Improvement in Wolverhampton GCSE results
Released: 5 December 2007
Wolverhampton is in the top 20 local authorities showing the biggest improvement in pupils’ GCSE grades since 1998, according to new figures.
Figures published in the Statistical First Release: GCSE and Equivalent Results for Young People in England, 2006/07 (Provisional) show that the percentage of students achieving five or more A* to C grades in the city has increased from 34.8 per cent in 1998 to 59.4 per cent in 2007.
The Statistical First Release from the Department for Children, Schools and Families provides the earliest information on the overall achievements of young people in GCSE and equivalent examinations in 2007, and progress against the department's national learning targets.
This year’s figure reported for Wolverhampton makes it the 20th most improved in the country and is above last year’s figure of 55.7 per cent. It reveals an improvement in grades since last year of 3.7 per cent, compared to 1.8 per cent nationally.
These results put Wolverhampton ahead of similar authorities and very close to the national average (60.3 per cent), a remarkable testimony to the value added by the city’s schools.
Wolverhampton City Council’s cabinet member for schools, Councillor Christine Irvine, today welcomed the improvement in GCSE results.
She said: “I am again pleased to be singing the praises of students and schools because of rises in GCSE results in Wolverhampton.
“Good teaching, good management, good close collaboration between schools and the council and hard work are paying dividends across the city and it is enormously satisfying to know that this is a trend that will continue.”
The percentage improvement for Wolverhampton for five or more A* to C grades with English and mathematics is 1.7 per cent, from 2006 to 2007, compared to the national figure of 0.7 per cent.
Issued by the press office.