Yarm School

Yarm School is celebrating the strongest set of GCSE results in the school’s history.

More than half (56%) of all grades awarded to Yarm School pupils were 9/8 and a third of all exams achieved the top 9 grade.

Twenty three pupils achieved the impressive feat of securing 10 or more 9/8 grades, with seven pupils achieving 11 out of 11 grade 9s: Miriam Akowuah, Sara Banerjee, Kayla Roberts, Keya Shah, Ammar Soni, Hannah Stewart and Harry Wildridge.

The ‘stellar seven’ have a plethora of other achievements between them, including success in the UKMT Senior Maths Challenge, playing at national school finals for netball and hockey, rowing for the school, playing in the school’s orchestra and completing their bronze Duke of Edinburgh awards.

Results across the board were exceptional and in 16 subjects more than a third of all grades achieved were grade 9. In the school’s first year of offering computer science the results were outstanding with 70 per cent of grades at 9/8. English and maths also followed this trend with 65 per cent and 58 per cent respectively securing a grade 9/8 in these core subjects.

Dr Huw Williams, Headmaster at Yarm: “2022 has been a vintage year for pupils’ results at Yarm with these strongest ever GCSE results following on from last week’s record outcomes in public examinations for our departing Upper Sixth.

“These outstanding results reflect the determination, perseverance and ambition of our pupils and we are so proud of them all. Furthermore, they are also a strong affirmation of the quality of teaching and support given to pupils at Yarm. On the back of excellent remote learning provision the pupils have fully embraced the unique opportunities available at Yarm.

“Within these impressive results are a range of individual success stories that reflect personal endeavour and pupils exceeding their own expectations and aspirations. We celebrate the success of this terrific year group who have contributed a huge amount to the wider life of the school.”

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For further information contact Rosie Earl on 01325 363436

Editor’s Notes:

Yarm School, a co-educational day school, is situated in the attractive and historic town of Yarm on a beautiful stretch of the River Tees. It was established in 1978 to provide high quality education for pupils aged 11 to 18. It has its own Preparatory School for boys and girls aged 7 to 10, a Pre-Prep for boys and girls aged four to six years and a Nursery for three-year-olds.

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