WINTERBOURNE ACADEMY PRESS RELEASE
25th August 2022
Winterbourne Academy continues its successful trajectory and tradition of high achievement as students score another round of impressive GCSE results in 2022.
Winterbourne students and staff are celebrating phenomenal success in this year’s excellent GCSE results, which are once again testament to the hard work of everyone involved.
Despite this year’s return to the traditional exam format and multiple national changes in this, the second year with the new grading system for English and Maths, the percentage of students achieving top grades remains impressive including 26% of students achieving the very top grades of 7-9 in Mathematics and 29% in English Language. This follows a highly successful set of A Level results which saw consistent levels of successful university offers for Winterbourne 6th formers, bucking the national trend with many Winterbourne students taking up Russell Group Universities and Oxbridge places this autumn.
We now look forward to welcoming students back in September to commence their post 16 courses at our Sixth Form in September, where numbers have grown year-on-year in our dedicated Post 16 Centre, offering courses which are fully integrated with the vast range of those on offer across the Olympus secondary centres.
Students have truly excelled. Subject highlights at the highest grades (7-9) include RE, in which 35% of students scored the top grades and Sociology, where 39% reached grades 7-9. Others include:
- Biology: 38% achieved grades 7-9
- Computing: 46% achieved grades 7-9
- Chemistry: 40% achieved grades 7-9
- English Literature: 25% achieved grades 7-9
- Modern languages: 36% (Spanish) and 29% (French) achieved grades 7-9
- Physics: 43% achieved grades 7-9
- Business Studies: 35% achieved grades 7-9
- D+T Product Design: 50% achieved grades 7-9
- Drama: 50% achieved grades 7-9
- Music: 50% achieved grades 7-9
Other 2022 GCSE result highlights for Winterbourne include:
Proportion of students who achieved GCSE Maths at grade 4 or better: 84%
Proportion of students who achieved GCSE English Language at grade 4 or better: 85%
Proportion of students who achieved GCSE Maths and GCSE English at grade 4 or better: 80%
Proportion of students who achieved GCSE Maths and GCSE English at grade 5 or better: 63%
In level 2 BTEC subjects, Sport secured 78% of grades at Distinction*- Merit whilst Engineering scored 71%. Engineering also had 48% of their grades at Distinction/Distinction*- an impressive result.
In addition to a continued overall trend of improvement and some stellar subject achievements, there have been some outstanding individual performances from our students:
- Ella Parry secured a clutch of eight grade 9s in a range of subjects including English Literature, English Language, Maths, the Sciences and Music. Ella achieved a grade 8 in History.
- Sam Bennion achieved an exceptional set of results with seven grade 9s and two grade 8s. Sam’s grade 9s span a range of subjects which include English Language, English Literature and Maths, Chemistry, Physics and Spanish and a grade 8 in RE and Computing.
- Poppy Frutos-Morris scored an incredible six grade 9s and three grade 8s across subjects as diverse as English, Maths, the Sciences, Spanish and Music.
- Archit Prakash also achieved an impressive six grade 9s and three grade 8s. Archit’s grade 9’s spanned Maths, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Computing and also D+T, with grade 8s in English Language, English Literature and Spanish.
- Aaron Hancock notched up an enviable six grade 9s, plus a grade 8 in English Literature, and a grade 7 in Business Studies as well as two Distinctions, for Music and Sport BTEC.
- Molly Ovenden achieved five grade 9s, one grade 8 for Music and two grade 7s. Molly’s grade 9s were in Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and French and she scored a Distinction* in Sport.
- Charlene Chan had a great set of results incorporating grade 9s in English Language, Maths, Geography, Science x 2 (double award) and Drama. Charlene picked up a grade 8 in English Literature as well as a Distinction in Business
Headteacher Jason Beardmore commented: “I am so pleased to offer my congratulations to the students securing this outstanding set of results. They have extended the Winterbourne tradition of high standards across a wide range of subject areas and these results are testament to their determination, hard work and commitment. As the outgoing headteacher, I could not be prouder of this group of wonderful young people and I am sure they are set for great things as they prepare their next steps. I would like to take this opportunity to thank staff for their ongoing dedication to our students’ achievements over time, as exemplified by this cohort of young people. Under the leadership of Victoria Boynton, Winterbourne looks forward to welcoming many of them back to the Sixth Form in September, for the exciting next chapter in their journey. I will miss them, and I wish them and everyone else in the Winterbourne community all the best for the new academic year, whatever they will be doing.”
