The performance of East Riding schools at the end of key stage four has jumped 11 places up the national league tables to 42nd. GCSE results have risen again for the sixth successive year. Validated results indicate that 77.7 per cent of pupils achieved five or more A*-C GCSE grades and 58.6 per cent achieved the government’s “gold standard” of five or more A*-C including English and mathematics, both these…
A new drop-in advice centre has opened in Beverley. The Choices Centre on Norwood provides advice and support for parents and carers and young people about everything from childcare and teenage pregnancy to careers advice and education courses. The centre can be used as a drop-in or appointments with advisors can be booked in advance. Teams such as the Families Information Service (FISH) and Connexions will be based at the…
Pupils at St John of Beverley RC Primary School are celebrating double gold medals in this year’s Yorkshire in Bloom Awards and also in Beverley in Bloom. The green-fingered pupils also won the coveted Young People’s Award for being the best school in the county competition. Every member of the school community has been involved in the school’s growing success. This year parents, pupils and staff created a World War…
The performance of East Riding schools at the end of key stage four has once again shown significant improvement. The hard work of schools and young people has been rewarded by record breaking levels of performance. With four schools still to report their results early indications suggest that GCSE results have risen again for the fifth successive year. Results reported by schools indicate that 59 per cent of pupils achieved…
Pupils across the East Riding have shown improved performance at the end of primary education in English and maths at level four and level five. This judgement, based on teacher assessment, shows significant improvement compared to 2009 results. This year, many schools decided not to undertake the year six SAT tests, and because of this all schools in the East Riding underwent a rigorous process of teacher assessment. Teacher assessment…
Parents who have applied for 2010/2011 primary school places at schools in the East Riding of Yorkshire will be told the results of their applications in the next few days. Letters will be posted to parents on Friday, 12 February 2010. The East Riding received 3,356 applications for places at infant, junior and primary schools this year and 3,322 applicants (99.0%) got places at one of the schools they named…
The performance of East Riding schools at the end of key stage four has once again shown improvement. GCSE results have risen again for the fifth successive year. Validated results indicate that 71 per cent of pupils achieved five or more A*-C GCSE grades ( a rise of 5 per cent) and 52 per cent achieved the government’s “gold standard” of five or more A*-C including English and mathematics, sustaining…
East Riding of Yorkshire Council would like to congratulate schools on their success as shown in the provisional Local Authority Key Stage 2 results released today. Outcomes for 11-year-old pupils demonstrate the health of the primary schools, as the East Riding results continue to show evidence of strong performance. In English the authority is 37th out of 150 councils, placing it in the upper quartile – top 25%. In mathematics…
