The Mercian Trust celebrates GCSE & Key Stage 4 results across all nine of its Sandwell and Walsall schools

Over 1,600 students from our nine schools in Sandwell and Walsall are collecting their GCSE and Key Stage 4 Technical and Vocational results today.

Students, staff, and families at Aldridge School, Q3 Academy Great Barr, Q3 Academy Langley, Q3 Academy Tipton, Queen Mary’s Grammar School, Queen Mary’s High School, Shire Oak Academy, The Ladder School, and Walsall Studio School & Sixth are coming together to open their results, celebrate their successes, and to consider their exciting next steps on their educational journey.

We are particularly delighted that disadvantaged students have achieved their best ever results within our Trust.  This embodies our commitment to social mobility and equitable education for all students across the communities that we serve. 

More students eligible for Pupil Premium than ever before have gained high grades in their GCSE subjects and attainment gaps between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged students have narrowed significantly across our Trust.

The vast majority of students will be choosing to continue their education at our Mercian Trust school sixth forms, with many others going on to high quality vocational courses at local colleges and training providers, or onto apprenticeships with local and national employers. We wish every student all the very best with their studies as they move on to the next stage of their learning journey.

For those students who are unsure of their next steps, we are providing high quality information, advice and guidance available in schools both on Results Day and beyond, to support them to their next destination.

Dan Parkes, CEO at The Mercian Trust, said, “I am really proud of our students’ fantastic achievements in their GCSE results. It is always a privilege to see the fruit of students’ hard work and dedication, and we celebrate their success today.  

I also want to add my thanks to all our dedicated staff and school leaders who have tirelessly supported our GCSE students throughout their journey to reach this milestone.

As we congratulate our students, we also look forward to their continued growth and success, those who are remaining with our Trust in our school sixth forms and those who are leaving us at this stage to continue their studies at college or with an apprenticeship provider.   To our students: Congratulations on a job well done – I encourage you to grasp every opportunity now available to you!"

 

We would like to draw attention to a few key headlines and some inspirational individual students who have achieved amazing things at each of our schools:

• At Aldridge School
  • Congratulations to students who achieved notable individual success:
    • Abigail Evans 9’s in art, biology, chemistry, German, geography, history and maths with 8’s in physics and English.
    • James Billingham 9’s in chemistry, computer science, maths and physics and 8’s in biology, German and English.
    • Niamh Mason 9’s in business studies, geography and history and 8’s in biology, chemistry, German, English lit, maths and physics.
    • Lorna Kenyon 9’s in sciences, music and PE
    • Mathilda Leach 9’s in history and music and 8’s in citizenship, English, French.
    • Stephen Clayton 9’s in maths and music, 8’s in RST, physics, geography and biology
    • Kheelan Patel 9’s in chemistry and music, 8’s in biology, German, history, maths and physics, 7’s in English and computer science
    • Annabella Hayes 9 in business studies and 8’s in English, French, geography, maths and music, 7’s in science and English literature
  • Alongside individual student success two of our subject departments also achieved amazing things:
    • Music achieved 8 grade 9’s with 83% of grades 7-9
    • Biology, chemistry and physics all achieved well over 50% in grade 7-9
• At Q3 Academy Langley
  • This year was another strong set of results for Q3 Academy Langley mirroring their 2023 results across nearly all metrics.
  • We were delighted with very strong subject grades for History, Geography and Art and significant improvement in French with another large EBacc cohort entry.
• At Q3 Academy Tipton
  • This year we celebrate our highest number of students achieving English and Maths at grade 4 and above and grade 5 and above. Our average grade has also improved with students doing better in every GCSE subject with 25% of students achieving at least 1 grade 7 in their suite of qualifications. We have also achieved a record numbers of students meeting the criteria to remain at the Q3 Academy Tipton Sixth Form!
  • Particular congratulations go to Qasid K, Kasey P, Bortosz O, Life-Elie M, Anmolpreet S, Jasmine B, Lory A, Mohammed A, Marcel S, Ella H and Aliyat L who achieved an average of a grade 7 or better. Bartosz achieved an incredible 9 grades 7 and 8 with Qasid, Kasey and Life-Elie achieving an equally impressive 8 grades at 7 or 8.
  • We wish every student the best of luck in their next steps and hope to see many back in our Sixth form in September.
• At Queen Mary’s Grammar School
  • The Year 11 cohort of 2024 have produced a pleasing set of GCSE results, which they have worked hard for.
  • 65% of all entries were graded at 7-9, with 43% at 8/9.
  • Over 80% of all results in maths and science were a 7 or better.
  • 96% of our pupils achieved 9-5 in at least 5 subjects
  • 26 pupils scored 7-9 in all of their subjects
  • 71% of students achieved the English Baccalaureate (eBacc) with grade 5s or better
• At Queen Mary’s High School
  • We are delighted that 68% of results were at the high grades of 7 – 9
  • Additionally, 41% of results were graded as either 8 or 9
  • This is the first year since we increased the number of students per year group, with our commitment to social mobility to ensure more students eligible for the Pupil Premium enrol at Queen Mary’s High School.
    • Of these students eligible for Pupil Premium, 63% of results were at the high grades of 7 – 9 and 39% at grades 8 or 9
  • Special congratulations to Juana and Mya who achieved an incredible all 9s and to eight further students who achieved 8s and 9s across the board.
• At The Ladder School
  • We are pleased with our results and 88% of our KS4 students will receive 5 or more qualifications.
  • Students outcomes at The Ladder School are significantly better than the qualifications students get nationally in similar Alternative Provision schools.

 

 

GCSE RESULTS 2024