At Withington in 2010, all girls sat and passed the challenging IGCSE Mathematics examinations however, this qualification was not counted in the compilation of the latest tables indicating ‘5 A* to C grade passes including English and Mathematics’ nor in the new ‘English Baccalaureate’ statistics. Hence Withington is misleadingly reported in some newspapers as having 0% of its students achieving either of these standards. In reality, Withington girls’ academic achievements in 2010 again placed WGS amongst the top schools in the country.

For full details of the girls’ 100% success rate at passing ALL their GCSE and IGCSE examinations – and a breakdown of their results by subject – click here.

See The Daily Telgraph article on this topic. (This link will open in a new window)