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Key Dates and Information
Contingency days.
The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) have confirmed:
Wednesday 11th June 2025—afternoon only and Wednesday 25th June 2025 –all day
as contingency days should an examination not be able to take place as timetabled due to widespread, sustained national or local disruption in the UK. It is a JCQ requirement that all students sitting GCSEs and A Levels in the summer must make themselves available until the exams Contingency Day
Examination Results days.
GCE A Level results—Thursday 14th August 2025
GCSE results—Thursday 21st August 2025
Certificate collection arrangements.
Exam certificates from the summer exam series do not arrive to centres until the following November, detailed instructions on how to collect your exam certificates will be in your exam results envelope.
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Exam Results
Notes: National Averages are shown in brackets for state funded schools from the DfE national dataset.
Attainment 8 and Progress 8 Guidance available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/progress-8-school-performance-measure
|
KS4 Examination Results at Hele’s School |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020* |
2021* |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
% 5 or more 9-4 (or A*- C) grade GCSEs including English & Mathematics |
70% |
61% |
67% |
73% |
63% (xx%) |
70% |
|
|
|
% 4+ grades in English & Mathematics GCSEs |
73% |
71% |
73% |
79% |
77% (xx%) |
73% |
76%
|
69% (65%) |
|
% 4+ grades in English GCSE |
86% |
77% |
82% |
90% |
84% (xx%) |
86% |
|
78% |
|
% 4+ grades in Mathematics GCSE |
77% |
78% |
78% |
81% |
82% (xx%) |
76% |
|
76% |
|
% 5+ grades in English & Mathematics GCSEs |
45% |
43% |
50% |
55% |
56% (xx%) |
50% |
57% |
45% (46%) |
|
% 5+ grades in English GCSE |
70% |
57% |
68% |
70% |
69% (xx%) |
68% |
|
61% |
|
% 5+ grades in Mathematics GCSE |
51% |
52% |
54% |
60% |
64% (xx%) |
57% |
|
57% |
|
Average EBacc APS per pupil |
4.59 |
4.32 |
4.67 |
4.87 |
4.68 (x.xx) |
4.33 |
|
4.45 |
|
% of KS4 pupils entering the EBacc |
74% |
71% |
79% |
78% |
54% (xx%) |
53% |
68% |
53% (40%) |
|
% of KS4 pupils achieving the EBacc (Standard Pass: 4+) |
40% |
34% |
43% |
56% |
41% (xx%) |
42% |
|
37% (35%) |
|
% of KS4 pupils achieving the EBacc (Strong Pass: 5+) |
32% |
19% |
24% |
33% |
25% (xx%) |
27% |
|
27% (18%) |
|
Progress 8 Score |
-0.08 |
-0.31 |
+0.03 |
+0.32 |
+0.16 (x.xx) |
-0.27 |
+0.13 |
-0.09 (-0.03) |
|
Attainment 8 Score |
48.7 |
45.5 |
49.0 |
51.3 |
50.8 (xx.x) |
47.7 |
50.0 |
47.3 45.9 |
|
% in education or employment for at least 2 terms after finishing KS4 |
96% |
98% |
96% |
97% |
tbc |
98% (93%) |
Published in March 2025 |
Published in March 2026 |
|
Disadvantaged KPIs |
2019 (17) |
2019 National DS |
2022 (43) |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Attainment 8 |
39.24 |
36.68 |
37.2 |
37.3 |
38.7 |
|
Progress 8 |
-0.42 |
-0.45 |
-0.66 |
-0.46 |
-0.63 |
|
5+ Basics |
41% |
25% |
21% |
40% |
25% |
|
GCSE EBacc APS |
3.61 |
3.08 |
3.16 |
|
3.52 |
16-19
|
KS5 Examination Results at Hele’s School |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020* |
2021* |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
A-Level Progress – Level 3 Value Added Score |
+0.01 (Average) |
-0.10 (Average) |
+0.13 (Above Average) |
+0.38 |
+0.44 |
tbc |
-0.88 (Below Average)
|
-0.07 (Average) (-0.03) |
|
A-Level Attainment – Average Point Score |
27.64 (C-) |
28.68 (C) |
30.58 (C)
|
37.31 (B-) |
39.32 (B-) |
36.44 (B-) |
30.29 (C) |
31.55 (C+) |
|
Academic Progress – Level 3 Value Added Score |
+0.01 (Average) |
-0.09 (Average) |
+0.14 (Above Average) |
+0.38 |
+0.44 |
tbc |
-0.87 (C) |
-0.07 (C+) |
|
Academic Attainment – Average Point Score |
27.77 (C) |
28.98 (C) |
30.81 (C) |
37.33 (B-) |
39.35 (B-) |
36.39 (B-) |
30.39 (C) |
31.71 (C+) |
|
Applied Progress – Level 3 Value Added Score |
-0.77 (Well Below Average) |
+0.05 (Average) |
-0.07 (Average) |
+0.38 |
-0.14 |
tbc |
-0.52 |
-0.28 |
|
Applied Attainment – Average Point Score |
27.68 (Merit+) |
27.08 (Merit+) |
24.55 (Merit) |
31.43 (Distinction Minus) |
32.23 (Distinction Minus) |
35.52 (Distinction) |
30.42 (Distinction Minus) |
28.45 (Merit+) |
|
Average progress made in GCSE English at Post 16 |
+0.30 |
+0.81 |
+0.35 |
-1.0 (2 learners) |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
|
Average progress made in GCSE Maths at Post 16 |
+0.40 |
+0.72 |
0.00 |
-1.0 (2 learners) |
-1.0 (1 learner) |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
|
Destinations (% students reaching the end of 16 to 18 study and staying in education or employment for at least 2 terms after this) |
84% |
90% |
94% |
93% (80%) |
Published in March 2025 |
Published in March 2026 |
Notes: National Averages are shown in brackets for state funded schools from the DfE national dataset.
*Centre Assessed Grades (CAGs)/Teacher Assessed Grades (TAGs). 2020 CAGs, 2021 TAGs and 2022 external exam grades are NOT directly comparable with previous years and inferences should not be drawn accordingly.
2022 Grade Profile for A Level:
A*-A 23.6%
A*-B 50.9%
A*-C 82.7%
A*-D 94.8%
A*-E 98.8%
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