Birchwood Community High School is celebrating a record set of GCSE results this summer, marking a significant step forward for the school and its students.

This year, 80% of students achieved a pass or above in Maths and 77% in English. Science results were particularly impressive, with the subject recording a remarkable 23% increase in pass rates marking the best results the school has had in the core subjects. Other impressive successes include:

• 100% pass rate in Music, Dance and Acting.
• 62% pass rate in History and Geography with 26% of students gaining a 7+ in History.
• 81% pass rate in Art
• 82% pass rate in Computer Science
• 67% Level 2 or above in Enterprise

Headteacher, Emma Mills, said she is “overjoyed” by the achievements of this year’s cohort:

“These results are a true reflection of the hard work, determination, and resilience shown by our students and staff. The school has faced some tragic and challenging years, but it is fantastic to see such outstanding outcomes. I am so proud of every single one of our students — they should be incredibly proud of themselves too.”

The school credits the results to the commitment of its staff, the support of families, and above all the perseverance of the students, who have worked tirelessly to achieve their goals. In December 2024, Ofsted graded the Quality of Education as ‘good’ and made the following comments which reflects are 2025 outcomes:

“Pupils benefit from a broad and ambitious curriculum. This includes an appropriately adapted curriculum for pupils in the specially resourced provision for pupils with SEND (specially resourced provision) Teachers implement the school’s chosen teaching strategies effectively. They design learning that helps pupils to connect new ideas with prior knowledge. Teachers are particularly adept at supporting pupils with SEND so that they achieve well. This is facilitated by high-quality staff training and early identification of pupils’ needs. Assessment strategies are executed well to check for misconceptions and gaps in pupils’ learning.

Birchwood Community High School is looking forward to building on this success and continuing to provide high-quality education and opportunities for its young people.

Emma Mills states:

“As students move on to the next stage of their journeys, the school wishes them every success and happiness. With Birchwood’s values of aspiration, knowledge, and, most importantly, kindness at the heart of all they do, the school hopes every young person continues to thrive, contribute, and find happiness in all they do.”

This year’s success stories include:

• Tom Warburton is celebrating today after achieving some great results with seven 9s and four 8s.
• Well done to Beth Grundell for achieving a fabulous set of results with five 9, six 8s, one D2, one 8 and three 7’s.
• Evie Robinson shone with his results of three 9s, two 8s, three 7s and a D2.
• Head Girl, Thurisana Nimaleswaran has achieved outstanding results gaining two 9’s, four 8’s, one 7, two D2’s and one six
• Congratulations go to Jasmine Gervais for her great set of results – D2, seven 8s and one 6.
• Kiran Wong’s hard work certainly paid off this morning when they received four 9s, D2, two 8s, one 7, one six and one 5.
• Muse Lam was pleased with herself today, receiving six 8s and three 7s.
• Eliot Bennett has plenty to celebrate today with three 9’s, one 8, two sevens, D2 and three 6s.
• Olivia Ciaslak is celebrating today after achieving five 8s, two 7s, D2 and one six.
• Ruby Foster achieved some outstanding results today, opening her envelope to see a D*2, five 8s, one 7 and two 6s. Well done, Ruby!