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Examination Results

CONGRATULATIONS STUDENTS!

High Levels of Attainment and Record A Level Results!

I’m delighted to report that the majority of pupils achieved high levels of attainment in 2009-10 and Sixth Formers achieved record A level results which were higher than the selective (grammar) and independent schools averages in the UK!  This helps to strengthen our school’s official status as an ‘Outstanding’ and ‘High Performing School’.  I thank staff and parents for their combined efforts and congratulate pupils and students upon their successes.  Well done everyone! 

High Attainment and Outstanding Progress

I’ve presented the attainment results for each key stage below, but please remember that very many pupils make outstanding progress in our school even though they might not reach the highest level of attainment.  For example, a pupil who is predicted to obtain a grade E but achieves a grade B has made exemplary progress and better than a student who was predicted a grade B and obtains an A.  The latter’s attainment is high but the former’s progress is best.  We shall celebrate the achievements of pupils who made exemplary progress in a later edition of our weekly newsletter.  I’m particularly proud of many of our students who have learning difficulties because so many of them made outstanding progress last year.

Here are our attainment results for 2010.

Key Stage 1 (age 7) Results - The expected standard of attainment at the end of Key Stage 1 is Level 2C. The table shows the percentage of pupils who achieved at or beyond each level compared to the national averages for the UK. 

 

Reading <L1 L1+ L2C+ L2B+ L2A+ L3+
BSM 0 100 100 91 79 40
National 3 97 85 72 50 13
Difference -3 3 15 19 29 27
Writing            
BSM 0 100 95 78 52 18
National 4 96 81 60 32 12
Difference -4 4 14 18 20 6
Maths            
BSM 0 100 100 94 70 38
National 1 98 89 73 46 20
Difference -1 2 11 21 24 18

 

Exemplary Key Stage 1 Attainment

The following pupils achieved exemplary levels of attainment at the end of Key Stage 1:

Reading

Iman Al Farsi, Milli Beasley, Binod Abhiroop, Jasmin Denudom, Karim Ghaddar, Ava Hamilton, Alexander Hoegedal, Rory Kolster, Ffion Lewis, Grace Liversage, Bridget Morgen Jones, Amira Nugroho, Savvanah Occomore, Duru Oktem, Georgie Ratcliffe, Safeeya Rippingale, Ameera Sadiq, Stephanie Sit, Morven Smith, David Starling, Ella Stubbs, Kai Swan, Vivian Undag and Natasha Woodward.

Writing

Iman Al Farsi, Milli Beasley, Jasmin Denudom, Aydan Garrod, Karim Ghaddar, Rory Kolster, Lauren Marshall, Amira Nugroho, Duru Oktem, Ameera Sadiq, Stephanie Sit, Morven Smith, Kai Swan and Vivian Undag,

Maths

Iman Al Farsi, Milli Beasley, Binod Abhiroop, Jasmin Denudom, Karim Ghaddar, Luca Harrison, Amir Heidari, Alexander Hoegedal, Hani Jaaskelelainen, Christopher Jackson, Rory Kolster, Grace Liversage, Amira Nugroho, Matthew O’Donoghue, Anton Philips, Sean Pulfer, Gareth Raynor, Anna Rehling, Safeeya Rippingale, Morven Smith, David Starling, Kai Swan, Deniz Timurkan and Kareem Younan.

Key Stage 2 (age 11) Results

The expected standard of attainment at the end of Key Stage 2 is Level 4.  The table shows the percentage of pupils who achieved at or beyond each level compared to the national averages for the UK.

English <L3 L3+ L4+ L5+
BSM 0 100 98 61
National 6 94 81 33
Difference -6 6 17 28
Maths <L3 L3+ L4+ L5+
BSM 0 100 92 60
National 5 95 80 35
Difference -5 5 12 25
Science <L3 L3+ L4+ L5+
BSM 0 100 100 76
National 3 97 85 37
Difference -3 3 15 39

 

Exemplary Key Stage 2 Attainment

The following pupils achieved exemplary levels of attainment at the end of Key Stage 2:

English

Samuel Beer, Bijin Chakraborty, Joshua Elliot, Neha Gazula, Jenny Goodwin, Gayathri Peringod, Emma Taylor, Alice Thompson and Vaishnavi Vijayan.

Maths

Michael Ainsworth, Toby Andruskevicius, Yanal Baker, Chloe Barrow, Lowri Baul-Lewis, Samuel Beer, Bijin Chakraborty, Wei-Han Chan, Joshua Elliot, Jenny Goodwin, Albin Joy, Joshua Lightfoot, Colin Mackay, Ayesha Mashood, Gayathri Peringod, Lotte Scholten, Emma Taylor, Alice Thompson, Louis Yates and Shady Youman.

Science

Gayathri Peringod, Vaishnavi Vijayan, Ayesha Mashood, Toby Andruskevicius, Alice Thompson, Yanal Baker, Chloe Barrow, Neha Gazula, Colin Mackay and Shady Younan.

Key Stage 3 (age 14) Results

The expected standard of attainment at the end of Key Stage 3 is half way between Level 5 and 6. Please note that students can only achieve Level 8 in maths.  The table shows the percentage of pupils who achieved at or beyond each level compared to the national averages for the UK.

English <L4 L4+ L5+ L6+ L7+ L8+
BSM 0 100 97 73 22 N/A
National 6 94 79 43 11 N/A
Difference -6 6 18 30 11 N/A
Maths            
BSM 0 100 97 84 51 21
National 7 93 80 58 30 9
Difference -7 7 17 26 21 12
Science            
BSM 0 100 97 81 41 N/A
National 5 95 80 48 17 N/A
Difference -5 5 17 33 24 N/A

 

Exemplary Key Stage 3 Attainment

The following pupils achieved exemplary levels of attainment at the end of Key Stage 3:

English

Hannah Cotterill, Kaye Lindsay, Sophie Starke, Laura Abbott, Peter Beer, Gabby Stockton, Victoria Amos, Keir Etherton, Kieran Gray, Rebecca Mackay, Oliver Tull, Samantha Wong, Kieran Armstrong and Aastha Arora.

Maths

Ed Douglas, Lauren Elliot, Callum Hutchinson, Usman Khan, Sophie Starke, Peter Beer, Alisha Baird, Sara El-Athera, Keir Etherton, Alex O’Hanlon, Samantha Wong, Kieran Armstrong and Aastha Arora.

Science

David Butler, Hannah Cotterill, Ed Douglas, Callum Hutchinson, Usman Khan, Sophie Starke, Jack Studman, Peter Beer, Jack Celestino, Samuel Mapang, Joel Abrahams, Victoria Amos, Alisha Baird, Becky Burnett, Keir Etherton, Kieran Gray, Max Hatfield, Zainul Marzuqi, Maaher Noor, Alex O’Hanlon, Oliver Tull, Samantha Wong, Hiba Abader, Kieran Armstrong, Aastha Arora, Carys Baul-Lewis, Thomas Bos, Danielle Muijs, Ajay Nair and Jorrit Scholten.

Key Stage 4 (age 16) GCSE Results

The standard measure of GCSE performance is the percentage of students who gain five or more GCSEs graded A*-C including English and maths.  This is shown below as 5A*-Ci.  The percentage of A* and A grades is also a standard measure of attainment.  Both measures for BSM are very high, which is a credit to many of our students and their teachers.

GCSE % A*C 5A*-C 5A*-Ci A*/A
BSM 86 90 89 35
National 69 69 49 23
Difference 17 21 40 12

 

Exemplary GCSE Attainment

The following students achieved exemplary levels of attainment at GCSE:

Govind Peringod, Lydia Butler, Saksham Dhawan, Theo Poulton, Klara Marsikova, Putri Sepriyani, Danny Dunbar, Beatrice Krabaczek, Olena Kozak-King, Mimma Raihutal Zannah and David Burnett.

Exemplary Attainment in GCSE English and Maths

I’m very pleased with the results achieved in GCSE English Language and English Literature because every student attained a grade C or above, and in maths all but one student achieved a grade C or above.

Fast Tracked GCSE English Language and Maths Students

A group of Year 10 students sat and passed their GCSE level English Language and Maths examinations one year early and achieved high grades.  This is exemplary attainment. They were:

English Language

Ashwin Gopakumar, Emily Baird, Lynden Keal, Alex Davenport, Hazim Zulane Othman, Nardia Hett, Katie Howland, Camilla Irvine-Fortescue, Harriet Doyle, Laura Dunbar, Omar El-Sharawy, Anouk Goossens, Anna Guckian, Elsa Hofland, Iman Al Zidjali, Sebastien Amman, Joanna Ashkhanian, Rastee Rafique Chaudhry, Rachael Studman, Hanna Kozak-King, Sam Markham, Aoife Mooney, Aala Osman, Amy Parsons, Patrick Pender, Theodore Pender, Rory Redman, Ashhad Rizvi, Olivia Situmorang, Daniel Watt, Paniz Towfighi, Xing Lee Wong and Olivia Yates.

Maths

Joanna Ashkhanian, Rastee Rafique Chaudhry, Alex Davenport, Omar El-Sharawy, Ashwin Gopakumar, Anna Guckian, Elsa Hofland, Katie Howland, Lynden Keal, Hanna Kozak-King, Aala Othman, Pedra Rabiee, Ashhad Rizvi and Olivia Yates.

Sixth Form GCE A Level (age 18) Results

At GCE A Level (usually sat in Year 13) grades A to E are a pass.  Their attainment results are:

GCE A Level % A-E A* A*/A A&B
BSM 97 23 55 73
National 98 9 30 54
Difference 1 14 25 19

 

Exemplary A Level Grade A* and Grade A*/A Attainment

The grade of A* was introduced for the first time this year and I’m very pleased to report that 23% of students’ grades were A* compared to 9% for all schools in the UK, 12.5% for selective (grammar) schools and 17.9% for independent schools.  Additionally, 55% of students’ grades were A or above compared with 30% for all schools in the UK.

Comparisons With The UK - The following table shows how our 2010 results compare with schools in sectors in the UK:.

National Comparison              
% A* A B C D E U
Comprehensives 5.8 15.3 24.5 25.5 17.8 8.4 2.7
Secondary Modern 3.5 9.5 21.8 27.4 21.8 11.5 4.5
FE/6th Form College 5.5 14.7 24.8 26.0 17.7 8.4 2.9
Selective/Grammar 12.5 27.8 28.2 18.4 8.8 3.3 1.0
Independent 17.9 32.9 25.7 14.1 6.3 2.4 0.7
All UK Schools 9.0 20.0 25.0 22.3 14.5 6.8 2.4
BSM 22.5 32.6 18.0 13.5 11.2 0.0 2.2

Strings of A* and A Grades For Exemplary A Level Attainment

The following students achieved exemplary levels of attainment at A Level with many A* and A grades:

Alex Forbes, Jessica Benjamin, Veronica Karabaczek, Owain Richards, Sophie Forbes, Vireena Koshal, Siddharth Gopakumar, Malavika Subramanian, Christina Chaaya and Emily Dixon.

Fast Tracked A Level Maths Students Gain A* and A Grades

A group of Year 12 students sat and passed their A level maths examinations one year early and achieved 4 A* and 3 A grades.  This is exemplary attainment.  They were:

Ramdisa Agasi, Christina O’Hanlon, Won Ko, Rayyan Al Farsi, Nasser Al Haddabi, Lamyr Megnin, and Jae-Ho Kwak.

Reading History at Cambridge

I’m very pleased to report that Owain Richards achieved the A* and A grades he needed in order to read history at Gonville Cais College, Cambridge. 


Owain Richards

Reading Economics at LSE

I’m also very pleased too to inform you that former Head Boy, Siddharth Gopakumar, who, in addition to excellent A level grades also obtained a high grade in Further Maths, will be reading economics at the London School of Economics. 


Siddharth Gopakumar

Well Done Everyone!

 

PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE

Principal

Welcome to the British School - Muscat website!

By 21st February 2012 I will have completed my first 100 days at the British School - Muscat. By that time I will have held discussions with all the staff, over 200 students from both the Primary and Senior Schools, and provided several opportunities for parents and governors to express their views about the school and the priorities for BSM’s development over the next few years.

Through this extensive consultation I have learned rapidly about BSM and the opportunities and challenges facing the school at this stage of its development. Many of the ideas from the first 100 days consultation will be incorporated into the 2012-15 School Development Plan. The plan is scheduled to be approved by the Board of Governors in June later this year.Our aspiration is for BSM is to be world class. This means that we will strive to:

  • Maintain BSM’s Outstanding inspection judgement (2009) and place the school in the very highest tier of schools inspected under the OFSTED inspection framework.
  • Drive up student achievement to levels comparable with the most successful state and independent schools in the UK.
  • Establish BSM as a world leader in personalising learning.
  • Engage students and parents in the learning process to the highest possible levels.
  • Provide students with a compelling programme of opportunities to develop their skills and competencies as global entrepreneurs fitting for a world class school.

I look forward to working with students, staff, parents, the governing body and the wider community to achieve this aim.

Kind Regards,
Principal Mr Kai Vacher B.A. (Hons), NPQH