Sheldon School and its students are celebrating a great set of GCSE results in 2024. The school has seen a dramatic improvement overall, where attainment has improved in all subject areas from last year.
The school has achieved its highest provisional Progress 8 score since 2019, and has exceeded the national attainment benchmark in both English and maths, with 75% of students achieving a 4+ (old C grade) in these subject areas. The school has seen a significant improvement in maths this year with 56% of pupils achieving a grade 5+ and a quarter of all students achieving a grade 7 or higher (old A grade).
The school is also very proud that its disadvantaged students have made more progress than last year in both English and maths.
Sheldon has always valued the breadth of the curriculum it offer to its students and are particularly proud of the fact that its results reflect success across a range of subjects this year. A third of students studying Biology, Chemistry, Dance, Food, Geography, Physics, and Religious Studies achieved grades that were at a grade 7 or above (old A grade).
The school has always celebrated languages and the school has done exceptionally well in terms of progress and attainment in all modern foreign languages, with a third of all grades in Spanish and French being above a grade 7 (old A grade).
New Headteacher Peter Lynch expressed his joy in the students’ achievements, saying, “We are all incredibly proud of all our students’ achievements and I am pleased that their hard work has paid off. I would also like to thank our committed staff and parents who have supported the students in preparing for these exams.
“Finally, we wish all our students every success in the future at whatever they choose to do next. I am pleased that the school results have improved in my first year and across a range of subjects and measures.”
Top Performing students
The following 12 students have received a clean sweep of grades at 7-9/Dist/Dist*
Lily Billett, Nana Akua Boakye, Ellie Cox, Gemma Coxon, Emily Dickie, Constance Felgate, Ellie Howe, Faaizah Islam, Oliver Morgan, Jasmine Parkinson, Abigail Rahn and Susannah Stephenson.
A further six students achieved 9 grades at 7-9/Dist-Dist*:
Tanisha Bogg, Jessica Dowd, Sophie Edwards, Oliver Joyce, Deya Piperkova and Amy Spencer.
And the following students gained seven or more grades at 7-9/Dist-Dist:
Zara Bucknell, Amber Griffin, Tyler Houston, Lauren Parry, Patrick Woodville, Charlie Dobson, Sylvie Ellis and Natasha Haslam.
The top performing students in terms of progress since KS2 are Daisy Hill, Alex Johnson, Katie Mcintosh, Dylan Paroussi Dawkins, Ashton Naylor, Phoebe Burfoot, Olivia Burfoot, Lydia Barker, Lucy Smith, Maria Williams, Joshua Brown, Jessica Skinner, Darcie Loh and Savana Krunity-Salako.
Head of Year, Megan Owen, was delighted with the results having supported the year group through from Year 7 to 11. She said, “It is incredibly rewarding to see how the hard work, resilience and commitment of students has enabled them to achieve results that they can be truly proud of. All students rose to the challenges presented by Year 11, and they tackled the busy exam period with determination and focus.
“I am incredibly proud to celebrate these outcomes with the year group, with the results adding to all of the other amazing achievements and memories gained over the course of the past five years. I would also like to extend my gratitude to the dedicated staff body at Sheldon, as well as students’ parents and carers, all of whom have worked tirelessly to support students in fulfilling their potential and preparing for their next steps.
“It has been an honour to be a part of the year group’s secondary school journey, and I wish all students the very best of luck as they embark on their next chapters. I look forward to hearing about where their future paths lead them!”