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Thursday, 26 January 2012
In the latest government ranking of schools by performance in
the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) qualification, Bolton School
has captured two of only three places in the top 20 taken by
Northern schools with Bolton School Girls' Division in 18th
position and the Boys' Division in 10th. Ninety five per cent
of Boys' Division pupils and 93% of Girls' Division pupils achieved
the EBacc qualification, which was introduced in 2010 and is
awarded to pupils attaining A*-C GCSE passes in English,
Mathematics, two Science qualifications, a language
and History or Geography. Last year the Girls' Division
ranked 23rd best in the country. You can see the full table
here.
Headmistress, Miss Sue Hincks, said: "I am delighted at the
girls' success, both at GCSE and A Level. As a new Head, I have
found the girls' commitment to their studies and their extra
curricular sport, music, drama and societies to be exceptional. The
older girls are excellent role models for the younger ones and I
look forward to helping shape their futures in the years to
come."
The GCSE table of schools in the Bolton borough can be found
here.
Mr Philip Britton, Headmaster of the Boys' Division has seen his
school move from the bottom to the top of the local rankings as the
government finally recognises the IGCSE
qualfication. Commenting on the latest tables he said: "I am
delighted with the success of the boys and girls in the GCSE league
tables. In a way we have enjoyed being bottom of the league tables
because the silliness of that position must have been obvious to
everyone and it drew attention to how little tables actually can
tell you about a school. We were bottom because we took IGCSE exams
which had not been counted. Now these are, it is very good for the
students to have their success recognised, but it actually makes
the league tables no better a measure of the excellence of what we
do here at Bolton School than they were when we did not appear.
Education is about very good exam passes, which is the route to the
next stages in life; but it is also about developing the attitudes
and skills to make the most of that next stage when you get there
and that is what we also do outstandingly well.'
The two Senior Schools also both performed well in the
government's A level league
table with the Girls' Division being ranked 106th in
the whole country and Boys' Division being ranked 121st.
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