Guardian News
Schools praised as east Cheshire chalks up excellent position in league tables
9:00am Wednesday 1st February 2012
HIGH school pupils in east Cheshire have chalked up some excellent performances in their GCSEs.
League tables show that the percentage of students achieving five or more A*-C GCSEs, including English and Maths, is up two per cent to 64.4 per cent.
This also shows an improvement of seven per cent over the last three years.
Middlewich High School currently has 141 pupils and 54 per cent of its pupils achieved five or more A*-C grades. Nationally, Cheshire East is ranked second when judged against authorities of a similar size and 18th when compared against all councils.
There has also been an increase in the percentage of pupils who make expected progress in English and maths.
The figure for English is 74.5 per cent and for maths it is 68.7 per cent.
When judged against authorities in the north west, Cheshire East comes fifth for English and third for maths.
Clr Hilda Gaddum, cabinet member for children and family service, said: “The improvement in performance figures is excellent news and shows that pupils in Cheshire East are doing better than ever.
“I would like to thank the school staff, and teachers, who work very hard with our pupils and also the young people themselves, who are maintaining a high success rate in Cheshire East.”