Getting the Right Results

At BCS we aim that, as a basic minimum, all pupils, irrespective of their ability or starting point on entry to our school, will achieve at least one grade at GCSE or A level above their potential.  We pride ourselves on excellent value-added scores, and our mission is to ensure that every pupil outperforms academically.

Our curriculum and subject choice has been designed to ensure that we can cater for all interests, we have developed a very unique and innovative curriculum that has taken into account the different learning styles of pupil, the fact that some pupil want a purely academic curriculum, others want a practical subject choice, and yet others want a combination of the two.  We do not do what all other schools do, or simply follow the norm in timetabling lessons and in our subject choice offer – we innovate to ensure we get the best out of everyone.  We would be happy discuss our innovative curriculum with you.  Every child can flourish and every child can find the subject choice they want.

You will see that our results are exceptional for a non-selective school.  Our top academics are expected to achieve only A* at GCSE and A level, and they do, in abundance.  Pupils who need support are given this to ensure that they too achieve top results.

Many of our pupils will describe themselves as ‘academics’’, and they love BCS, not only because we stretch them academically, but also because they are able to deliver so many other skills they never knew they had due to our extensive extracurricular programme and our broad curriculum.

Look at our Results!
 

We practice what we preach, and our 2011, our results were, as ever, most impressive!

A levels

• 75% of students gained an A grade.
• All pupils gained placed to their universities of choice, on the course of choice

 GCSE

• 93% of all pupils gained 5 or more A* -C grade passes
• 1 in 3 grades were A* or A grades
• Results show a 15% improvement on 2010
• Subject results showed some impressive performances: A*/A grade percentages as follows: Spanish: 83%, Music: 57%, Chemistry: 47%; Mathematics: 43% (so over 1 in 3 of our non-selective intake gained an A* or A in mathematics: most impressive), French: 42%, Biology: 41%, Religious Studies: 40%; ICT: 40% (so GCSE Percentage Scores by subject

Grade A* A B C D E FGU Total English 10 23 57 100 100 100 100 100 English Lit 7 17 57 97 100 100 100 100 Maths 17 43 70 93 97 100 100 100 Science 0 0 15 77 92 100 100 100 Add Science 0 0 31 54 92 100 100 100 Biology 12 41 82 100 100 100 100 100 Chemistry 6 47 88 100 100 100 100 100 Physics 12 29 71 94 100 100 100 100 French 25 42 75 100 100 100 100 100 German na             100 Spanish 56 83 94 100 100 100 100 100 Geography 10 35 60 85 95 100 100 100 History 10 30 50 90 90 100 100 100 RS 20 40 80 90 90 100 100 100 Art 0 0 29 71 71 100 100 100 Business Studies na             100 DT 0 13 38 63 100 100 100 100 Drama 0 20 70 100 100 100 100 100 Expressive Arts 0 0 0 33 17 33 17 100 Home Economics na             100 ICT 0 40 40 100 100 100 100 100 Music 29 57 86 100 100 100 100 100 PE 0 9  36  72  90  100  100  100