After two years in which students’ GCSE, IGCSE, AS and A Level grades were decided by evidence-based teacher assessments, in 2022 grades were determined as a result of students’ performance in public examinations and non-examination assessment.
To be fair to all students nationally and to recognise that all students’ learning had been disrupted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to some degree, the government decided that a range of mitigations should be put in place for the 2022 summer examination series, and that the results for each qualification would be approximately at the midpoint between 2019 (the most recent full examination series) and 2021 (Teacher Assessed grades).
As a result of this process, students at St Helen’s were awarded the following grades:
A LEVEL
- 33% of A Levels graded A*
- 80% of students achieved A*-A
- 94% of grades awarded A*-B
- 98% of grades awarded A*-C
- 60.8% of our Year 13 students achieved A Level grades comprising only A* and A grades
- 78.4% of our Year 13 students achieved AAB grades or better at A Level (the minimum grade profile typically required to study many competitive courses at leading universities)
Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)
- 46% of grades awarded A*
- 100% of students achieved A*-A
- 100% of grades awarded A*-B
- 100% of grades awarded A*-C
GCSE & IGCSE (overall)
- 43% of students achieved grade 9
- 71% of students achieved grades 9-8
- 90% of grades awarded 9-7
- 97% of grades awarded 9-6
- 18.8% of students achieved 9 or more grade 9s
- 30.4% of students achieved 7 or more grade 9s
- 53.6% of students achieved exclusively grades 9-7
The grades in both GCSE and A Level comfortably exceed those of 2019 which was the last public examination series pre-pandemic, and are also largely in line with last year’s teacher assessed grades. The girls have worked so hard over the past two years in what have been unique and unsettling circumstances and we are incredibly proud of them. These outstanding results are testament to their work ethic, resilience, and, of course, to the support, dedication and expertise of their teachers.
A Level results 2022 by subject
Subjects
Entries
% A*
% A*-A
% A*-B
% A*-C
Art (Fine Art)
4
50.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Biology
30
30.0%
80.0%
96.7%
100.0%
Business
5
0.0%
60.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Chemistry
37
24.3%
64.9%
81.1%
94.6%
Computer Science
1
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
D&T (Product Design)
2
50.0%
50.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Drama & Theatre Studies
4
0.0%
75.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Economics
15
40.0%
80.0%
100.0%
100.0%
English Literature
15
13.3%
93.3%
100.0%
100.0%
French
4
50.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Geography
10
30.0%
90.0%
100.0%
100.0%
German
3
66.7%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
History
16
43.8%
87.5%
100.0%
100.0%
History of Art
3
66.7%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Japanese
3
33.3%
33.3%
66.7%
100.0%
Mathematics
31
38.7%
77.4%
90.3%
96.8%
Maths (Further)
5
20.0%
80.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Music
1
0.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Physics
8
12.5%
75.0%
87.5%
87.5%
Politics
6
16.7%
50.0%
83.3%
100.0%
Psychology
8
75.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Religious Studies
9
55.6%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Spanish
8
37.5%
87.5%
100.0%
100.0%
Overall
228
33.3%
79.8%
93.9%
98.2%
Extended Project
2
0.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
GCSE results 2022 by subject
Subjects
Entries
9
9 to 8
9 to 7
9 to 6
Art
12
8.3%
58.3%
83.3%
100.0%
Biology
110
54.5%
89.1%
99.1%
99.1%
Chemistry
109
45.0%
75.2%
92.7%
98.2%
Classics
7
14.3%
57.1%
71.4%
85.7%
Computer Science
23
47.8%
82.6%
95.7%
100.0%
Design & Technology
20
15.0%
45.0%
65.0%
85.0%
Drama
35
42.9%
65.7%
82.9%
97.1%
English Language
112
40.2%
67.9%
85.7%
98.2%
English Literature
112
28.6%
57.1%
82.1%
93.8%
French
31
25.8%
64.5%
83.9%
96.8%
Geography
56
39.3%
73.2%
92.9%
98.2%
German
15
26.7%
53.3%
80.0%
93.3%
Greek
7
71.4%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
History
66
53.0%
66.7%
93.9%
97.0%
Italian
9
0.0%
11.1%
22.2%
66.7%
Japanese
2
50.0%
50.0%
50.0%
100.0%
Latin
13
84.6%
92.3%
100.0%
100.0%
Mandarin
3
0.0%
0.0%
33.3%
66.7%
Mathematics
112
34.8%
61.6%
86.6%
94.6%
Maths (Further)
34
73.5%
91.2%
97.1%
100.0%
Music
16
56.3%
87.5%
100.0%
100.0%
PE
10
40.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Physics
110
48.2%
73.6%
94.5%
97.3%
Religious Studies
62
67.7%
88.7%
96.8%
100.0%
Science (Double Award)
4
0.0%
75.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Spanish
59
32.2%
67.8%
89.8%
98.3%
Overall
1149
43.0%
71.3%
89.6%
96.9%
All results accurate as of 14th October 2022.
