GCSE Examinations

% Grades  A*- C for our students leaving after Year 12 (Class 11)
      
 
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
 2004 2005 2006 2007
                           
English
100
100
88
95
95
91

84
100
100
    85 82 100 91
English Literature
43
83
100
82
100
80

92
80
100
    83 90 82 74
French
75
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
  100 100 100 100
German
83
100
92
100
100
100
100
100
100
  100 96 100 96
Mathematics
50
85
94
72
79
81
89
77
100
    76 81 74 86
Biology
20
43
100
69
73
100
89
100
89
    91 65 53 87
Chemistry
25
83
83
89
65
77
73
67
90
    82 92 80 100
Physics
67
75
92
88
75
62
88
100
100
    75 82 100 100
History
 
67
56
83
100
100
100
71
100
    62 90 55 100
Art & Design
100
90
100
65
92
64
77
60
72
    64 60 67 67
Graphic Communication
0
 
0
40
25
 
100
50
63
    29 8 50 84
Music
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
90
100
   100 100 92 80
                           
5 or more Grades A*-C %
38
77
88
79
85
77
84
77
100
   100 81 79 85
5 or more Grades A*-G %
88
100
100
100
95
100
95
100
100
   100 100 95 100
1 or more Grades A*-G %
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
   100 100 100 100
 
Our students sit their GCSE examinations over two years in order to accommodate the broad non-exam oriented core Waldorf curriculum. In Year 11 (class 10) the students take a maximum of four GCSEs: English, French, German and Mathematics. The remaining subjects are taken in Year 12 (class 11).

The Government's Examination Performance Statistics use the 5+ A*-C grades parameter for 15 year olds as the key measure of a school's academic performance. Together with other Steiner Waldorf Schools, Elmfield appears in these statistics regularly in a negative light, whilst the students who complete our top class generally leave with an excellent set of exam results. Virtually all go on to A-level college or other further education courses.