Mossley Hollins High School reported ‘outstanding achievements’ for students receiving their GCSEs and other qualifications.

Coronavirus saw exam-based grading cancelled for the second year and replaced by teacher assessed grades. Though teachers award their student’s marks, they are held to the national standard and approved and awarded by the exam board.   

The government also declared it is not publishing performance data for any schools or colleges this year. 

Every student showed ‘hard work, commitment and resilience’ and should be ‘rightly proud of their achievements’ said Mossley Hollins.  

One pupil, Ewan MacDonald, excelled by scoring 8 Grade 9’s and 3 Grade 8’s.  

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Hannah Collier also hit top marks with 8 Grade 9’s and 3 Grade 8’s.  

Equally impressive was Amber Price-Butterworth with 9 Grade 9’s, 1 Grade 8’s and a Grade 7.  

Student Jake Newton got 7 Grade 9’s, 3 Grade 8’s and a Distinction*.  

Many pupils at Mossley Hollins High School made ‘exceptional progress’ during the last 5 years of education.  

Among them were Alexander Culter, who achieved a Grade 9 in both English Literature and in History, in addition to Grade 7 in English Language, Spanish and Science.  

Yogesh Patel got a Grade 9 in Maths, Further Maths, Statistics and Biology, as well as Grades 8 to 7 in other subjects.  

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Achieving a Grade 7 in a range of subjects, including English Language, English Literature and Science, Kristina Kacurova has been recognised by the school.  

Marine Dote had great success with a Grade 9 in Japanese and Spanish, a Grade 8 in English Literature and Geography, and a Grade 7 in 7 other subjects.  

In a statement, Mossley Hollins High School added: “It has been an incredibly difficult year for our students, their families and our staff. We are immensely proud of all the hard work and achievements of our students.  

“Our teachers have worked tirelessly to ensure students are all able to progress onto further education and study, and we look forward to celebrating further successes in their future achievements. 

“On behalf of the staff and governors I would like to congratulate all of our students on their achievements and wish them well in the next stage of their education and/or training.” 

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