Truro School Public Examination Results - 2007
A-LEVEL RESULTS
The overall pass-rate this summer was 99.6%, for all A-Levels taken by students in the Upper Sixth Form.
73% were at the top grades of A and B. There was a total of 93 candidates. 22 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 16th August
Number of pupils in Upper Sixth - 93
A-Levels |
Entries |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
U |
Art |
12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Biology |
33 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Business Studies |
14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
Chemistry |
23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | |||
Chinese |
1 | 1 | |||||
Design |
8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Economics |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
English Literature |
19 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | ||
French |
13 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
Geography |
23 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | ||
Geology |
16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
German |
4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
History |
23 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | ||
Maths |
18 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Further Maths |
3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Music |
4 | 4 | |||||
P.E. |
7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Physics |
18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | |||
RE |
13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||
Spanish |
13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |||
Theatre Studies |
8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
TOTAL |
279 | 126 | 78 | 49 | 20 | 5 | 1 |
Year by Year Comparison
Year |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Pass Rate |
95.5 |
99.5 |
98.1 |
98.2 |
98.7 |
99.3 |
98.6 |
99.5 |
100 |
99.3 |
99.6 |
Passes per U6 student |
2.90 |
3.2 |
3.0 |
2.86 |
2.95 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
% of passes at grades A or B |
61.8 |
68.7 |
65.5 |
69.5 |
63.8 |
71.3 |
68.8 |
75.2 |
77.9 |
76.0 |
73.4 |
% of entries at grades A or B |
59.0 |
68.3 |
64.3 |
68.3 |
63.0 |
70.8 |
67.9 |
74.8 |
77.9 |
75.5 |
73.1 |
Average 'points' per candidate |
21.5 |
25.0 |
23.1 |
23.0 |
22.6 |
- |
- |
- |
350 |
348 |
|
% of entries passes A-C |
77.3 |
89.4 |
83.1 |
88.3 |
80.6 |
87.4 |
87.5 |
90.1 |
90.3 |
88.8 |
90.7 |
" " " D-E |
17.6 |
10.3 |
15.0 |
11.6 |
18.1 |
11.9 |
11.1 |
9.3 |
9.8 |
10.5 |
9.0 |