Student success as Castle View Academy gets highest ever GCSE results

PAULSGROVE pupils and teachers are celebrating their school's ‘best ever GCSE results’ as students had braced for the worse.
By Elsa Waterfield
Published 25th Aug 2022, 14:46 GMT
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Castle View Academy bagged its highest ever GCSE, leaving both teachers and teenagers overwhelmed.

Despite facing the disruptions of pandemic lockdowns, an impressive 61 per cent of pupils at the academy passed English and maths, and 46 per cent got grades 5 and above.

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Alfie Peacock, 16 from Paulsgrove, has bagged himself nine GCSE’s including three distinctions and is now off Southdowns College to study acting for stage and screen, a UAL Level 3 extended diploma.

Alfie Peacock, 16, from Castle View Academy in Paulsgrove is heading off to Southdowns College after bagging nine GCSE's.Alfie Peacock, 16, from Castle View Academy in Paulsgrove is heading off to Southdowns College after bagging nine GCSE's.
Alfie Peacock, 16, from Castle View Academy in Paulsgrove is heading off to Southdowns College after bagging nine GCSE's.

Alfie said: ‘That’s nine more than I expected to get! I’ve been very nervous this entire time, but I put the work in during the school and tried to raise my grades as much as I could.

‘I’m hoping to get into the University of Arts in London to make a name for myself in the acting world.’

The academy took a different approach to this year’s results day than most schools, giving pupils the option to open their results with a teacher and have a one-on-one chat about the steps that follow and where they may be heading.

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