GCSE Results
Hymers students shine with top GCSE grades
With the highest possible GCSE grade of a 9 being the most commonly awarded grade for Hymers students this year and grade 7 being the average grade, it was smiles all round this morning as pupils arrived at school to receive their results.
Among an outstanding set of results, more than half of students achieved at least seven GCSEs graded 9-7, an equivalent to an A*-A under the old grading system. Indeed, some subjects produced particularly strong results including English (both Language and Literature), French, Latin and the Humanities. In the separate sciences more than 30% of all grades awarded were at the top level of grade 9.
Thirteen top-performing students achieved all grades 9 or 8, while three students got no less than 10 grade 9s.
“This is a fantastic set of results for our GCSE pupils at Hymers; I am very proud of them all. With 64% of grades being 9-7, higher than that achieved in 2019 - the last set of pre-pandemic results - the results today are exceptional.
It is a great pleasure to be able to watch these students mature into fine young adults. I know that many of them have impressed local employers in recent months on work experience placements.
As well as excelling academically, our students have thrown themselves into the co-curricular offering at Hymers, stretching from sports teams to theatre performances. Indeed, many of these students spent the summer enjoying our sports tour to South Africa.
I look forward to welcoming our students back to our Sixth Form and to welcoming the many new students who will be joining us from elsewhere.”
