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School Performance

Message from Steve Brady, Headteacher

2011 Examination Results

 

Forest Hill has, once again, this year exceeded all previous performance at GCSE examinations.

We are delighted this year with our best ever overall performance, with 68% of students achieving A* - C grades in five or more subjects and  57% of students achieving A* - C grades in five or more subjects including English and Maths, exceeding all previous years’ efforts and continuing our upward trend in Key Stage 4 attainment.

We continue to comfortably outperform boys’ attainment both locally (2010* Lewisham boys 44.9%) and nationally (2010* national boys 49.3%). Moreover, early indications suggest that our performance is ahead of the Lewisham average for all pupils (boys and girls together), and we are hopeful that it will also be higher than the national average for all pupils when this information becomes available.  

Ours is an excellent performance bearing in mind that the performance of all pupils is significantly bolstered by that of girls. In 2010* the national performance of girls at the 5+ A* - C including English and Maths benchmark exceeded that of boys by 8.6% (57.9% vs 49.3%). This must be borne in mind when comparing the performance of Forest Hill against that of mixed schools.  

Highlights from the Key Stage 4 performance include:  

• Eleven students gaining 10 or more A*/A grades 
• 21% of students achieving 3 or more A*/A grades
• Overall 350 A*/A grades being awarded across all subjects
• 36% of students achieving 10 or more A* - C passes, with 25 students gaining 12 or more
• Maths achieving an outstanding grades A* - C performance of 70%
• An excellent 65% of students gained 2 A*-C Science GCSE grades (or equivalent), with performance in Triple Science being particularly pleasing
• Continued strong English Language performance at 60% grades A*-C
• An extremely strong showing in the Performing Arts subjects: 

-       84.6% of students studying GCSE Drama achieved grades A*-C, with
        64.0% gaining grades A*-B
-       Our level 2 BTEC Music courses attained a 92.5% pass rate with 13
        students securing the personal equivalent of either 2 or 4 grades A*-B  

• ICT level 2 BTEC attained a remarkable 100% A*-C equivalent pass rate with several students attaining a double award (equivalent to two GCSE passes)
• For the first time at Forest Hill a group of students took GCSE Spanish and 86.2% gained grades A*-C, with 52% attaining grades A*-B
• Pleasing improvements in performance in PE, Business Studies, History and RE
• Most Year 10 students took early entry GCSE Maths and English Language. Already 60% have a grade C or better in Maths and 50% in English. This lays the foundations for another record year for KS4 attainment in 2012.

    *2011 data not yet available

 

The first year of the SFH6 collaboration has had an immediate impact on the outcomes for our A Level students, producing our best ever A2 results. 

Grades A* - B accounted for 46% of all grades, with in excess of 75% being achieved at grades A* - C.  Particularly strong performances were recorded in Maths, Sciences, Modern Languages, Economics and English/Media where upwards of 80% of students achieved A* - C grades.

These results ensured that students achieved their university destinations of choice and that we maintained our positive upward profile of achievement.   They provide a strong indicator that we are preparing our students well for further education.