Strongest showing ever for St Helens GCSE results

ST Helens is celebrating its best ever results.

The number of students getting five A* to C GCSEs including maths and English went up around 1% to 42.8%.

The number getting five good GCSEs of any kind increased nearly 6% to 68%.

Susan Richardson, director of childrens services, said: I am really very pleased indeed with these results.

They are not only the best-ever all round, but this is the first year in which there is such a consistency of improvement in all schools.

Key: a = % of school's pupils who achieved % GCSEs at A* to C including Maths and English in 2007; b = % of school's pupils who achieved % GCSEs at A* to C including Maths and English in 2008, c = % of school's pupils who achieved % GCSEs at A* to C in any subjects 2007; d = % of school's pupils who achieved % GCSEs at A* to C in any subject in 2008

St Helens GCSE results table
School Address A... B... C... D...
Cowley Language College St Helens 38 33 83 89
De La Salle School St Helens 48 60 75 79
Haydock Sports College St Helens 40 42 58 62
Newton-le-Willows Community High School Newton-le-Willows 27 10 31 37
Rainford High Technology College St Helens 65 67 70 72
Rainhill High School Prescot 49 51 63 67
St Aelred's Catholic Technology College Newton-le-Willows 46 53 63 76
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic High School St Helens 33 41 53 61
St Cuthbert's Catholic Community College for Business and Enterprise St Helens 33 37 67 75
Sutton High Sports College St Helens 29 30 43 50
Tower College Prescot 0 0 94 76

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