Wirral students make grade in GCSE results

Sep 2 2009 by Ben Turner, Birkenhead News

WIRRAL students have once again performed better than ever in this year’s GCSE results.

The percentage hitting five A*-C grades including English and maths looks to have improved by 4% and now stands at 54%.

While those achieving five good grades in any subject rose by 6% to 72%.

Cllr Phil Davies, Wirral’s cabinet member for children’s services and lifelong learning, said: “The results are fantastic once again and I want to congratulate the staff and students for yet another year of record-breaking achievement.

‘This demonstrates that the council’s investment in education over the past few years is paying dividends.”

Students who took their GCSEs early were among the success stories at record-breaking Calday Grange Grammar School, West Kirby.

A group of 39 students, aged 15, were fast-tracked and took their maths GCSE 12 months early and every student managed an A* or A. Overall the school enjoyed its best-ever GCSE results with 55% of entries graded A* or A.