GCSEs in Hull - how did your school do?
Hull's youngsters once again find themselves at the bottom of the national GCSE league tables.
Data published today shows that 29.6 per cent of pupils in Hull achieved the Government standard of five or more GCSEs with A* to C grades last year, including English and maths.
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That is behind the previous year's figure of 30 per cent.
It compares to the national average of 47.2 per cent of pupils gaining the benchmark.
Hull has fallen one place in the league tables, ranked the bottom authority out of 149 across the county.
Education leaders in Hull have expressed their disappointment at the results.
Councillor Mike Ross, portfolio holder for education, said: "Our position in the league tables shows that Hull's results are simply not good enough.
"The council will continue to work closely with schools to put more support in place to help turn things around, and I am confident that this will show through with results this year.
"What's also important now is the value that education is given by young people, their families and the community.
For all that the council and schools can do, for real change to happen it will require the commitment of parents and others and positive attitudes towards education."
Hull dropped down the post-16 education league table, which includes qualifications such as A-levels.
The city slipped from 46th last year to 79 this year, a fall of 33 places, in the tables, also published today.
The A-level average points score has gone down from 719.2 to 698.6.
See Friday's Mail for the full story on the league tables, including reaction and analysis.
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by Debbie, Hessle
Friday, February 06 2009, 2:39PM
“The only reason Hymers is not no.1 is that a number of puils took a more advanced maths exam than the usual GCSE.”
by John, hull
Friday, January 16 2009, 6:05PM
“The long and short of it is that Hull's results are displayed differently to other compareable cities. Therfore we cannot be fairly compared with other cities. Hull is artificially low and the East Riding are artificially high.
End of story”
by Norman, Hull
Friday, January 16 2009, 10:07AM
“As I have commented before, the "Dole Culture" is to blame in many ways. Why on earth bother to learn how to write (excepting to be able to sign on) etc. then having to get up in a morning,PAY transport costs to get to work. Break into a sweat for others,pay tax,Health Ins. buy your lunch,in any form,PAY to get home. Come off it ,this is for others. If they can get as much or in some cases more,by staying in bed, what's the point of learning? Also by educating the masses they might start asking too many questions as to how they are being manipulated and that won't do.”
by P. Dantic, Marist College Memories
Friday, January 16 2009, 8:31AM
“Rob, Deep in the business Centre (sic); Pot and kettle come to mind when reading your posting!”
by Trinity Parent, Hull
Friday, January 16 2009, 12:58AM
“Ana, Hull,
Hull Trinity House does not have a 'select' few in the sense that you imply. Unfortunately I don't have the figures to argue that there are children at the school that do take English as an additional language but I'm sure the percentage is relative to the size of the intake.
I actually know of drug addict parents of a couple of Trinity boys so again you are wrong on that point and again I suspect the percentage is relative to the size of the school.
My son actually attends Hull Trinity House, and I am a loan parent on benefits (for now) and therefore my son does receive free school meals as do a number of other pupils.
Hull Trinity House takes a number of boys from all areas of the city in order to give children of all classes and backgrounds the opportunity to do well and receive a good education. Similar in fact to the way Pam, Hull mentions (may I also suggest reading 'Mind The Gap:Class in Britain Now- Ferdinand Mount. Which has a similar conclusion to the book Pam mentions.
I feel that many parents shirk their responsibility to encourage their childrens education not because they dont care but because they know no better.
It's a cycle that has to be stopped and the authorities can surely see that some of the answers at least can be found on this highly popular comment board!”