Frome College achieved its best ever GCSE results last week, continuing the upward rise in examination results.
57% of students achieved five higher-grade GCSE passes, which includes English and Mathematics. This is nearly a 10% improvement on last year.
Mathematics has been one of the big success stories of 2015, where 67% of students achieved a C grade or higher which is a 10% improvement on last year.
English Language also achieved 67% of students achieving a C grade or higher. English Literature achieved an 85% higher pass rate.
Science grades were substantially higher than previous years, with 63% of students achieving at least two science qualifications at a C grade or higher. This is an improvement increase of over 40%.
Results in the Humanities subjects have also increased with 70% of students
achieving C grades or higher. History in particular has made important increases. In GCSE Computer Science, 90% of students achieved a C grade or higher.
In other option subjects, GCSE drama achieved a 100% pass rate on C grades and above, GCSE music 87%, GCSE physical education 90%, GCSE religious education 85%, GCSE photography 90%.
Exceptional individual performances: Ben Davies – eleven A*s and one A; James Muxworthy – nine A*s, two As and a B; Blythe Plenderleith – six A*s, three As and two Bs. Grace Barnes – six A*s, one A, three Bs, Jake Barrow – six A*s, three As, one B and one C, Kieran Hill – six A*s and four As, Chana Joyce – five A*s and six As, Jessica Perry – five A*s and six As, Samuel Wilson six A*s, four As and a B.
Gavin Ball