Northern Education Trust, Walbottle Academy delighted with GCSE and BTEC results.

Students at Northern Education Trust Walbottle Academy, one of 17 secondary academies sponsored by the trust, have achieved phenomenal outcomes with some headline measures being the academy’s best ever.
Walbottle Academy has secured a significant number of strong passes (Grade 5) in English and maths. An amazing 73% of students overall achieved a pass in English and maths, the best ever result for the academy and some of the strongest outcomes in Newcastle.

There were particularly strong performances in several subject areas, including Modern Foreign Languages and the sciences.

In Chemistry, 12 students achieved Grade 9s, in English Literature, 9 students achieved grade 9 and in History, 9 students achieved this grade. Over 90% of students achieved a strong pass in French. Students studying Health and Social Care BTEC achieved exceptional results with 93% of students achieving a Grade 4.

In Home Languages, ranging across Arabic, Italian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Turkish, 7 students attained grade 9 and 4 attained grade 8.

There were some outstanding individual successes, including:

• Helen, who achieved 5 grade 9s across maths, the 3 sciences and history, plus a Distinction star in BTEC Sport
• Eva, who achieved 5 grade 9s in the 3 sciences, geography and history, plus grade 8s in maths and English Language and Literature.
• Alea, who achieved 5 grade 9s, plus 2 grade 8s in History and maths.
• Ava, who achieved 3 grade 9s in English Literature, biology, chemistry and 3 grade 8s in English Language, geography and maths, plus a Distinction star in Health and Social Care.
• Nate, who achieved 4 grade 9s in science, maths and history, as well as grade 8s in English Literature and French.
• Abdul, who achieved 4 grade 9s in biology, chemistry , physics and English Language, as well as grade 8s in geography and maths.
• Li Na, who achieved a grade 9 and 7 grade 8s.
• Avneet attained a strong set of results including a grade 9 in English, in which she scored full marks of 160 out of 160, an outstanding achievement.

Richard Harrison, Principal said: “The commitment of students and staff has been nothing short of phenomenal. We are outcomes focused and these outstanding results have significantly improved the life chances of the students in our care. The students have worked extremely hard to achieve at this level, with some students having overcome significant barriers to do so. I’d like to thank the staff for their continued passion for ensuring our students succeed – these results are testament to their energy and enthusiasm for helping our students achieve the very best from their education. My thanks also go to the parents, carers, academy council members and the Trust Board for their continued support – our students and staff couldn’t succeed without their help. We look forward to seeing many of our students return in September, after successfully meeting the entry requirements to our outstanding Sixth Form.
We wish all our students well for the future.”