Arnold Hill School

Pupils at Arnold Hill School have achieved another GCSE record with over 8 out of 10 entries (81%) being awarded a C grade or above.

The number of pupils achieving 5 higher GCSEs including English & Maths has increased by 9% from 2009 to 58%. The pass rate has now risen for the 4th year in a row from 57% in 2006 to its current all time high.

The number of pupils achieving at least 5 passes (A*-G) has risen to 94% and again almost every student has left the school with at least one qualification.

At GCSE the subjects which provided outstanding performances this year in that at least 80% of those taking the course gained an A*-C were:

Additional Science
Applied Art
Applied Business
Art
Biology
Business
Chemistry
Child Development
Drama
English Literature
Food Technology
ICT
Media
Music
PE
Physics
Textiles

Subjects offering BTECs, who produced similar high performance levels were:

Applied Science
Construction
ICT
Health & Social Care
NCFE Food
Sport

Congratulations to all our students!

The school has sustained its improvement at A Level from 2009.

More than 1 in 4 entries – 26% - gained the highest grades (A*/A) up from 15% in 2008, whilst the overall pass rate remains stable at 97%. Students achieving the top 3 grades overall was 50%.

The subjects securing 100% pass rate for students were:

Art; Biology; Business; Chemistry; Computer Studies; Dance; Drama; Economics; English Literature; Food; French; Further Maths; German; History; Media Studies; Music; PE; Product Design; RE; Sociology.

Subjects in which two-thirds or higher of Arnold Hill students achieved passes from A*-B were:

Business; English Literature; Further Maths; Maths; Media.

1 in 12 A Level examinations (8%) have been awarded the A* grade to students at Arnold Hill.

The pass rate stayed the same for the third year. However the number of higher grades has sustained its significant increase for the second year running.

The new A* grade was introduced for the first time this year in order to enable universities to pick out the best students, and to provide a higher level of challenge. To gain an A*, a student was required to gain an A overall whilst also gaining at least 90% in each paper in their second year of the course. It had been predicted by Ofqual, the exams regulator, that 7% of students would gain an A* in the first year.

112 students in Y13 at Arnold Hill were entered for exams this year.

Notable performances in terms of A/A*:

A2 – 3A+
Rory Cook – A*AAA
Nick Heeley – A*A*A*A*
Ben Norris – A*A*AA
Jack Quarton – A*A*AAC
Sarah Shaw – A*A*A
Jack Slater – AAA

AS – 4A+
Esme Armour - AAAAA
Ross Chilton - AAAAB
Richard Hatton - AAAACD
Emma Hultum - AAAA
Lizzie Hunt - AAAA
Peter Kempster - AAAAAA
Rob Mangan - AAAAAA
Brogan Roache - AAAAAC
Christie Rolley - AAAABB
Helena Ruff - AAAA
Chiwei So - AAAAC

 Congratulations to all our students

Year 10 Students represented Arnold Hill School for the second year running at the National Warhammer School League Finals. We are really pleased to announce that our school team came third place in the Lord of the Rings Championship on 35 points.  

The Arts Faculty Showcase 2010 has been the busiest success to date!  It took place 4.30-8.30pm, July 7th. We had sunshine, bunting, refresments, raffle, lots of visitors, and great events. Art, Drama and Music students and staff showed enthusiasm and support for others, through a range of activities and performances.