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Posted on August 25th 2016
2016 GCSE Success
Harris Academy Bermondsey is celebrating its best ever GCSE results.
63% of students at the all-girls school achieved A*-C grades in English and Maths, up from 59% last summer.
65 girls, or 40% of the year group, achieved the demanding Ebacc. This significantly outperforms the national average, which tends to be around 23%, and is also significantly higher than last year’s result of 27%.
Nine girls gained all A* and A grades in academically rigorous GCSE subjects, with Danqing Hang awarded 9 A* grades
Alan Dane, Principal of HAB, said:
“Our motto at the Academy is ‘Proud to be HAB’. Results day always fills me with pride and I am especially pleased this year. The results are the outcome of a great deal of hard work and I am delighted for our students and staff. “
This year, the government has introduced a new performance measure called Progress 8 which indicates the progress made by students in secondary school across eight key subjects. Based on 2015 national averages, Harris Academy Bermondsey’s score is likely to be 0.53. This is higher than the national average which is always set at 0.