GCSE Results

Seaford Head Community College is delighted with yet another excellent set of exam results with 77% of students achieving 5 A*-C grades, an increase from 68% last summer. These are the best set of results ever achieved in the college, and represent five years of consistent improvements. The results far exceeded the aspirational target set by the college of 70%.

Outstanding results were obtained by many individual students including Daniel Tuite who achieved 14 A*-A grades, Collette Blackman who achieved 11 A*-A grades and Oscar Hardy and Ellie Hawes who both achieved 10 A*-A grades.

99% of all students achieved at least 1 GCSE grade and 52% of students achieved 5A*-C grades including English Language and Maths.

Helen Key, Deputy Head, said “As a designated Science & Sports College we are particularly pleased with our results in these areas. Students studying all three separate sciences did exceptionally well with 100% of students gaining A*-C in Chemistry, and 98% achieving A*-C in Biology and Physics. 98% of students achieved an A*-C equivalent grade in BTEC Sport.

We are also delighted that of the students that took GCSE French every one achieved grades A*-C. Overall these are a superb set of results, made possible by the hard work of students and staff. I would like to congratulate all the students on their tremendous achievements this summer.”

Issued by Ms Sheila Whiffin, Assistant Head Teacher

August 2009

A/S & A/level Exam Results

Staff at Seaford Head Community College were delighted at the results achieved by the last group of students to study GCE subjects only for the immediate future. As results were issued on Thursday 20^th August there were congratulations as 95.8% of students achieved grades A – E with 52% achieving grades A or B, an improvement from 31% last year.

The highest performing subjects this year were Religious Studies, with all students gaining A grades and Biology followed closely by Maths, English and Business Studies. The BTEC Sport course has also proved 100% successful with 2 students; Kerrie Aukett and Luke Macinnes; being awarded a double distinction in the National Award which is equivalent to 3 grade As.

Other outstanding individual performances include Henry Charlesworth who achieved As in History, Maths and Physics and will take up his place to read Physics at University College, London. Erin Doherty will study medicine at Brighton and Sussex Medical School after achieving As in Biology, Chemistry and PE. Catherine Linsell will read History at Leeds University following 3 grade As in Biology, History and RE and Ben Prichard, who also achieved 3 grade As in Biology, Business Studies and Maths, will study Business Administration at the University of Bath.

A group of year 11 students successfully completed AS Critical Thinking as part of their Key Stage 4 studies with all students achieving pass grades of which 72.7% were grade C or above.

Sheila Whiffin, Assistant Headteacher, said “It is to the great credit of our students’ hard work and determination, alongside that of staff, that such excellent results have been achieved in the last year of our traditional sixth form.”