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GCSE Results Day 2008

Barry Comprehensive School ’s GCSE students have mirrored the success of their A Level counterparts by achieving excellent grades across the whole range of subjects.

Chris Bravey	Elliot Hanson	David Lakin

This year’s results saw more top grades being awarded than ever before with over a third of the year group gaining 10 or more A* - C grades. Many students had their hard work rewarded with exceptional results including;

• Blake Knight achieved 4 A* and 5 A grades
• Lloyd Pursall achieved 2 A* and 7 A grades
• Elliott Hansen achieved 2 A* and 7 A grades
• Rhys Griffiths achieved 3 A* and 9 A grades
• Robbie Thompson achieved 3 A* and 6 A grades
• Curtis Matthews achieved 3 A* and 4 A grades
• Tom Williamson achieved 2 A* and 8 A grades
• Matthew White achieved 7 A grades

Hywel Arcos, Lee Baldock and Chris Bravey gained the highest number of qualifications, with Hywel gaining 17 A* – C grades and Lee and Chris each gaining 16 A* - C grades.

Ryan Lloyd and Matthew White	Robbie Thompson	Curtis Matthews and Hywel Arcos

Jonathan Pyer was commended by Jerry Jarvis, Managing Director of Examination Board EDEXCEL for being amongst the top ten highest scoring GNVQ Manufacturing candidates in the country.

Jay Reed and Morgan Rowe	Lee Baldock, Curtis Matthews and Alex Webb

In total, 68% of pupils achieved 5 or more A* – C grades or equivalent. Staff at the school are thrilled with the results and offer their congratulations to the whole year group.