St. Mary’s top Sefton’s GCSE league tables again

St. Mary’s College in Crosby is again top of Sefton’s GCSE performance league tables. This is according to new figures from the Government on this year’s examinations.

Statistics from the Department for Education (DfE) show that the college achieved better results in the summer than all other state and independent schools in the borough in all key indicators.

One of these was its Attainment 8 score of 63.1 per cent. This is significantly higher than the Sefton average of 42.9 per cent. The average for schools across the country stands at 43.7 per cent.

Attainment 8 measure students’ average grades across a range of eight GCSE-level qualifications.

These are English and Maths, three English Baccalaureate (Ebacc) qualifications (including sciences, languages, History, Geography and Computer Science) and three additional qualifications approved by the DfE.

The aim of this Government measure is to encourage schools to offer their pupils a broad and balanced curriculum.

St. Mary’s was also the top-performing school in Sefton in terms of pupils’ English and Maths GCSE results. 

75.6 per cent of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in both subjects this year. This exceeds the borough average of 39.3 per cent and the national average of 41.5 per cent.

Meanwhile, St. Mary’s GCSE candidates also outperformed pupils in all other Sefton schools. They achieved an English Baccalaureate (Ebacc) average point score of 5.49. The borough average was 3.69 and the English average 3.84.

This score measures a pupil’s average best grades across five GCSE subject areas, the so-called ‘pillars’ of the English Baccalaureate.

St. Mary’s principal, Mike Kennedy, commented:

“These new figures again demonstrate the success of our policy which has always been to give students as much scope as possible in terms of the number and variety of subjects they take at GCSE level.

“Being top of the class in terms of these key performance indicators reflects the breadth and quality of the curriculum we offer.

“Even more importantly, the statistics demonstrate the hard work and commitment of our GCSE candidates, and I would like to congratulate all the students and staff involved in achieving these outstanding results.”