Pupils
reached the end of an anxious summer of waiting as they visited their
respective schools last week to pick up their GCSE results.
The top achieving schools in the borough were King's College School and
Wimbledon High School with A to C pass rates at 99 per cent and 100 per
cent respectively.
Among the best results at Wimbledon High were straight A*s for all 50
geography students.
Wimbledon's Ricards Lodge recorded 63 per cent of pupils with five or
more A*s, with Sarah Gardiner finishing in the top five for English
literature nationally, and head girl Danielle Thomas hitting the top
five in media studies.
Ursuline High School achieved 67 per cent of students gaining five A* to
C grades and high pass rates in English literature, English language,
drama and science'
Merton's largest school Wimbledon College, reported its best ever GCSE
results with 57 per cent of boys getting five grade Cs or above and 58
per cent of all entries at grade C, six per cent higher than the
national average for boys.
Results were still coming in to Raynes Park High School, as the Guardian
went to press, but head teacher Ian Newman
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expected
the number of C grades and above to hit 50 per cent. Among outstanding
students were Cally Walker and Stuart Boyd who both gained 11 GCSEs,
with eight A or A* grades.
High-flyers at Rutlish School included Jamie Cameron and Alex Godson,
who both got four A*s, seven As and a B.
Mitcham's Tamworth Manor school achieved rising results for the fifth
year in succession with an increased number of pupils getting five A to
C grades, and 91 per cent of pupils gaining at least five passes.
Bishopsford Community School was still waiting for results in one
subject as the Guardian went to press, but head teacher Paul Harwood
said the results were encouraging and an improvement on last year.
Fhuong Hoang achieved eight GCSEs, with As in English literature and
maths.
Rowan High School had a 93 per cent overall pass rate, with students
Zahra Kanani, Sarah Comport and Reena Sheth achieving all grade A or
A*s.
Paul
Askew
paskew@london.newsquest.co.uk
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with Adrian