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Truro School Public Examination Results 2006

A-Level Results – 2006

The overall pass-rate this summer was 99%, for all A-Levels taken by students in the Upper Sixth Form.

76% were at the top grades of A and B. There was a total of 95 candidates. 26 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 17th August

Number of pupils in Upper Sixth - 95

A-Levels	Entries	A	B	C	D	E	U
Art	15	11	2	2
Biology	36	17	8	4	4	3
Business Studies	10	4	3	2	1
Chemistry	31	17	4	2	4	2	2
Design	10	5	4	1
Economics	7	1	4	2
Eng Lang & Lit	6	2	4
English Literature	7	5		2
French	16	5	4	5	2
Geography	26	8	13	3	2
Geology	12	7	3	1	1
German	4	2	2
History	20	8	9	2	1
Maths	23	15	4	2	1	1
Further Maths	7	6		1
Music	6	3	3
P.E.	10	5	2	1	1	1
Physics	19	9	5	1	3	1
RE	17	10	1	4	1	1
Spanish	4	1	2	1
Theatre Studies	8		4	3	1
TOTAL	294	141	81	39	22	9	2

Year by Year Comparison

Year	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Pass Rate	93.9	95.5	99.5	98.1	98.2	98.7	99.3	98.6	99.5	100	99.3
Passes per U6 student	2.88	2.90	3.2	3.0	2.86	2.95	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1
% of passes at grades A or B	49.2	61.8	68.7	65.5	69.5	63.8	71.3	68.8	75.2	77.9	76.0
% of entries at grades A or B	46.2	59.0	68.3	64.3	68.3	63.0	70.8	67.9	74.8	77.9	75.5
Average 'points' per candidate	19.3	21.5	25.0	23.1	23.0	22.6	-	-	-	350	348
% of entries passes A-C	66.4	77.3	89.4	83.1	88.3	80.6	87.4	87.5	90.1	90.3	88.8
" " " D-E	27.5	17.6	10.3	15.0	11.6	18.1	11.9	11.1	9.3	9.8	10.5

GCSE RESULTS - 2006

Truro School’s pass-rate at Grades A*-C at GCSE was 97.5%.
Over half of these were at Grades A* and A (54.5%).
123 5th Formers sat the exams this summer and 16 of these had straight A*/A’s.

Number of pupils in 5th Form - 123

	Entries	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	U	% pass (A* - C)
Art	41	5	15	13	5	3					93
Biology	59	24	15	12	7	1					98
Chemistry	59	13	15	20	9	2					97
Physics	59	20	25	9	3	2					97
Dual Award Science*	128	14	30	38	42	4					97
Design & Technology	31	7	13	8	2	1					97
English	123	7	48	54	13	1					99
English Lit.	122	1	39	59	22		1				99
French	72	18	25	22	6	1					99
German	45	22	12	7	4						100
Spanish	31	6	9	6	7	2	1				90
Geography	79	26	22	16	11	4					95
Geology	11	5	4	2							100
History	65	13	34	10	5	2	1				95
Maths	123	22	41	39	19	2					98
Statistics	24	14	9	1							100
Music	13	7	5	1							100
PE	25	10	9	4	2						100
RE	21	5	6	7	3						100
Information Tech.	2	1	1								100
TOTAL	1133	240	377	328	160	25	3				97.5

Year by Year Comparison

Year	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
% Pass rate at grades A*-C	92.5	95.6	93.9	96.7	96.2	98	96.2	94.5	95.6	94.7	97.5
% at Grades A* and A	40.2	47.0	48.2	51.6	52.8	52	57.4	56.5	53.2	54.3	54.5
% with 8 passes (A*-C)	84.9	93.0	87.0	93.9	95.5	94	97.2	90.5	91	89	95
% with All (A-A*)							15	21	21	16	13

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Recent Results

A-Level Results – 2006

Year by Year Comparison

GCSE RESULTS - 2006

Year by Year Comparison

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