THE headteacher of Gable Hall school has said she is "bitterly disappointed" with their exam results for 2015.
The school recorded a dramatic drop by 16% in students who gained 5 or more GCSEs at A* to C (inc English and Maths) from last year.
In 2014, 74%of students attained 5 or more GCSEs at A* to C (inc. English and Maths).
In 2015, the figure had plummeted to 58%.Th lowest mark for over a decade.
The headteacher said: "Obviously, we are very disappointed with the headline figure, but we are heartened that our students post-bacc pass rate has held up.
"We will do our utmost to ensure that any students whose post-16 offer of a place may have been affected, is catered for at the Stanford and Corringham Sixth Form Centre".
75% of students passed 5 or more Any GCSEs at grades A* – C, with 58% gaining 5 or more A* – C passes including English and Maths.
The percentage of students with 5 or more A* – G passes rose 4% to 98% up from 94% in 2014.
This year as last year, every child left Gable Hall School with a qualification with the 1 or more A* – G figure sitting at 100%.
At least 50% of their students gained 10 or more A*- C passes with more than 25% gaining 12 or more A* – C passes.
1 in 3 of their students achieved an Ebacc pass (A* – C in English, Maths, 2 Sciences, History or Geography and an MFL – a suite of 6 subjects).
The average number of GCSEs only per student rose to 10.5 this year up from 9.5 last year.
Amongst the very many outstanding individual student performances were:
Megan Fonfara 9A*, 5A, 2B Alex Darnley 3A*, 7A, 6B
Casey Pham 5A*, 8A, 2B, 1C Jamie Robson 2A*, 11A, 1B, 1C
Hannah Lee 5A*, 6A, 3B Chloe Wood 2A*, 10A
Chloe Dixon 4A*, 10A, 1B, 1C George Hart 1A*, 7A, 6B
Jack Cowen 4A*, 8A, 3B Luke Daykin 8A, 6B, 2C
