.0
Applied Art Double	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Applied Art Single	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	50.0	100.0	100.0
Fine Art	8	2	2	3	1	0	0	0	25.0	50.0	87.5	100.0
Photography	16	1	5	8	1	1	0	0	6.3	37.5	87.5	100.0
Travel and Tourism	5	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	20.0	60.0	100.0	100.0
Biology	36	5	10	9	3	5	4	0	13.9	41.7	66.7	88.9
Chemistry	25	4	7	6	3	4	1	0	16.0	44.0	68.0	96.0
Physics	16	1	3	5	0	3	4	0	6.3	25.0	56.3	75.0
Maths	47	16	9	4	3	5	10	0	34.0	53.2	61.7	78.7
Further Maths	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	66.7	66.7	100.0
Business Studies	10	0	2	2	4	0	2	0	0.0	20.0	40.0	80.0
ICT	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	33.3	66.7
Art & Design Textiles	4	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0.0	25.0	75.0	100.0
Geography	36	11	12	7	2	3	1	0	30.6	63.9	83.3	97.2
History	44	10	15	10	7	1	1	0	22.7	56.8	79.5	97.7
Economics	12	1	5	2	2	1	1	0	8.3	50.0	66.7	91.7
Religious Studies	28	0	1	7	6	9	4	1	0.0	3.6	28.6	82.1
Law	13	0	6	3	1	1	1	1	0.0	46.2	69.2	84.6
Politics	30	0	11	5	3	6	5	0	0.0	36.7	53.3	83.3
Psychology	38	0	3	10	14	5	6	0	0.0	7.9	34.2	84.2
English Literature	84	2	15	31	25	10	1	0	2.4	20.2	57.1	98.8
Creative Writing	Information has been suppressed because the underlying numbers are too small
Drama	15	2	1	10	2	0	0	0	13.3	20.0	86.7	100.0
Media Film and TV Studies	22	0	6	6	6	4	0	0	0.0	27.3	54.5	100.0
Film Studies	19	0	4	10	5	0	0	0	0.0	21.1	73.7	100.0
French	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	33.3	100.0	100.0
German	Information has been suppressed because the underlying numbers are too small
Portuguese	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Music	5	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0.0	20.0	80.0	100.0
PE Sports Studies	11	0	1	2	0	3	5	0	0.0	9.1	27.3	54.5
D&T: Food Technology	5	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	20.0	20.0	40.0	100.0
D&T: Res Mat	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.0
D&T: Product Design	4	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0.0	25.0	50.0	100.0
Total	601	63	139	172	104	70	51	2	10.5	33.6	62.2	91.2
AS summary - % for each grade		10	23	29	17	12	8	0
Vocational qualifications:		D*	D	M	P
Diploma in Sport	10	5	0	2	3
Dance	5	1	2	2	0

A2 Level Subjects	Entries	A*	A	B	C	D	E	U	X	%A*A	%A*-B	%A*C	%A*E
Health & Social Care Single	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	50.0	50.0	75.0	100.0
Health & Social Care Double	8	0	0	3	4	1	0	0	0	0.0	37.5	87.5	100.0
Art and Design double	8	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	12.5	87.5	100.0	100.0
Science	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	33.3	100.0
Business Studies	7	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	57.1	100.0
Travel and Tourism	7	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	14.3	42.9	100.0	100.0
Biology	8	0	2	2	1	0	2	1	0	25.0	50.0	62.5	87.5
Chemistry	8	0	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	25.0	62.5	87.5	100.0
Physics	17	1	3	5	5	1	2	0	0	23.5	52.9	82.4	100.0
Maths	37	12	4	9	4	3	5	0	0	43.2	67.6	78.4	100.0
Further Maths	13	2	7	2	1	0	1	0	0	69.2	84.6	92.3	100.0
Business Studies	4	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0.0	25.0	50.0	100.0
Computing	4	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	25.0	50.0	75.0	100.0
Textiles	5	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	20.0	20.0	60.0	100.0
Fine Art	20	2	6	5	3	3	1	0	0	40.0	65.0	80.0	100.0
Photography	8	2	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	37.5	62.5	100.0	100.0
Geography	17	3	4	5	3	2	0	0	0	41.2	70.6	88.2	100.0
History	45	0	5	19	17	3	1	0	0	11.1	53.3	91.1	100.0
ICT	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	75.0	100.0
Economics	10	0	0	7	1	2	0	0	0	0.0	70.0	80.0	100.0
Religious Studies	14	2	1	0	4	6	1	0	0	21.4	21.4	50.0	100.0
Law	9	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	33.3	55.6	66.7	88.9
Politics	15	2	2	0	4	4	3	0	0	26.7	26.7	53.3	100.0
Psychology	17	1	1	4	4	3	2	2	0	11.8	35.3	58.8	88.2
English Literature	64	1	5	16	26	14	1	1	0	9.4	34.4	75.0	98.4
Drama	15	1	1	6	6	1	0	0	0	13.3	53.3	93.3	100.0
Media Film and TV Studies	19	0	0	2	8	8	1	0	0	0.0	10.5	52.6	100.0
Film Studies	17	0	1	2	10	3	1	0	0	5.9	17.6	76.5	100.0
French	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	50.0	50.0	50.0	100.0
German	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Music	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	50.0	100.0	100.0
Dip Sport	35	0	14	2	9	7	3	0	0	40.0	45.7	71.4	100.0
Sport/PE Studies	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	50.0	50.0	50.0	100.0
D&T: Food Technology	5	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	20.0	80.0
D&T: Product Design	5	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0.0	40.0	80.0	100.0
Total	462	33	68	110	139	72	34	6	0	21.9	45.67	75.8	98.7
A2 summary - % for each grade		7.1	14.7	23.8	30.1	15.6	7.4	1.3	0.0
Vocational qualifications:		D*	D	M	P	U
BTEC ICT	Information has been suppressed because the underlying numbers are too small
Cambridge Technical Diploma in Sport	35	11	9	6	8	1