“>ON GCSE Results Day 2016, St Mark’s West Essex Catholic School were celebrating an excellent set of results that yet again demonstrate strong English Baccalaureate, progress, group and individual success.

14% of pupils achieved at least 5 A*/A; 54% of pupils achieved at least 1 A*/A; 36% achieved the English Baccalaureate; 5+ A*-C (including Maths and English) was 60+%; 62% met the new English and Maths threshold; and Progress 8 (the new government measure) and value added show further positive results.

The Headteacher, Elaine Heaphy, commenting on the results, stated “I am delighted that the hard work of our Year 11 pupils and their teachers has been rewarded. I am proud of every pupil in accepting and meeting the challenges that we at St Mark’s continually strive to provide for each of them. We promote an academic Key Stage 4 curriculum which enables them to go onto ‘A’ level and post 16 studies. I look forward to welcoming this year group of pupils back, along with many new pupils, into our Sixth Form for the new academic year.”   

There were many examples of outstanding individual performances with most of our pupils not only achieving their target grades but a number exceeding them. The following pupils all achieved at least 5 A*/A grades (numbers indicate number of A* – C passes and the numbers in brackets indicate the number of A*/A).
Maria Szandala 11 (5); Magdalena Zajac 10 (10); Samuel Gurnett 10 (10); Taylah Andrews-Clark 10 (8); Ruchi Masih 10 (7); Aimee Cheung 10 (6); Chloe Cox 10 (5); Abigail Willis 9 (9); Sarah Van Der Lith 9 (9); Bithiah McSpencer 9 (9); James Knudsen 9 (8); Rose Joseph 9 (6); Emmeline Tsang 9 (5); Hannah Pope 9 (5); Fern Kelly 9 (5); Manashe Chitenga 9 (5); Clive Tsungu 8 (7); Lauren Bone 8 (6); Halle Andrews-Clark 8 (6);