Students praised for 'strong' GCSE results

Friday, 26 August 2016 00:00

GCSE students have been praised for a 'strong' set of results after wide ranging qualification change.

Yesterday more than 800 students received their results - the total number of entries was around 7,500:

The 16-year-olds sat exams in more than 50 subjects - with almost every student entered for maths, English and science.

School improvement advisor Joel Smith says the statistics are promising:

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