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MORE GCSE subjects are being graded using the number systemthis year, with 9 being the top score and 1 the lowest. The new structure has been in


place since 2017 to replace the for- merA* toUgrades. The number scheme is now


being used for almost all GCSE subjects. Grades 7 or higher are considered grades A or higher in the old system. Students at Invicta Grammar


School achieved an outstanding set ofGCSE resultswith 63%of all grades being 7 to 9. Atotal of 98.5%of year 11 pupils


achieved the benchmark of five grades atA* to C or 9 to 4, includ- ing English andmathematics. Students at Sutton Valence


School celebrated a “superb set of results with 40% of all results graded 9 to 7”, according to head BruceGrindlay. Afifthof the 82pupils inthe year


group each achieved over 80%9 to 7 grades across a wide range of subjects and five individuals achieved a superb clean sweep at these top grades. Therewere some exceptional in-


dividual performances including AlexDuckett (sevengrade 9s, three grade 8s),TarikAbed(six grade 9s, three grade 8s, one grade 7) and Will Chambers (six grade 9s, three grade 8s). Studentswere queueingupearly


outside StAugustineAcademy on August 22. Thewhole student roll achieved


61% at grade 4 ormore in English and57%formaths, giving an over- all 52% for exams with passes at grades 9 to 4. Starperformers includedStanley


Bastablewith nine grades fromthe top grade 9 to grade 5, and Erin Bourne who achieved 10 passes fromgrades 9 to 6. For the thirdconsecutive year,St


SimonStockstudentsmade excel- lent progress, according to princi- ple, JonMalone. Nine out of every 10 students


achieved grade 4 or higher in Eng- lish, with more than eight out of every 10 students achieving grade 4 or higher inmathematics. Eighteen students achieved an


average of grade 7 or higher in all their subjects. Special congratula- tions for exceptional attainment go to Sabe Santhosh (six grade 9s, three grade 8s and one grade 7) and Miriam Darby (six grade 9s, three grade 8s) CornwallisAcademy celebrated


the successes of year 11 students after another increase in progress.


Fromabove, students celebrate their GCSE results atMaidstone Grammar School for Girls, Sutton Valence School and Oakwood Park


Of all the grades achieved, 63%


were 4 or above, with 10% of all grades an 8 or 9 – a newrecord for the school. Over 60% of students achieveda grade 4 or above in both English and mathematics, a 10% increase on last year’s results. MaidstoneGrammarSchool for


Girls celebrated a year of excellent GCSE examination results. The school said 56% of all stu-


dents achieved five or more 9-7 (A*/A) grades, with 37 students achieving 10 or more 9-7 grades. Over 14% of grades on the new specificationswere grade 9 (A*). Twins Eleanor and Madeline


Ray gained an impressive total of 20 grade 9s and two grade 8s be- tween them. TheLenhamSchool reportedan


“excellent set of results”.with 54% of students gaining a pass in both English andmathematics. Notable high achievers include


John Rangel, Charlotte Tyrrell, William Sadler, and Rhianna Schoemaecker-Knell, who all gained at least five grades 7 or above, including an impressive number of grade 9 passes. The headofMaplesdenNoakes,


Richard Owen, congratulated stu- dents on achieving a “very good set of results”. He said 64% of students


achieved grade 4 or above (A*-C) inEnglish, 61%achievedgrade 4 or above in maths and 69% achieved at least a grade 4 or over in science. MaidstoneGrammarSchool an-


nounced improved results this year. In all subjects, 44% of entries


were graded7 to 9,up7%fromlast year. An impressive 99% of stu- dents gained five 9 - 4 grades, over 50% of students achieved five or more 7 to 9 grades, and over one- third of students achieved eight or more 7 to 9 grades. At Oakwood Park Grammar


School, almost a quarter of the year group gained grade 7 or above in seven or more of their GCSE courses. There were outstanding per-


formances from Matthew Baber, with five grade 9s and Sol du Boc who achieved nine grade 9s. Students at Valley Park School


achieved record results in English andmaths this summer, with two thirds of students attaining at least


a grade 4 in both subjects. Overall, 11passeswere achieved


at grade 9, the highest grade under the newcriteria. Studentswho at- tained at least one qualification at this high level were: Megan Field (4), Ellie Davenport (2), Anna Wicks (2), Molly Harmon, Khan Mehmet and Jessica Smith. Students at The Holmesdale


School sawa significant improve- ment inprogress over the last year. Particularly noteworthywere the


number of students getting a 5 or over in English, up by 12%, and also in triple science (biology, chemistry and physics), in which the number of students achieving grade four or over in all three im- proved by 48%.


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