Caterham pupils are celebrating the School’s best ever GCSE results this year. An impressive 55% of all GCSE results were graded A*, with 45 candidates achieving 8 A* grades or better. A remarkable 85% of the results were graded A or A*, which is another record for Caterham.

Mr Ceri Jones, Headmaster, said: “I am delighted that our pupils have smashed all previous records to achieve these brilliant, best-ever results. They have achieved this despite the uncertainty surrounding the recent reforms to GCSE which have meant it is harder than ever to achieve top grades.

“Behind the percentages and grades hitting the headlines are a wealth of personal achievements and the just reward for hours of hard work and dedication from this fantastic year group.

“As our Fifth Form now become the new Sixth Form, I will continue to stress the importance of ensuring a balance between that of hard work and on developing themselves as individuals, developing their own interests and passions and making lifelong friendships. Here at Caterham we continue to support our young people in all that they do inside and outside of the classroom, and on ensuring that they will become increasingly independent thinkers and learners.”

CATERHAM HIGH-FLYERS
An amazing 45 pupils (over a third of the year group) achieved eight A*s or more.

ASTONISHING ANTON

Anton Konshin has achieved a fantastic, straight 14 A*s in his GCSEs.  Not only this, but when he achieved his A* in Astronomy (which he took early, last year), his mark placed him amongst the 12 top-performing students in the UK.

NICE ONE, NATASHA!

Natasha Derry scored an amazing 10 A*s and 2 A grades in her GCSEs.  It has been a good week for her family; Natasha’s brother, Luke, collected his A Level results last week and has won a place to read mathematics at Cambridge University.

EXCELLENCE IN EXAMS – AND AT EDINBURGH

Nell Fahey, Jade Sanderson-Marsh, Isobel Sherlock and Ross Furley-Smith are a selection of pupils who returned from the Edinburgh Festival last week where they were cast members in Caterham’s production of The Alchemist.  Now they have collected some brilliant GCSE grades.

SPORTING DUO

Tyler Norwood and Jude Williams have not only performed very well in their GCSEs, they have also achieved tremendous success on the rugby field.  Both play for Surrey U16s and Jude was selected for the Independent Schools Lambs National XV at U16 level.