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Council leader delighted at good news for Newport A Level students

Posted on Friday 17th August 2018
Newport City Council Leader Councillor Debbie Wilcox is delighted at the progress made by A Level students across the city.

Councillor Wilcox said: “The results for our A Level students is excellent news and I am delighted to pass on my congratulations to the students and staff at our schools who have achieved such incredible success.

“They have obviously worked very hard and to see such a significant increase in attainment in a number of Newport schools is an incredible achievement. Well done to all concerned including parents who support their children at such a stressful time.”

The provisional data shows an increase in the percentage of pupils obtaining the Level 3 threshold (equivalent to 2 A Levels A*-E) to 97.2 per cent from 96.5 per cent last year. The Welsh average last year was 97.1 per cent.

The results have also shown an overall increase in Newport of pupils obtaining at least three A*/A passes to 13.4% from 9.5 per cent last year. Last year the Welsh average was 10.5 per cent.

There was also an increase in the percentage of pupils obtaining at least three A*- C grades to 57.1 per cent from 51.9 per cent last year. Last year the Welsh average was 54.7 per cent.

One of the most significant results saw a big rise in the percentage of A Levels at Lliswerry High School awarded grades A* or A increasing from 3.9 per cent last year to an impressive 24 per cent

Other schools who also improved their results from last year include:

*  Bassaleg School increasing the percentage of pupils obtaining three A*/A by one percent to 17 per cent

*  Caerleon Comprehensive increasing the percentage of pupils obtaining three A*/A by eight percentage points to 22.4 per cent and increasing the percentage of A Levels obtained at grades A*/A from 21 per cent to 36.1 per cent and

*   Newport High increasing the percentage of A Levels obtained at grades A*/A from 8.4 per cent to 16 per cent.

Both St Julians’ High School and St Joseph’s High saw an increase in performance – with St Julian’s High increasing the Level 3 threshold performance from 90.3 per cent to 99 per cent and   St Joseph’s High increasing the Level 3 threshold performance to 100 per cent.

Councillor Gail Giles, Cabinet Member for Education and Skills said: “These results are outstanding, I would like to congratulate all concerned in achieving this success. Well done.”

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