GCSE & Level 2
Exam Results – Summer 2024
Overview of Attainment and Progress
Attainment
The average GCSE grade is 4.82*.
Progress is above the national expectation of 0, at +0.14*, which is an improvement of 0.24 on last year.
There is virtually no gap between the boys’ and girls’ comparative rates of progress.
For information about our Sixth Form results, please follow this link- https://townsend.herts.sch.uk/year13results/
YEAR 11
Attainment Overview
| No. of students | Average GCSE grade | EBacc average grade | 9-5 inEnglish &Maths | 9-4 inEnglish & Maths | |
| 2024 | 140 | 4.82 | 4.03 | 51% | 67% |
| 2023 | 126 | 4.87 | 4.31 | 48% | 68% |
| 2022 | 139 | 4.66 | 3.88 | 42% | 58% |
| 2019 | 87 | 4.81 | 4.72 | 46% | 64% |
GCSE Results by Subject
| Subject | 9 – 7 % | 9 – 5 % | 9 – 4 % | 9 – 1 % | Total Grades | Average Grade |
| Art | 13.6 | 36.4 | 59.1 | 95.5 | 22 | 4 |
| Biology | 51.1 | 91.5 | 93.6 | 100 | 47 | 6 |
| Business Studies | 29.6 | 48.1 | 66.7 | 100 | 54 | 5 |
| Chemistry | 61.4 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 44 | 7 |
| Chinese | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 2 | 9 |
| Computer Science | 61.9 | 85.7 | 90.5 | 100 | 21 | 7 |
| Design Technology | 40 | 80 | 90 | 100 | 10 | 6 |
| Drama | 14.3 | 64.3 | 71.4 | 100 | 14 | 5 |
| Engineering | 50 | 91.7 | 91.7 | 100 | 24 | L2M |
| English Language | 19.3 | 62.2 | 78.5 | 100 | 135 | 5 |
| English Literature | 18.3 | 60.3 | 75.6 | 100 | 131 | 5 |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 14.3 | 57.1 | 78.6 | 100 | 14 | 5 |
| French | 33.3 | 54.2 | 75 | 100 | 24 | 5 |
| Geography | 14.6 | 47.9 | 47.9 | 100 | 48 | 4 |
| German | 0 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 1 | 5 |
| History | 36.9 | 67.7 | 75.4 | 100 | 65 | 5 |
| Italian | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 1 | 8 |
| Maths | 29.6 | 57 | 73.3 | 97.8 | 135 | 5 |
| Media Studies | 17.5 | 42.5 | 57.5 | 97.5 | 40 | 4 |
| Music | 20 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 5 | 3 |
| PE | 26.9 | 69.2 | 80.8 | 100 | 26 | 5 |
| Physics | 75 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 44 | 7 |
| Religious Studies | 18.9 | 48.5 | 62.9 | 99.2 | 132 | 5 |
| Science (Combined) | 4 | 31.3 | 54 | 100 | 88 | 44 |
| Textiles | 20 | 40 | 50 | 100 | 10 | 4 |
