Polam Hall School

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Academic Performance

At Polam Hall School, when it comes to exam results, as at all other times, our focus is on the individual. Careful analysis of students’ performance over many years shows us what each pupil is likely to achieve at each stage. Thus, at GCSE and at A level, we celebrate everyone who has achieved or exceeded our expectations. We aim to bring out the best in each student and allow every individual to realise her or his full potential.

We are very proud of the fact that our A level leavers consistently, and with almost 100% success rate, go on to study the courses and to take up places at the universities of choice. 2008 was no exception as our Destination of Leavers page shows. Very personal and close guidance through the UCAS process means that students apply wisely and their references support their applications. We see the impressive outcomes of this approach year on year.

League tables are notoriously difficult to interpret, and can be very misleading, especially for relatively small schools and those with a significant proportion of EFL students who study IELTS rather than GCSE English. Some of our excellent overseas students, who will go on to Oxbridge or similar, do not count in our A-C figures as a result of this anomaly. Our international students achieve excellent results at both GCSE and A level. Similarly our non-selective entry includes a range of abilities including some for whom success is not appropriately measured in academic terms.

We are very proud of our results and feel it is helpful to present them in 5 year averages, so that trends over time, or consistency, can be observed.

A levels
Over the past 5 years, our students have achieved an average points per candidate equating to an average of ABB for each student. The breakdown of results can be seen in these spreadsheets.

A Level Results 2009 (12Kb)
A Level Results 2008 (14Kb)
A Level Results 2007 (11Kb)
A Level Results 2006 (10Kb)

GCSE
Over 5 years the average grade across all subjects is B+.The breakdown of results can be seen in these spreadsheets.

In 2008 once again a significant number of students celebrated all A/A* grades.

GCSE Results 2009 (10Kb)
GCSE Results 2008 (11Kb)
GCSE Results 2007 (12Kb)
GCSE Results 2006 (11Kb)