GCSE Results 2012 for Lewisham & Southwark

[BB100]

It seems really difficult to find GCSE results this year. Usually most schools post them on their websites but a lot are being a bit quiet this year. After doing a bit of searching I've found these but can anyone add to them?

All below are 5 GCSE's A*-C including maths & English:

Harris Crystal Palace 99.4%

Sydenham High (fee paying independent) 98.7%

Charter 78%

Haberdasher Aske's New Cross 73%

Prendergast Hilly Fields 69%

Forest Hill Boys 66%

Conisborough College (Catford) 58%

Haberdasher Knights (Downham) 57%

Harris Peckham (not east dulwich) 55%

[sillywoman]

I'd guess it's quiet because so many schools will be challenging at least some of their results after the grading debacle? Talk about letting our young people down. What a shame after all their hard work. Cheers Gove :(

[edhistory]

Should have an inside track to obtain the Alleyn's results.

John K

[prickle]

Are there any more results published now? eg Kingsdale, Sydenham Girls, Harris Girls?

[DenmotherSmith]

I visited Harris Girls ED open evening and asked the vice principal abouth their GCSE results, they were 67% (5 A-C inc. Maths & English) he claimed the marking debacle had lost them 2%, also visited Kingsdale in the morning but could not find info on their results. It is rather annoying that at this period when parents and year sixes are looking at potential schools there is a lack of information about a very key factor of a schools performance

[prickle]

Thanks DenmotherSmith. Have to yet visit Kingsdale but the results on their website seems to be last year's. Renata, if you are reading this, do you know their results?

[nunheadmum]

In the other thread on 'Harris Girls East Dulwich' Renata said "all year 11s achieved at least 5 GCSEs (A*-C) or more." I'm not clear then how this equates to DenmotherSmith's note that the principle said it was 67%?

I'm not having a go at anyone but it seems like there are lots of ways that the stats are presented and therefore it makes it really hard for those of us outside the system to really make any sense of what we hear. I'm a good few years off having to take it too seriously but it'd be nice to be able to keep an eye on how schools are doing. But it's hard when there seems to be lots of way to present the info and therefore you can't compare what you're hearing without knowing the detail!

[DenmotherSmith]

It's 67% including maths and English, the 100% figure is for 5 a-c gcse's of any subject and I believe includes btec equivalents etc. In my opinion the results including maths and English are the ones to watch, these core curriculum departments are very important.

[Renata Hamvas]

Hi Nunheadmum,

the stat I was quoting was that all the pupils had passed at least 5 GCSEs at grade C, however some of these will not have passed both English and Maths, so this is a different stat to Denmothersmith's. For some reason I can't find Kingsdale's GCSEs results anywhere this year! I'll ask them. The problem with results this time of year is that they can change, particularly with the English controversy. To give example, in schools where some pupils took the foundation Excedel papers (the papers where the maximum grade attainable is C), here the C grade boundary was moved from 44/80 to 54/80 two weeks before the results were released. In January the C grade mark was 43/80 and in summmer 2011 44/80.

Renata

[sarvester]

What about Harris boys east dulwich Renata have you heard what their results for 5 GCSEs including English and Maths were? Thanks.

[Huggers]

Harris Boys have only got intakes up to Year 10 so far I believe, so first proper results next year.

[Renata Hamvas]

Yes, Huggers is correct, Harris boys have no year 11s yet, so the first results will be in 2014.

Renata

[sarvester]

OH yes! Thanks.

[Renata Hamvas]

I asked at Kingsdale, the response I got: staff have not been informed yet of the results due to many candidates papers being remarked,results being unratifed plus resits in November.

Renata

[Ann]

That doesn't make sense. The results published in August are always provisional subject to remarks. I didn't think November resits were relevant.

Isn't that why the actual league tables have always been published in January?

[Renata Hamvas]

This is what I was told!

[prickle]

Thanks Renata for asking. That is really bizarre! How can the staff not know the results? Presumably the students have been told?

Agree with Ann that the first set of results are provisional and should be taken with a pinch of salt. But essential info for the upcoming open days.

[Renata Hamvas]

I think schools are feeling a bit in limbo, particularly over the English GCSE results. There is currently the really awful situation with the Welsh Exam board gradings, English pupils now have different grades to Welsh ones with the same results, I don't know if any Southwark schools use this board.

Renata

[Townleygreen]

Prickle noted "Thanks Renata for asking. That is really bizarre! How can the staff not know the results? Presumably the students have been told?"

The answer is that Kingsdale is presumably ashamed of its results! Otherwise, why be so secretive?

[Skegness]

Yes, Kingsdale must have done quite badly, I suspect.

[BB100]

If they have asked for remarks they wouldn't have the remark information yet I don't think.

[Renata Hamvas]

St Michael's Bermondsey, 71%

Renata

[Renata Hamvas]

There are special extra resits this year in November, only for those who took their GCSEs this summer.

http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/teachingandlearning/qualifications/examsadmin/news/a00214015/gcse

Renata

[millymoll]

Do Kingsdale think they are the only school that has been affected by the English GCSE results? Other schools are disappointed too and I'm sure papers have been sent back from many schools for re-marking but at least they're publishing their results anyway. With year 6 parents currently trying to choose schools for next year it seems unfair to withhold this information from them.

[Fuschia]

The Harris Academies feature in this piece;

http://www.localschoolsnetwork.org.uk/2012/06/on-dfe-criteria-academies-gcse-results-are-artificially-inflated/