Reading Pupils Celebrate GCSE Results
PUPILS across Reading are celebrating a strong set of GCSE results.
At this stage there are no national statistics to make direct comparisons and it is difficult to compare results with last year because of different ways of reporting.
However, early indications from schools are that 66 per cent of students in Reading schools achieved the very important C or higher grade in both English and Mathematics GCSEs.
This is clearly an increase on the closest equivalent measure from 2015 when 57.5 per cent of students gained 5 A*-C GCSEs including English and Mathematics.
Councillor Tony Jones, Reading’s Lead Member for Education, said:
“Congratulations to all Reading pupils who have achieved some fantastic results.
“We are seeing some great GCSE results at schools across the borough against a backdrop of a national downward trend.
“Of course, there will be pupils who haven’t received the results they were hoping for and I would encourage them not to panic and to take advantage of the help and advice available to them.
“I would also like to thank the borough’s teachers whose hard work and dedication have helped young people achieve their results.”
