Press Release from Bacup And Rawtenstall
Grammar School
GCSE Results - 2004
BRGS
had its third best set of GCSE results.
The 176 pupils passed
1701 exams at grades A* to C out of 1765 entries, a pass rate of
96.4%.
All students but one passed
at least five subjects at A* to C.
172 (97.7%) passed at least five subjects including English
and Maths.
52.2% of the entry was at grades A* and A.
A record 52
pupils achieved at least nine A* and A grades.
Exceptional results of more than 9 A* grades were achieved by
five students:
David Bewicke, twins Kinga and Nora Egressy, Elizabeth Hyatt and Daniel Saron
There was a record 10.03 passes per pupil at A* to C grades.
The headmaster, Mr Martyn Morris said “The British
disease is that we all too often find fault where there is none
and try
to put ourselves down. After the outcry in the national press
last week that the 22nd annual increase in A level pass rates
showed that the exam is getting easier, we had on Monday the
opposite accusation that the education system is failing because
the proportion of students achieving a grade G pass has dropped
this year by a point or two. It is ridiculous. Let’s look
at the positive side. The education system in the valley is doing
an excellent job in giving our young people the understanding,
skills and knowledge to go on to the next stages in their lives.
At BRGS we had the biggest GCSE group in the school’s
history. We have maintained the high standards we have worked
so hard
to achieve over the last few years and I want to thank parents
as well as teachers for their unstinting efforts.”
BRGS
had its third best set of GCSE results.
