GCSE Examinations

% Grades  A*- C for our students leaving after Year 12 (Class 11)
        
 
1997
1998
1999
 2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
                           
English 88 95
95
 91 84

100
100
 85    82 100 91 100 96
English Literature 100 82 100 80 92

80

 100 83    90 82 74 75 83
French
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
  100 100 100 89 100
German 92 100
100
100
100
100
100
100
  96 100 96 96 90
Mathematics 94 72 79 81 89 77 100 76    81 74 86 92 77
Biology 100 69 73 100 89 100 89 91    65 53 87 93 86
Chemistry
83
 89 65 77 73 67 90 82    92 80 100 74 58
Physics 92 88 75 62 88 100
100
 75    82 100 100 77 67
History 56 83 100
100
100
 71 100 62    90 55 100 56 55
Art & Design 100 65 92 64 77 60 72 64    60 67 67 77 75
Graphic Communication
 
0
 25   100 50 63 29    8 50 84 59 86
Music
100
100
100
100
100
 90 100
100
   100 92 80 91 75
                           
5 or more Grades A*-C % 88 79 85 77 84 77 100
100
   81 79 85 90 72
5 or more Grades A*-G %
100
100
 95 100 95 100
100
100
   100 95 100 100 100
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.