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Truro School Public Examination Results - 2009


A-LEVEL RESULTS


The overall pass-rate this summer was 99.4%, for all A-Levels taken by students in the Upper Sixth Form.

80.4% were at the top grades of A and B.
There was a total of 100 candidates. 32 students gained three or more A grades. The results cover mainstream academic subjects and General Studies are excluded.


Results achieved by the Upper Sixth Form
As on 19th August


Number of pupils in Upper Sixth - 100

A-Levels

Entries

A

B

C

D

E

U

Art

8 5 1   2    

Biology

30 12 10 5 1 1 1

Business Studies

16 10 3 3      

Chemistry

30 14 7 7   1 1
Chinese
8 3 5        

Design

7 6 1        
Drama
4   2 2      

Economics

15 5 4 5 1    

English Literature

15 12 2   1    

French

13 9 3 1      

Geography

27 16 6 4 1    

Geology

20 10 7 2 1    

German

5 4   1      

History

28 15 8 4 1    

Maths

30 21 5 2 2    

Further Maths

2 2          

Music

6 4 1 1      

P.E.

7 4 2 1      

Physics

19 8 3 4 3 1  

RS

14 4 9 1      

Spanish

7 6 1        

TOTAL

311 170 80 43 13 3 2


Year by Year Comparison

Year
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008 2009
Pass Rate
98.1
98.2
98.7
99.3
98.6
99.5
100
99.3
99.6
99 99.4
Passes per U6 student
3.0
2.86
2.95
3.0
3.0
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.0
3.0 3.1
% of passes at grades A or B
65.5
69.5
63.8
71.3
68.8
75.2
77.9
76.0
73.4
75.5 80.9
% of entries at grades A or B
64.3
68.3
63.0
70.8
67.9
74.8
77.9
75.5
73.1
74.9 80.4
% of entries passes A-C
83.1
88.3
80.6
87.4
87.5
90.1
90.3
88.8
90.7
91 94.2
" " " D-E
15.0
11.6
18.1
11.9
11.1
9.3
9.8
10.5
9.0
7.9 5.1