Although the Education Department has not yet released the full breakdown of statistics, the indications are that the class of 2015 have outperformed last year’s pupils who scored an A* to C grade in 73 per cent of all exams taken.
Beaulieu is said to have recorded their best ever set of GCSE results and Victoria College students are reported to have scored the highest marks in five years.
Beaulieu head teacher Chris Beirne said: ‘Today’s set of GCSE results build on the phenomenal success we enjoyed last week with our A-levels.
‘A number of our student secured A* or A grades in all their subjects and the percentage of students who achieved five A* to C including English and Maths was particularly pleasing.’
Alun Watkins, Victoria College’s headmaster, said he was particularly happy with the percentage of A* and A grades.
‘These are our best GCSE results for five years with well over 50 per cent of all examinations taken awarded an A* or A grade,’ he said.
‘We congratulate this talented group of students who worked impressively throughout the year.’
Meanwhile, Phil Slater, head of Le Rocquier, said his school had seen some ‘amazing results’.
He said: ‘I am very pleased to congratulate the Le Rocquier Class of 2015 for a very good set of examination results.
‘Many students have worked exceptionally hard and achieved some amazing results.
‘I would also like to praise the effort of the teachers and the support of so many parents in enabling these students to be so successful.
Dave Roworth, the head of Haute Vallée, said he was delighted to see improved results.
‘Several subjects have achieved their best ever set of grades, including some of the core subjects, with many students achieving the higher grades in their English exams.
‘I am delighted for the students who have worked so hard to achieve their goals, and also very proud of our wonderful teachers who have supported them so skilfully throughout these past five years.’
Carl Howarth, the head of JCG, spoke of his students achieving ‘academic excellence.’
‘With nearly two thirds of students achieving five or more A* or A grades and 90 per cent of all students achieving five or more GCSE grades A*, A or B, they have demonstrated that with hard work, good teaching and aspiration, nothing is impossible’ he said.
And Hautlieu head Nick Falle said: ‘I want to congratulate our students on their successes, achieved through their hard work and the support of their teachers and parents.
‘It is an exciting time to see students now preparing for their post-16 courses and I have every confidence that they are going to build on the results they have received today in the next stage of their education.’
EDUCATION is making a concerted effort to raise GCSE results in Jersey above those in the UK, according to the Education Minister.
Deputy Rod Bryans told Members in the States Chamber last month that Island results had been consistently higher than the UK for over a decade up until 2011, when the number of students in the UK gaining five GCSEs at grades A* to C, including maths and English, reached 59 per cent – ahead of Jersey’s 58 per cent for the first time.
Answering a question from Deputy Montfort Tadier, Deputy Bryans said that several main areas were being targeted for improvement, including standards, curriculum and school autonomy, which would allow individual institutions to make their own decisions on certain matters.
