Head Fiona Miles, said: "Congratulations to our Year 11 students, who are celebrating stunning
GCSE results.
Despite the reforms to the way in which
GCSEs are graded and assessed, staff say students have achieved some of the best
GCSE results in the college's history.
"Going in to my physics
GCSE I felt terrible, but I really wanted to do it because I revised so hard."
Lucia, a student atPorthcawl Comprehensivestudent, started feeling ill during her chemistry
GCSE exam.
Finally, just remember that your
GCSE results are not the be all and end all, but well done for all you have achieved!
The college now sits in fourth place for
GCSE English, and fifth place for
GCSE maths, in the latest national achievement rates tables for general further education colleges.
The quiz has been created in time for the upcoming
GCSE exams, which British teenagers will be sitting at the start of May, so family members can get some insight into what they are experiencing.
Three-quarters of International
GCSEs (IGCSEs) entries - which are widely regarded as less rigorous than new
GCSEs - were from independent schools in 2018.
By 2020, all
GCSEs in England will be graded using numbers instead of letters.
Stephen Garthwaite, headteacher, said: "I am thrilled with this year's
GCSE results and our congratulations go out to all our students.
In fact, in 550 cases a
GCSE challenge resulted in the mark being lowered.