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Monday, 02 July 2007
Bolton School Boys' and Girls' Divisions are equal top in the
borough in the government's annual secondary school performance
tables. This year, the Department for Education and Skills has set
a new benchmark and has ranked schools on how many pupils achieved
five or more A*-C grades, including English and Mathematics. Both
the Boys' Division and the Girls' Division recorded a 99% pass rate
based on this criteria (with a 100% pass rate for each school based
on five or more grades A*-C in any subjects). This placed the
Schools equal top of the Bolton area league table. No other school
achieved higher GCSE pass levels in Bolton or in the surrounding
boroughs of Blackburn, Bury, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale, Salford,
Warrington and Wigan.
Girls' Division Headmistress, Mrs Gill Richards said:
I am delighted that we are doing so exceptionally well. I
strongly believe that English, Mathematics, Science and a Foreign
Language are the key skills which every school leaver needs to take
them into the world of work. When the National Curriculum was
modified to make a modern foreign language non-compulsory, we did
not follow suit. We live and work in a global economy and these
basic skills are vital to the country's performance.
Boys' Division Headmaster, Mr Mervyn Brooker commented:
It is good to see that our boys are bucking the national trend.
I dislike the league tables because I feel that they are
misleading. We concentrate on courses which better prepare our boys
for their futures, whether or not they move the school up the
table. At least this new approach, which includes the harder core
subjects, is more meaningful.
The national average for achieving 5 or more A* - C grades
(including English and Maths) was 45.8% of pupils: the Borough of
Bolton average was 38%.
Full league tables of local secondary schools (based on 2006
GCSE results) can be downloaded from our downloads
section.
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