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Exam Information and Results

Incredible learning ethos leads to incredible results!

Another strong year of results for Crookhorn College with some excellent areas of strength. This year, 65% of all grades were at 9–4, with 73% gaining a 4 or higher in maths and 75% achieving this in English.

English and maths continue to perform at the national average, highlighting the strength of core subjects at Crookhorn. It was great to see the boys perform well in both English and maths, beating the national averages.

The Open and Ebaac strands continue to grow, with the average grade improving from 2024 and 2023. Our disadvantaged students continue to improve their overall performance, seeing an increase in their overall A8 grade.

Our SEN-friendly classroom initiative continues to bear success, with prior low attainment students and SEN students continuing to outperform previous cohorts.

Some incredible highlights at Crookhorn:

  • 43% of all students that studied French achieved 9-7, with 100% achieving a grade 9-5.
  • 28% of all students that took Religious Studies as a GCSE achieved 9-7, with 95% achieving 9-4.
  • 42% of all Engineering students achieved a grade 9-7, with 88% achieving a grade 9-4.
  • 20% of students that took Business Studies achieved 9-7, with 86% achieving 9-4.

Headline Statistics - All students on Entries

Examination Strand 2024 2023
Basics ‘Standard’ 61% 66%
Basics (9-7) 6.5% 9.3%
All grades 4 or above 64% 65%
Attainment 8 (best 8 scores combined) 41.6 44.87

Exam Information

Please find the link below for access to the Government's comparison webpage. It is important that you read the statement below from the government before comparing schools. This data is also out of date. 

There has been an uneven impact of the pandemic on school, college and multi-academy trust performance data. We recommend:

  • Not making direct comparisons with data from previous years or between schools/colleges or MATs.
  • Discussing with the schools/colleges or MATs factors that may have influenced these results and consider a range of information when forming a view on how well a school or college is doing, including pupil/student population information.

https://www.gov.uk/school-performance-tables

Exam board by subject 2024/25 

Subject Exam Board 
Art and Design

AQA

Biology

AQA

Business Studies

EDEXL/GCSE

Catering Studies

WJEC L1/2 Vocational Award

Chemistry

AQA

Child Development

OCR (Cambridge National)

Computer Science

AQA

Construction

WJEC L1/2 Vocational Award

Dance

BTech

Double Science

AQA

Drama

WJEC/GCSE

Engineering

WJEC L1/2 Vocational Award

English Language

WJEC/GCSE

English Literature

WJEC/GCSE

French

EDEXL/GCSE

Geography

AQA

History

WJEC/GCSE

Maths

OCR

Music

BTech

PE

OCR

Photography

AQA

Physics

AQA

Religious Studies

AQA

Sociology

WJEC/GCSE

Spanish

EDEXL/GCSE

Textiles

AQA

Exam revision guides can be purchased at: www.cgpbooks.co.uk/info/recommended-book-lists

Grade method - explained

The mark/grade that you are awarded for a subject tells you how well you have done. The government decides how many ‘performance points’ a certain standard of work is worth. They do this within a ‘level’ structure.

At Crookhorn we offer GCSE’s (level 1 or 2) alongside a variety of vocational subjects that, depending on the course and the level achieved can be level 1 or level 2. We use a variety of exam boards, that may present their vocational grades in slightly different formats.

At GCSE, you can achieve a grade from 1-9.

Level Grade Performance Points
Level 1 1 1
Level 1 2 2
Level 1 3 3
Level 2 4 4
Level 2 5 5
Level 2 6 6
Level 2 7 7
Level 2 8 8
Level 2 9 9

As mentioned, vocational subjects, use different grade methods, but their equivalence to GCSE’s is measured with the Performance Points. Here’s what it looks like for Child Development, Creative iMedia, Dance & Music:

Level Grade Description in words Performance Points
Level 1 P1 Level 1 Pass 1.25
Level 1 M1  Level 1 Merit 2
Level 1 D1 Level 1 Distinction 3
Level 2 P2 Level 2 Pass 4
Level 2 M2 Level 2 Merit 5.5
Level 2 D2 Level 2 Distinction 7
Level 2 D2* Level 2 Distinction* 8.5

There’s a slight difference in the grade method and performance points for Catering, Construction & Engineering:

Level Grade Description in words Performance Points
Level 1 P1 Level 1 Pass 1
Level 1 M1 Level 1 Merit 1.5
Level 1 D1 Level 1 Distinction 2
Level 1 D1* Level 1 Distinction* 3
Level 2 P2 Level 2 Pass 4
Level 2 M2 Level 2 Merit 5.5
Level 2 D2 Level 2 Distinction 7
Level 2 D2* Level 2 Distinction* 8.5

If you’re studying any vocational subjects, look out for these grades – now you know what they mean! Any questions, please ask Miss Fisher, our Exams Officer, or your subject teacher.