Children and young people from across Rotherham have been receiving their GCSE results, with many schools reporting positive outcomes for their pupils.
All 16 secondary schools in Rotherham have provided data for the results of nearly 3,300 children.
The indicative data received so far shows that:
GCSE English
77.3% of Rotherham students have achieved grade 4 (pass) or better in English, with 61.7% achieving grade 5 or better. This places Rotherham above the national average, with schoolsweek.co.uk reporting that that the national English grade 5-pass rate is 61.1%
Top performing schools for English locally include Wickersley School and Sports College (89.4% achieving grade 4 or better), Wath Academy (86.5% achieving grade 4 or better), Wales High (84.7% achieving grade 4 or better) and Saint Pius X Catholic High School (82% achieving grade 4 or better).
GCSE Maths
71.6% of Rotherham students achieved a grade 4 (pass) or better in Maths, with 52.9% achieving grade 5 or better. The national average Maths grade 5-pass rate is 56.6%, as reported by schoolsweek.co.uk.
Top performing schools for Maths locally include Wath Academy (85% of students achieving grade 4 or better), Wales High School (83.4% achieving grade 4 or better), Aston Academy (80.1% achieving grade 4 or better) and Wickersley School and Sports College (76.9% achieving grade 4 or better).
GCSE English and Maths
66.8% of students achieved grade 4 (pass) or better in both English and Maths, with 45.6% achieving grades 5 or better.
Top performing schools locally for English and Maths include Wales High School (79.5% achieving grade 4 or better) , Wath Academy (79.2% achieving Grade 4 or better), Wickersley School and Sports College (75.6% achieving grade 4 or better) and St Bernards Catholic High School (73% achieving grade 4 or better).
Councillor Victoria Cusworth, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People at Rotherham Council, said: “I'm extremely proud of all our young people, teachers, parents, schools and everyone involved in supporting children to achieve the best GCSE results they can. Once again, we've seen many fantastic results from children across Rotherham.
"The last two years have been extremely disruptive and difficult for everyone involved in education due to the pandemic, but the resilience and hard work they have shown has been outstanding and I wish all our pupils well with what they are moving on to next.
"Support is available in school on next steps for young people who haven't achieved the results they wanted. If you haven't done as well as you'd hoped it isn't the end of the world by any means - time is still on your side - and there are plenty of options still open to you to get to where you want to be."
Help for young people in Rotherham with mental health and wellbeing is available at www.kooth.com - support is free, anonymous and safe.
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