Exam success for Newham's pupils

• See the 2010 provisional GCSE results here

Provisional results show the percentage of young people achieving five or more A* to C GCSEs or equivalent including English and Maths - the Government's gold standard - rose from 47 per cent in 2009 to 51 per cent this year.

Mayor of Newham Sir Robin Wales and Councillor Quintin Peppiatt, executive member for children and young people, visited Little Ilford School in Manor Park where the percentage of pupils who achieved five or more A* to C grades including English and Maths was 54% - up 12 percentage points on last year.

The Mayor said: "Results day is an important milestone in our young people's lives and it's a privilege to be able to share in their excitement. I congratulate all pupils on such wonderful results.

"All of our schools work hard and the results this year show that strong leadership is paying off. We will continue to invest in education and work with schools in the coming academic year so that we can carry on improving."

Councillor Peppiatt, executive member for children and young people, said: "Once more we're seeing wonderful results in Newham. Our young people have again done better than students in far more privileged and wealthy areas. We've met the challenging target the Government set for us."

St Angela's Ursuline School in Forest Gate performed best in Newham with 84 per cent gaining five or more A* to C GCSEs or equivalent including English and Maths.

The most improved schools gaining five or more A* to C GCSEs or equivalent including English and Maths were Rokeby School in Stratford (up 21 percentage points to 64); Brampton Manor School in East Ham (up 19 percentage points to 58) and Little Ilford School (up 12 percentage points to 54).

In 2005 just 16 per cent of Rokeby pupils achieved five or more A* to C GCSEs or equivalent including English and Maths. This year at 64 it exceeded its target by 24 percentage points.

Cllr Peppiatt, who was with pupils as they opened their results, said: "Standards at Rokeby School are improving year on year and the school now has a reputation to be proud of.

"Many pupils arrive at the school with English as a second language and what they achieve is remarkable. Rokeby is also moving to a brand new building with state-of-the-art facilities so we're looking forward to more improvement there and from all our schools."


The 2010 provisional GCSE results

Figures are the percentage of students achieving five or more A* to C GCSEs (and equivalents) including English and Maths:

School	2010 unadjusted %	+/- on 2009
Brampton Manor	58	+19
Cumberland	39	+7
Eastlea	30	-5
Forest Gate	46	-7
Kingsford	44	-2
Langdon	50	+2
Lister	38	-2
Little Ilford	54	+12
Plashet	59	+4
Rokeby	64	+21
St Angela's	84	+10
St Bonaventure's	72	+10
Sarah Bonnell	56	+6
Stratford	55	-3
The Royal Docks	35	-2
Newham	51	+4