Best Ever GCSE Results for the Marsh Academy!
Monday 6 September 2010
The Marsh Academy is celebrating after scoring its best ever GCSE results! 72% of year 11 students achieved 5 A*-C grades – up from 55% last year! 35% of year 11 students obtained 5 A*-C grades including English and Maths, up from 30% last year and an impressive increase from the 18% of students with the same result in the last year of Southlands, which the Academy replaced in 2007.
Some of the students celebrating their results were Charlotte Hayward and Toby Arnott, both 16, who both achieved the grades that they needed to join the Academy’s Sixth Form. Charlotte, whose results included 4 A grades, will be studying Chemistry, Physics, Maths and Critical Thinking next year, which she hopes will lead to a place at university to study Chemistry. Toby, whose results included A grades in English and Maths and a B in Science, will be studying 5 subjects in the Sixth Form including Economics, Physics and Maths.
Student Charna Stark, 16, also excelled in her studies, achieving 6 A* grades and 2 As. Charna said “I’m really happy! I’m going to study Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Maths at the Folkestone School for Girls, and will hopefully go to university to study Science.” Charna is taking advantage of the link between the Marsh Academy and the Folkestone School for Girls, which sees Post-16 subjects being delivered by both schools to broaden the choices available to students.
Year 10 students at the Academy also took their GCSEs this year, the first group to complete the Academy’s accelerated curriculum programme. Students begin studying for their GCSEs in year 9, and after taking their exams in year 10, can move on to AS-Levels or additional GCSEs in year 11 or have the opportunity to spend another year on their GCSEs if they feel they need more time to achieve the grades they are capable of. One of the students benefiting from this new system was Lee Russell, 15, whose results included 2 A*s and2 As. Lee’s results mean that he can now move on to take extra GCSEs plus an AS-Level in English. Natasha Sleeman, 15, whose results included an A* in English, will be starting AS-Levels in Chemistry and Critical Thinking.
Marsh Academy Principal Tracy Luke said: ““We are absolutely delighted with our GCSE results this year – not only are they the Academy’s best ever results, but they represent significant year on year progress since we opened. Congratulations to all of the students on this fantastic achievement, and to the staff who have worked so hard to help them to reach their potential.”