The School continued its improvement in GCSE with a 10% increase in how our students performed with the percentage of students achieving 5 A*-C including English and Maths rising to 36%. Overall 53% of students achieved C grades or above, an increase of 14% on last year. The school's provisional ‘Progress 8’ measure shows we have made significant progress from well below national average to above national average with our progress 8 score standing +0.13.  The shift from last year's -0.36 score is a significant jump in progress.