Hessle staff and students are celebrating today as they receive the first results from the new,
reformed GCSEs. Despite changes to qualifications designed to make them tougher and more rigorous, the
Hessle High School success story continues with a pass rate of 99.1%, the proportion of
standard passes (Grade 4 or above) at 76% and the proportion of strong passes (Grade 5 or
above) at 61%.
“Our staff and students have taken these new GCSEs completely in their stride,” said Vince
Groak, Associate Headteacher. “If anything, the students have performed even better in these
tougher, linear qualifications. Over 20% of our grades were Grade 7 or above and we are
delighted to have so many of the very highest Grade 9s. These kind of results do not happen
by chance; our staff began planning for these reforms five years ago and the fruits of their hard
work can be seen in so many exceptional results. While English and Maths once again
performed well, I am delighted to see students doing so well in Computer Science,
Photography, PE, Textiles, Business Studies, French and German.”
The school provisionally calculate that their Progress 8 score will be +0.30, which is well above the national average for the third year running.