The following press release was received by Rye News on Thursday, August 24. Unfortunately our deadline for submissions fell 24 hours earlier so it was not able to be published. Attached is the press release from Rye College with quotes from head teacher, Dom Downes.
GCSE and equivalent results for Rye College have been published today and, despite the challenges of the last couple of years, there have been pleasing performances across the main measures. Although the last few academic years have been undeniably turbulent for many young people, educational outcomes reflect the college’s determination to minimise the impact on examination results.
In the basic measure of students passing both English and maths, standard passes rose from 57% in 2019, when students last sat formal examinations, to 58% and strong passes are at 34%.
Head teacher, Dom Downes, said: “These results show the considerable resilience of our students faced by the disruption of the last few years and we are exceptionally proud of our students. These outcomes reflect the young people’s commitment to learning, hard-work and resilience in the face of unbelievable challenges. Their achievements ensure they can progress to the next stage in their education and we wish them every success as they move on to higher education, employment or training.”
There has been much to celebrate with a healthy number of top grades being awarded – 8s and 9s. Jamie Clark achieved three such grades in English literature, English language and history; Madeline Whiffin gained three in English language, English literature and history; and Ellie Chapman gained two in English language and history. Among other high performers across a range of subjects are Poppy Peachment, Persephone Tallett and Nivean Koneswaran.
Meanwhile in vocational qualifications, the exceptional ‘distinction’ grades were awarded to Esme Guertin-Sutter in Btec Music, Rachel Baker, Declan Bourne, George Buss and Zachary Sim-Savage in Engineering.
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