This year GCSE  results for Wildern School in Hedge End show the pupils have gone one better with 69%, as opposed to 68% in 2008, achieving five or more A* to C grades in subjects including English and maths.

Obtaining five A* to C GCSE grades (including in English and maths) is the target the government has set for pupils leaving secondary education, with nationally 47.6% of pupils achieving this in 2008.

Wildern has also done well in comparison with results in the county overall. Hampshire County Council is reporting that provisional results show 55.9% of pupils across the county met the government target – an increase of 2.1% on last year.

Around 14,000 pupils sat exams in Hampshire and 70.9% achieved five or more A* to C GCSE grades – or equivalent if studying for other qualifications such as BTEC diplomas and certificates, NVQs and Key Skills. This is a record high and up 3.6% on 2008. At Wildern School the percentage was 86 in this category. 

To check results for other schools nationally see the Mail Online Education section which lists exam profiles for 631 state schools.

With 353 Wildern pupils having sat exams this year, the average points score per candidate is 548.86, and 25.7% of the GCSEs were awarded A* or A.

These are great results for Wildern – and if you would like to comment on them or the national figures, or if you know of someone who’s achieved a set of fantastic results or of someone whose exam grades mean they’re off to fulfil a career dream, then tell Hedgeendpeople!