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GCSE Results 2016

HGS attains an excellent set of GCSE examination results

On a national level, this year saw GCSE results suffer the biggest ever year-on-year decline – down to the lowest level since 2008. Both the proportion of entries achieving A* to C grades and the number of A* grades being awarded have slipped. Prof Alan Smithers at Buckingham University has said that the decline in A* to C grades is the biggest since the introduction of the GCSE exam in the 1980s. It is acknowledged that there has been much unpredictability this year (and the same goes for next year!) in the light of major reforms and changes to the exam and assessment system. The overall picture at HGS is again one of consistent and sustained progress as well as positive development. Approximately 50% of all entries were at A* and A grade which is up on the 2015 results and well above the national figure. Overall 96% of all entries were at A* to C grades. Overall 98% of all students attained 5 or more A* to C grades including English and Mathematics. Overall 99% of all students attained 5 or more A* to C grades in all their subjects. 100% of all entries were at pass grade level.

40 students attained 8 or more A* and A grades.

23 students attained 10 or more A* and A grades.

13 students attained straight A* and A grades – they were:

Caleb Brown

Muhammad Nazakat

Rehan Habib

Dilan Cooppen

Ken Ho

Muhammed Jahed

Suraj Sanhi

Harry Virk

Sulaimaan Mahmood

Hootan Parsapour

Robert Frater

Maximillian Henry

Joel Braich.

These results are down to the hard work of our staff and students. Congratulations to all!

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Pavilion and Playing Fields Upgrade

A considerable amount of work has taken place at the playing fields recently in order to upgrade our facilities.

 

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A Level Results 2016

Handsworth Grammar School achieves best A Level Results in over a decade!

 

2016 has seen the number of top A Level grades awarded fall for the fifth year in a row at a national level. HGS has bucked the trend somewhat! A third of all entries were at A*/A (30% compared to 24% in 2015) and approximately two thirds of all entries were at A*/B (62% compared to 52% in 2015). There was a 100% pass rate compared to 99% in 2015. This is a wonderful achievement which reflects very well on the hard work of our students and staff. Eleven students secured 3 or more A*/A grades:

A Levels 2016

Arjun Virk attained A*A*A* and will be reading Medicine at Birmingham University
Jagjeet Sehmi attained A*A*AB and will be reading Mathematics at UCL
Raja Haider attained A*A*A and will be reading Physics at Birmingham University
Shirrushtii Appan attained A*AAB and will be reading Medicine at Exeter University
Mohammed Hussain attained A*AA and will be reading Medicine at Manchester University
Tufayel Islam attained A*AA and will be reading Chemical Engineering at Birmingham University
Minesh Katakia attained A*AA and will be reading Dentistry at Plymouth University
Abdikaliq Ige attained AAAB and will be reading History and Politics at Oxford University
Farman Ali attained AAA and will be reading Dentistry at Liverpool University
Kamron Dalvair attained AAA and will be reading Pharmacy at Aston University or Dentistry at Queen Mary’s
Narvair Kahlar attained AAA and will be reading Medicine at Leeds University

Manraj Dhanda will be reading Engineering at Cambridge University.

 

At AS Level sixteen students secured three or more A grades.

The following students all attained AAAA:

Arjun Aoulik
Jasdeep Bhambra
Amario Chander
Deepak Dhaliwall
Qasim Mushtaq
Isaac Rafiq
Hussein Said
Ayyan Sattar

Four students attained AAAB, two attained AAAC and two attained AAA.

 

On a different note the LAMDA results were also excellent with thirteen students sitting exams be it Acting, Mime or Public Speaking. Four students were awarded a Distinction, eight were awarded a Merit and one student gained a Pass.

 

Congratulations to all our students.