St John's School Porthcawl

Once again St John’s proved it has the “value-added factor” when Year 11 students received their GCSE results.  Overall 42% of all results were at Grades A* or A, compared to the national average of 22%.  Particularly pleasing were James Kearle and Bethanie Denyer who followed in last year’s Head Boy’s and Head Girl’s footsteps by achieving 9 A*s and As each, best results in school.  Bethanie should be especially congratulated as not only did she achieve her Mathematics GCSE at grade A when she was in year 10, but also this year she achieved Statistics and her Sciences amongst her 7 A*s.  Bethanie also achieved a pass in a free-standing additional further mathematics qualification.
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