A record 103 students were entered for public examinations this summer at Malden Oaks. 

The outcomes are outstanding and represent a huge effort by students and staff. Many of our students have had very negative experiences in previous educational settings, and so there is all the more reason to celebrate their exceptional results. They have overcome anxiety, shown high levels of resilience and in many cases, covered a 2 year course in a much shorter amount of time. Their results are proof of our strongly held belief that it is absolutely never too late to catch up and achieve.

Particular highlights include:

• GCSE Grade 9s in English Literature, English Language, French and Hospitality & Catering

• GCSE Grade 8s in English Language, Sociology, Biology, Child Development

• Students from three different provisions studied GCSE computer science together in one class, and all gained a grade 7. 

• Our first 6 Oaks students moving onto university after achieving the  A Levels they needed

• 219 GCSE grades achieved with 90 of those at grade 4 or above. 

• GCSE Grades in 24 different subjects, a unique offer for an Alternative/Special school

• Continued exceptional performance compared to national alternative provision and a sample of special SEMH schools. 

Breakdown of GCE passes (A/S and A level) - 6 Oaks

Breakdown of GCSE passes - Upper School, 6 Oaks, Kingston Tuition & Richmond Tuition

  

*GCSE results comparisons - dfe data source for Alternative Provision

** Historically our data only included those who attended our ‘school’ setting. This was because we had just a small number of tuition students, many of whom had high learning needs, and/or health reasons preventing them from accessing a full curriculum. They were therefore entered for very few public exams. Over time this has changed, and more tuition students access a GCSE curriculum and a greater number of teaching hours. This final column therefore includes this newer cohort of students. 

The data in the table above is for year 11 students only. Despite extensive searching, it has not been possible to compare our post 16 data with other providers as there do not appear to be any other special schools with published L2 and/or L3 post 16 qualifications. 

Results by provision:

Upper School 

A total of 99 GCSE grades were gained by the 23 year 11 students at Upper School, of these, 32 were grade 4 or above. 11 students gained at least 5 GCSE qualifications. One student gained the following grades: 1 x 5, 2 x 6, 2 x 8 and 2 x 9 ! A student who did not expect to be able to access any exams at all gained 3 GCSEs. Students passed GCSEs in 17 different subjects. 

Kingston Tuition

A total of 29 grades were gained by the 15 year 11 students in Kingston Tuition. One student gained the following grades: 2 x 5, 1 x 6, 2 x 7, 2 x 9 .  In addition, a year 10 student sat GCSE Computer Science a year early and gained a Grade 7 

Richmond Tuition 

A total of 36 grades were gained by the 16 year 11 students in Richmond tuition. Of these 36, 12 were at grade 4 or above. Grade 6s were achieved in English Language, Grade 5s in Biology, Physics, English Literature, English Language, Art and Maths. Students were entered for 7 different subjects. One student (who last year was only able to access a few sessions a week in the home/community and this year decided they were ready to have sessions at NJ), achieved 3 grade 5s and 1 grade 6 and has a place at Kingston College from September where they will study Level 3 Art and Design.

6 Oaks

36 students achieved GCSE grades, while 8 passed A/S and/or A Levels. Three students obtained the necessary grades to move on to university - a first for 6 Oaks. Some students were sitting GCSE subjects for the first time, having missed out on periods of education prior to attending 6 Oaks.  Others were re-sitting subjects and many achieved their aim of improving on their year 11 grades, particularly the all important English and Maths at Grade 4 and above.