RSA Academy gets best ever results!


The RSA Academy in Tipton has just received its first set of GCSE results and has recorded some superb achievements. The numbers of students gaining 5A*-C grades has rocketed to an amazing 73% with 81 students gaining more than 10 GCSE passes and 51 students gaining more than 12 at the highest grades.

Students with the highest number of passes include Ross Kennel and Ryan Taylor (15 A*-C), Leanne Marlow and Rebecca Powers (16 A*-C), Laura Raftery (16 A*-C ,including an amazing 10A*s and 2As), and Sarah Parkes (17 A*-C)

Overall, 85% of students gained 5 or more GCSE passes and 97% achieved at least 1 GCSE.

Principal Michael Gernon said "Our first set of results are a real credit to the hard work of staff, students and parents. Transferring from one system into the Academy and into a new style of teaching and learning is never easy - what has been demonstrated here is that with the right courses, focused students and high quality teaching and learning we have been able to extend the potential of many of our students. To have so many achieve GCSE grades at the highest level is an amazing achievement for all concerned. The individual successes of many of our students are way beyond what they imagined - I am absolutely delighted for each and every one of them."