We are today celebrating the fantastic achievements of our Year 11 students as they open their long-awaited GCSE and other qualification results. This year group joined the school in the September of 2019/20, the first academic year affected by the disruption of the COVID19 pandemic. The 2-year transition to pre-pandemic GCSE grading is now complete, and so for this Year 11 cohort ‘normal’ grading arrangements have been in place. Our students have met these challenges ‘full on’, and the qualifications they have gained provide trustworthy evidence of their achievements at school of which they should all be very proud.
The school’s provisional results indicate a pleasing performance by the year group as a whole – up on last year - and some excellent individual achievements. Notably, 73% of students achieved a grade 4 or above in an English GCSE and 66% of students achieved a grade 4 or above in the mathematics GCSE (grade 4 is the standard pass, approximately equivalent to the former grade C, and is the minimum entry requirement for the majority of A Level/Level 3 courses). 60% of the students achieved five or more GCSE passes including English and mathematics; and over a third of students achieved a strong pass (grade 5 or above – approximately equivalent to the former grade B) in English and mathematics. A particular ‘shout out’ to the Design and Technology and Religious Studies students for their excellent outcomes this year, with over 17% and 25% of each subject’s students respectively achieving a grade 8 or 9. Overall, 119 of the highest grades (8/9) were achieved. Well done to all of the Year 11 students!
Congratulations also to the students in other year groups who took qualifications this year, including the Year 10 students who took a GCSE in statistics, 82% of whom achieved a grade 5 or above. Outstanding!
Headteacher, Sara Spivey, said, “It’s been wonderful to see our Year 11 students again today and to congratulate them for their GCSE results and other successes at Springfield. They should be very proud of their achievements and we wish them every success and happiness for the future. I’d also like to thank the staff who have supported the students so attentively along the way – today is a celebration for the whole school community. Well done team Springfield!” Portsmouth North’s MP, Amanda Martin, visited the school this morning and was also able to congratulate the students and staff on their achievements, and discuss students’ exciting ‘next steps’ with them.
The photographs to the right show some of Springfield’s high achievers in 2024 and students collecting their results from the school.