Across all 27 secondary schools in the county 55 per cent of students gained five or more A* to C grades, including English and maths – a 4% increase on the previous best last year.
The provisional GCSE results announced on Tuesday 24 August, showed another year of improvement across the county with 19 schools achieving or matching their best ever results including English and maths.
The 19 schools who have had their best ever results for 5 or more A* to C grades including English and mathematics are:
- Beacon Community College
- Bexhill High School
- Cavendish School
- Eastbourne Technology College
- Filsham Valley School
- Hailsham Community College
- Heathfield Community College
- Hillcrest School
- Priory School
- Ratton School
- Ringmer Community College
- Rye Community College
- Seaford Head Community College
- The Bishop Bell CofE School
- The Causeway School
- The Grove
- Tideway School
- Uplands Community Technology College
- William Parker School.
Councillor Keith Glazier, East Sussex County Council's Lead Member for Children's and Adult Services praised all involved. He said: "I would like to congratulate everyone whose hard work has contributed to these excellent results. They are, once again, a tribute to the dedication and commitment of students and their teachers.
"I am delighted to see so many successes and also extremely pleased to see yet another year of overall improvement for the county. We are not complacent, however, and will continue to work hard to drive standards still higher."
The results also show that five schools achieved an improvement of more than 10% on last year.
These are:
- Bexhill High School
- Filsham Valley High School
- Hailsham Community Colldge
- Bishop Bell
- Causeway.
Reference:
PR 2926
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