31st August 2004
by Philip Holmes, Head of School Improvement Service
Congratulations and Celebrations! as improved GCSE results hit the headlines.
Seventeen schools saw improvement in the GCSE results announced on 25 August, and five in particular made over 10% improvement whilst also outstripping their own target - Beverley Grammar School, Beverley High School, Headlands School and Community Science College, The Market Weighton School and Withernsea High School and Technology College.
Philip Holmes, Head of School Improvement said:

East Riding of Yorkshire Council's School Improvement Team. Click the image to open a high quality version (184KB). |
"I would like to congratulate the young people on their achievement."
"They have worked hard and deserve to have done well."
"The challenge we face is in helping every school to achieve a consistently high standard across all subjects and an appetite for year on year improvement."
For more information please contact:
Philip Holmes, Head of School Improvement Service
Tel: 01482 392400
philip.holmes@eastriding.gov.uk