A Level Results 2009
High A level Standards maintained

The high standards set for the A levels at Matthew Arnold School in 2008 have been maintained by the students completing their courses in 2009. Over half of all the grades achieved (55%) were A or B grades. Three-quarters of the grades achieved were C and above and our overall pass rate was 98%.

I am very pleased that our students have been so successful in their A level studies and that so many have had their university places confirmed today. There were some particularly outstanding results for some of our students. Greg Miller achieved 4 A grades (Biology , Maths, Chemistry and Physics) and will be going to Surrey University, Hannah Smith achieved 3 A grades (Biology, Chemistry, Physics) and a B in Mathematics which enables her to take up her place at St Hilda's College, Oxford University, Emma Parry and Holly Warder also achieved 3 A grades and 1 B grade and Michael Hooton and Tamsin Evernden also achieved 3 A grades.

There were many more success stories and my congratulations go to all the students for their hard work and to the staff for the excellent teaching and support that they provide to every student during the two years of sixth form. Miss Oakden, Head of Sixth Form is delighted with the results and adds her congratulations for all the individual successes.

Katherine Ryan

Headteacher

GCSE Results 2009
School achieves GCSE success again

Pupils at Matthew Arnold School have recorded excellent results again, with almost 70% (69.5%) of pupils achieving 5 A* to C grades including English and Maths.

In 2008 the school achieved easily its best results ever and it is delighted to have matched these results this year. Katherine Ryan, Headteacher, said, “We are showing year-on-year that we are a successful school where everyone can achieve.”

Students at all levels achieved excellent results but some outstanding individual performances included:

Kochanski Kelly           12 A*

Frost Harvey                9A* , 1B

Bower Freya                8A* 4A

Coote Jonathan            8A* 3A

Warder Simon             8A* 2A

Endicott Peter               8A* 1A