Handsworth Grammar School continues to enjoy examination success at GCSE level displaying another year of improved examination results. The number of A* and A grades rose to 43% with the number of A* to C grade passes rising to 94%. Twenty Students secured 10 or more A*A grades, seven Students secured 12 or more A*A grades and two Students – Vikram Patel and Donte Nembhard attained no less than 13 A*A grades. This is a wonderful achievement.
Our congratulations go to Faisal Qureshi who has won an award sponsored by Netcraft for his A Level Computing exam performance. Faisal attained an A* grade for his Computing exam in conjunction with another A* and A in his other subjects. Netcraft is providing prizes nationally to the top 50 performing Computing candidates in this year’s A Level Computing exam. Netcraft is an internet services company which provides internet data analysis, defences against fraud and phishing and web application security testing who has teamed up with AQA to sponsor the prizes this year. Well done Faisal!
Handsworth Grammar School continues to enjoy examination success with another year of improved A Level examination results with a pass rate of 99% overall. 10% of Students attained all A* and A grade passes which is a fantastic achievement. A notable achievement was the performance of Sucbinder Johal who secured 3 A*grades to take up his place to read Chemical Engineering at St Johns College, Cambridge. 53% of results were at A* to B grade which is a continuous rise of 13% over the last 2 years. The average A Level points score per entry was 225. At AS Level the pass rate increased to 86% overall and this was a continuous rise of 11% over the last 2 years.
Year 8 enjoyed a day off normal timetable to take part in an unique learning experience both in and outside the classroom. The focus was to learn about the issues surrounding electric cars and the technology that makes sustainability possible. The Students made a buggy using a super capacitor which once charged does not need a battery. These were made and then raced – to varying degrees of success. We were grateful for the support of Renault who provided inspiration in the form of an all-electric car – the Twizy. This was an exciting experience for the Students (and Staff!) and generated a genuine enthusiasm to learn more about the issues and challenges that we will have to face in the not too distant future.
