RUGBY School has achieved its best ever GCSE results.
Over a third of entries scored a 9, and over 61 per cent of exam entries scored a 9 or an 8 – equivalent to the old A* grade.
Highlights included over 80 per cent of all entries in Art, Drama, Music and Design receiving a 9 or an 8.
More than half of all grades in English were 9s, and Biology was the leading science with more than 70 per cent 9s and 8s.
Three students achieved a clean sweep of ten 9s, while six others recorded nine 9s. A record-breaking 56 students achieved at least eight 9s and 8s, and two thirds of the year group achieved eight 7s or better.
This year’s grades mean the last five years of results are the best in the school’s history.
Head master Peter Green said: “I warmly congratulate this year group on their outstanding results. They are the first to take the reformed numeric GCSEs in all of their subjects. The syllabuses were larger and more demanding but they have risen to the challenge.
“This is a year group which has achieved considerable academic success and have done much to enrich the cultural and sporting life of the school.”
