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Truro School Public Examination Results - 2010


A-LEVEL RESULTS

 

The overall pass-rate this summer was 99.3%, for all A Levels taken by students in the Upper Sixth Form. 21% of students gained an A* grade, and over 50% received an A* or A grade.

75.6% were at the top grades of A*, A and B.
There was a total of 97 candidates. The results cover mainstream academic subjects and General Studies are excluded.

Results achieved by the Upper Sixth Form
As on 19th August 2010


Number of pupils in the upper sixth: 97

 

Subject

Entries

A*

A

B

C

D

E

U

Art

13

7

3

2

1

 

 

 

Biology

26

3

10

5

3

3

2

 

Business Studies

18

 

6

5

4

3

 

 

Chemistry

32

8

12

3

6

2

1

 

Chinese

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

Design

10

 

5

3

2

 

 

 

Economics

11

1

5

3

1

 

 

1

English Literature

14

7

 

5

1

1

 

 

French

11

 

7

2

1

 

1

 

Further Mathematics

6

1

 

4

1

 

 

 

Geography

22

 

6

7

8

1

 

 

Geology

21

9

8

2

2

 

 

 

German

5

2

 

3

 

 

 

 

History

18

3

3

8

3

1

 

 

History of Art

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

Mathematics

25

11

7

3

1

1

1

1

Music

3

 

1

2

 

 

 

 

PE

10

1

2

1

3

3

 

 

Physics

22

6

3

6

2

3

2

 

Religious Studies

18

1

9

6

1

1

 

 

Spanish

8

2

1

1

3

1

 

 

TOTAL

295

62

90

71

43

20

7

2

 

Comparison with previous year

 

Over half of students gained at least a grade A

 

Year

2009

2010

Pass Rate

99.4

99.3

Passes per U6 student

3.1

3.0

% of passes at A*

9.6*

21.0

% of passes at A*-A

54.7

51.5

% of passes at grades A* - B

80.9

75.6

% of passes A* - C

94.2

90.2

 

 

Previous 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 passes A-C 83.1 88.3 80.6 87.4 87.5 90.1 90.3 88.8 90.7 91 94.2