The Urswick School, Hackney, GCSE results 5 star performance!

Students at The Urswick School collected their GCSE results today and were celebrating a 5% increase in the number achieving five Grade 5s and above compared with last year. Once they had called home to share the news many enrolled in The Urswick School Sixth Form Academy.

Amongst the success stories was Elijah Summers who passed nine GCSEs all at grade 8 and 9s, included grade 9s for English, English Literature and Music. Elijah said ‘I am so happy with my grades and want to thank all my teachers for their support, I cant wait to join The Urswick School Sixth Form’.

Mia Fraser was celebrating Grade 9s in English and History amongst her nine GCSEs which also included grade 8s in Literature, RE and Spanish. Mia said’ I want to thank Ms Dudley, my History teacher who helped me go from a grade 6 to a grade 9. I am so happy with my results, I can’t wait to study at The Urswick School Sixth Form.’

Olayinka Azeez, Year 11 Head Boy 2024-2025, passed nine GCSEs at grade 7 or above, with grade 9s in History, RE and Science. Olayinka Said ‘ I am very proud of my results and of being Head Boy this past year, I am really looking forward to my next steps in The Urswick School Sixth Form’. Khadijah Uddin was celebrating grade 9s in English Literature, Citizenship and Science.

Executive Headteacher, Richard Brown, who is retiring later this month after 17 years at Urswick said: ‘it is easy to forget that this year group were in lockdown at the end of Primary School and joined Urswick when all sorts of COVID restrictions were in place. They have demonstrated remarkable resilience and are a credit to their families and the school. Teachers have also worked amazingly hard to support the students, including putting on extra classes after school and during the holidays. This is a proud day for us all.’