Shepton Mallet's Whitstone School celebrates best ever GCSE exam results

Nerves turned to joy for the the overwhelming majority of students at Whitstone School this morning with a record 71% students achieving at least 5 higher passes (A*-C).  Shepton Mallet's bright young things defied those who suggested that political issues like the scrapping of the EMA would demotivate students, instead showed a dramatic 11% increase on last years 5+ higher-pass figure.

According to the school "all performance indicators show significant improvement. Particularly pleasing is the number of students achieving two GCSEs in Science, which has risen dramatically from 48% last year to 87% this year."  The year group's top achieving student is Ross Bratton, who has bagged 10 grade As and A*s. Amongst the other top achievers are Lucy Chaplin, Georgia Cornwell, Lewis Meaden, Daisy Searle, Charlotte Smith and Keri Ware, who all achieved at least 5 A grades.

Headteacher Gill Rennard said,  "Obviously we are absolutely delighted with the results; congratulations to all our students in Year 11 – they have worked extremely hard and have laid firm foundations for the future.  Congratulations must also go to the staff who have worked tirelessly to ensure students achieved their full potential. Whitstone School is well on the way to outstanding and these results support our reputation as one of the most rapidly improving schools in Somerset."

Many students, including year 10's who also received their results today, collected their envelopes and quickly left to attend much deserved celebrations which will be happening around the area. 

Congratulations to all who succeeded in getting the results they needed, and congratulations to Whitstone School for a job well done.