Over the past 18 months students at Welling School have faced unprecedented disruption to their education. The GCSE Results published today demonstrate their resilience and determination to succeed and as a whole school community we recognise and celebrate their success.
 

Overall, our results show:

• 66% grade 4+ in English and Maths
• 39% grade 5+ in English and Maths
•  64% 5 grades 9-4 (including English and Maths)
•  38% 5 grades 9-5 (including English and Maths)
• 71% grades 9-4
• 51% grades 9-5
• 17% grades 9-7

There were some outstanding individual performances from our students:

1. Isabelle Marsh achieved grade 9 in English Literature and Language, grade 8 in Maths, grade 7-6 in Combined Science, grade 9 in French and Psychology, and grade 8 in History.
2. Louisa Rose Gifford achieved grade 9 in English Literature and Language, grade 8 in Maths, grade 7 in Biology, Chemistry and Physics, grade 7 in French and grade 8 in History.
3. Dobrin Kolev achieved a grade 8 in English Literature and grade 7 in Language, grade 9 in Maths and History, grade 7-7 in Combined Science and a distinction* in Digital IT and Business Studies.
4. Said Akbar achieved grade 7 in English Literature and Language, grade 9 in maths, grade 7-7 in Combined Science, Distinction* in Business Studies and Digital Media, and a grade 9 in History.
5. Lily Chambers achieved a grade 8 in English Literature, Language and Maths, a grade 7 in Biology and Chemistry, a grade 9 in Physics and grade 9 in History and Psychology

Early students comments include:

• Isabella Marsh - I'm very happy and greatly appreciative of all the help from my teachers.
• Louisa-Rose Gifford - I'm over the moon and glad that all the hard work and determination has paid off.
• Said Akbar - I just want to say a great big thank you to all my teachers.
• Lily Chambers - The results are a great surprise and I did not expect to get an 8 in English.
•  Rania Ben Rabah - Thank you to my teachers for all the support and help that I received over the last two years.

Miss Sangster, Deputy Headteacher said: ‘It has been a challenging year for all students, personally and academically. It has been incredible to be part of the students’ journey at Welling school and I applaud their hard work, resilience, determination and ability to constantly adapt to the ever changing circumstances. I am confident that whatever post-16 pathway they have chosen, they will continue to succeed and flourish. Congratulations to both staff and students who have had to work

 Mr Pett, Headteacher said: ‘It is clear that students rose admirably to the challenges they faced over the past 18 months and I am delighted with the GCSE results that have been achieved by students at Welling School. Our broad curriculum offer has helped students to achieve a wide range of qualifications which will allow them to progress onto their chosen post-16 pathway. I am also delighted that so many students are choosing to stay with us and I look forward to working with them over the next two years. Finally, I would like to commend and thank all staff who worked tirelessly supporting students to achieve these fantastic results’.

Welling School welcomes Sixth Form applicants from all schools and has a broad range of successful courses on offer. We have a minimum entry requirement of 4 GCSE (or equivalent) passes for vocational courses. Enrolment for the new Sixth Form will begin on Friday 3 September 2021. For further information regarding our sixth form provision, please contact either Ms Vicky Humphrey (Head of Sixth Form) vicky.humphrey@wellingschool-tkat.org or Ms Major (Deputy Headteacher