It was wonderful to celebrate the GCSE results achieved by Year 11 students at Co-op Academy Walkden on Thursday 25th July 2022. These were the first external GCSE examinations taken by students nationally since 2019. Over the past 3 years, there had been significant disruption to the education of this year group, due to the pandemic. This undoubtedly created a lot of anxiety and uncertainty for students in the approach to their GCSE’s. Despite those challenges, our Year 11 students have achieved truly exceptional results, which are also the best results ever for Co-op Academy Walkden. 

We are so proud of their efforts, resilience and tenacity throughout their time at Walkden and they and their families should all be proud too. These brilliant results not only reflect the hard work of students, but also the efforts of staff to deliver consistently high quality teaching and support for students through every step of their journey. It is great to see the Academy going from strength to strength and our committed team looks forward to building on this success in the future. 

At a glance

74% achieved Grade 4 (standard pass) and above in English

61% achieved Grade 5 (strong pass) and above in English

70% achieved Grade 4 and above in Maths

51% achieved Grade 5 and above in Maths

66% achieved Grade 4 and above in English and Maths, which is a 10% increase from 2019

45% achieved Grade 5 ((strong pass) and above in English and Maths, which is an 11% increase from 2019

Attainment 8 score (best 8 subjects) is 45.3, an increase of 4.4 points since 2019.

Early indications are that Progress 8 is likely to be significantly improved too, with the largest increase across the whole Co-op Academies Trust, which we’re really proud of.

You can find out more about how the grades work for this years’ GCSEs from the Department for Education: https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2022/08/08/gcse-and-level-2-and-below-vtq-results-everything-you-need-to-know/

Students achieved an incredible number of the top grades and in total there were 249 Grade 8 or 9’s across all subjects. 

There were some incredible individual student achievements too and some of them are below.