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Exceptional GCSE results at BHSG

27 August 2009

With 65% A* and A grades overall and 92% A* to B grades, pupils at Bedford High School for Girls have achieved exceptional GCSE results this year.  36% of the grades were A*. 

Despite the recent national controversy surrounding GCSE performance in core subjects, girls at the school have excelled and achieved:

  • 67% A* and A grades in English Language and Literature
  • 63% A* and A grades in Maths
  • 69% A* and A grades across the three sciences (Biology, Chemistry and Physics)
  • 63% A* and A grades in languages (French, German and Spanish).

Alexandra Fletcher in particular should be congratulated on gaining 11 A*s, and a further eleven girls picked up the news today that they have each achieved 10 A*s. 20% of the year group gained at least 8 A* grades.

Mrs Julie Eldridge, Headmistress of the school said "I am truly delighted by these results. They are the best overall results we have achieved and show a substantial increase in the number of A* and A grades. The average score* per girl has also moved from 6.6 to 6.8 across the whole cohort demonstrating the strength in depth of the results."

*(A=7, B=6)

 

GCSE Results

Girls have once again achieved some truly excellent results in their GCSE examinations this summer. 29% of all results were at A* grade, 57% A*-A and 80% A*-B.

 Carla Barberio, Rebecca Murray, Hannah Short and Surina Taneja all achieved 10A* grades, Tessa Forbes and Chloe Scott 9A* grades, Connie Fan, Yasmin Jamil and Frances Whittaker-Wood 8A* and Emily Myrtle, Lauren Roberts and Georgia Austin Greenall 7 A* grades.

Eighteen girls were sitting their examinations having spent, in most cases, only 3 years studying in English, and yet between them they amassed results which closely mirrored the overall percentages: 21% A*, 54% A*-A and 76% A*-B.

Although I am sad that our boarders are unable to progress to Bedford Girls' School for their Sixth Form studies, I am delighted that most of our very top achievers will be going on to take A level or IB courses there.

I wish every girl who left Bedford High School at the end of Upper 5 the very best of luck for their future studies.                       

Julie Eldridge 

 
Dahs Bedford High School for Girls
Bromham Road, Bedford MK40 2BS UK
Tel: +44(0)1234 360221
Fax:+44(0)1234 353552
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