Year 11 students in Waltham Forest celebrated top GCSE results yesterday, with many schools beating the national average pass rate of 67.6% of all grades at 4/C or above
Year 11 students in Waltham Forest celebrated top GCSE results yesterday, with many schools beating the national average pass rate of 67.6% at of all grades at 4/C or above.
GCSEs are graded from 1-9, with 9 being the highest (A*), a 4 being a pass (C) and 1-3 being fails.
Eden Girls’ School, Waltham Forest said it had “outstanding” GCSE results this summer. Among the top performers was Mishaal Shahzad who achieved ten grade 9s, securing a place at London Academy of Excellence Tottenham.
Sisters Ghania and Mahum Mirza also excelled, with a combined total of ten grade 8s, seven grade 7s, two grade 6s, and one grade 5, and will continue their studies at Westminster City School. Wafa Afzali, aiming for a career in medicine, earned four grade 9s and five grade 8s, while Roviha Ishal’s remarkable results, including five grade 9s, won her a scholarship at Forest School.
Year 11 students at Walthamstow Academy are also celebrating impressive GCSE results, with 69% achieving a grade 4 or above in both English and Maths, and 56% securing grade 5 or above.
Top performers include Muby Ahmed, who earned nine grade 9s and will study A Levels at the academy’s Sixth Form, and Raphael Bernard, who achieved seven grade 9s and two grade 8s.
Students at Norlington School & Sixth Form celebrated their GCSE results with smiles all around. The all-boys school in Leyton Road saw 61% of students achieve a level 5 or above in English and Maths, while 79% earned a level 4 or above, both surpassing the national average for boys.
Nearly half of the students secured a grade 7-9 in Maths, and 40% of language students achieved the same high grades.
Head teacher Juan Hernandez said, “We are very proud of our boys. They worked hard and achieved great results, supported by a committed staff.” Abdullahi Abdul Kadir, who earned two 9s, four 8s, three 7s, and an A in additional Maths, shared, “I’m really pleased with my results as I thought they were going to be a lot lower. I’m also just relieved to finally know—it feels like it’s been a long wait.”
Meanwhile, in Chingford, three primary school age brothers passed GCSE Maths. Zayn, Riyan, and Aiden Chowdhury, who are aged nine, ten, eight respectively became some of the youngest students in the country to achieve a GCSE Maths pass.
Zayn received grade 8, while his brothers Riyan and Aiden both achieved grade 5.
This year’s GCSE results in England saw a decline in top grades compared to the previous years when teacher-assessed grades were used during the pandemic. However, the results were still higher than pre-pandemic levels, with more students achieving higher grades than in 2019.
In London, students performed particularly well, with the capital achieving the highest percentage of top grades (7-9) across the country. Despite the national dip, London schools continued to excel, reflecting ongoing improvements in educational outcomes in the city. Disparities between regions remained, with London leading in performance compared to other areas of England.
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