Exam Results

I am very pleased to be able to share below news of some excellent GCSE results from our class of 2024.

As a year group, the cohort maintained our impressive pass rates from last year’s group with over 85% of grades awarded at grades 4-9. Even more impressive was a further growth in the number of top grades achieved by our pupils, with 22.5% of grades reaching the 7 to 9 level that reflected the previous A and A* grades of the old GCSE grading system. That represents a significant increase on the 18% of higher grades achieved last year.

Not surprisingly given those figures, there are some outstanding personal achievements to report. Four of our pupils hit double figures in terms of GCSE (or equivalent) passes with Ryan, Terry, Jasmine and Carlos all gaining 10 passes. Many of those were higher grades too, with Jasmine earning an outstanding 8 top grade 9s, plus 2 grade 8s. Terry scored 5 grade 9s and 2 grade 8s among his 10 passes, whilst Carlos achieved 3 grade 9s and 1 grade 8.

A number of other pupils accumulated an impressive 9 GCSE passes in total. These included Ian, who achieved 4 grade 9s and four grade 8s in his total, and Zafrina who obtained 4 grade 9s and 3 grade 8s among her 9 passes. Many congratulations also to Daniel A, Daniel H, William, Priya and Rason on their 9 passes.

Nimra, Chelsea, Oliver, Lola, Ayman and Lewis also deserve special mention for obtaining 8 GCSE passes at grades 4 – 9.

On a subject level, Art, Craft and Design, Photography, Food Preparation and Nutrition, Music and Psychology all achieved 100% pass rates. The mathematics department are worthy of special mention, securing a 97% pass rate – this is in a subject where pass rates nationally were around the 60% mark.

Results in English and Science also clearly beat the national average in terms of pass rates, with English achieving 85% (national average 62%) and science 88% (national average 57%).

Hulme Hall is not an academically selective school and we cater for pupils with a wide range of academic abilities. Whilst it is always pleasing to mention those pupils who have achieved the top GCSE grades, it is equally important to celebrate the outstanding individual progress made by many of our learners.

That is why we look closely at our Value Added data for each pupil. This year, our individual approach, which is enabled through our small class sizes, allowed our pupils to exceed their baseline predictions by, on average, +0.7 (almost three-quarters of a full grade) per subject. I would like to congratulate all our learners on their efforts and achievements, especially those who have obtained grades which far exceed their baseline predictions.

In that regard, significant headliners were George, who on average achieved grades which were +2.4 above his targets and Isobelle who achieved +2.3 grades above her CAT 4 baseline. This exceptional progress in pupils’ achievements is not just down to academic ability and effort. It can be hugely affected by the environment that the pupils are exposed to, the quality of teaching, the availability of resources, co-curricular activities and many other factors that could have an effect on an individual’s progression.

Congratulations once again to our Class of 2024, their families and to the teaching staff for their combined efforts in achieving these excellent results and good luck to all our leavers in the next stage of their educational journey.