{"id":238,"date":"2013-08-22T14:28:10","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T14:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=238"},"modified":"2013-08-22T14:28:10","modified_gmt":"2013-08-22T14:28:10","slug":"students-celebrate-gcse-results-with-the-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/students-celebrate-gcse-results-with-the-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"Students celebrate GCSE results with the Mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tower\"<\/a>Students have been celebrating their GCSE results at St Paul\u2019s Way Trust School with the Mayor of Tower Hamlets.
\nThe school maintained its dramatic turnaround in recent years with an impressive 58 per cent of students achieving five grades of A* to C including maths and English. This matched last year\u2019s performance and demonstrated the scale of the improvement since 2008 when just 23 per cent of students achieved this standard.
\nThe school has also experienced a 10 per cent year-on-year rise in the number of students achieving the English Baccalaureate \u2013 given for attaining top A* to C grades in English, maths, science, a modern foreign language and history or geography.
\nMayor Lutfur Rahman spent the morning at St Paul\u2019s Way congratulating students and staff.
\nSchool headteacher Grahame Price said: \u201cWe are all very proud of the achievement of our students this year and are grateful for the untiring support we have received from parents working in partnership with us.
\n\u201cThis year many more of our students were following the English Baccalaureate and our results in subjects such as French and history have risen dramatically.\u201d
\nEnamur Rahman, 16, was the school\u2019s top performer with an A* and seven A grades among his results.
\n\u201cI\u2019m relieved, I\u2019m shocked,\u201d he said. \u201cI didn\u2019t know I was going to do that well, I thought I would do alright.\u201d
\nEnamur will stay at the school at its new sixth form, which only opened last year, to study economics, geography, maths and ICT.
\nHe had warm words for the transformation the school had undergone while he had been studying there.
\n\u201cIn the past students did whatever they felt like but now it\u2019s more controlled. When Mr Price came in as headteacher, that\u2019s when most of the changes happened.\u201d
\nMayor Rahman said: \u201cIt was inspiring to meet so many dedicated and driven young people at St Paul\u2019s Way Trust School. It was clear they have got the most out of the wonderful new facilities at this transformed school.
\n\u201cToday is about celebration and it is clear there is much to cheer at schools right across this borough. However, my thoughts are also with students and staff at Langdon Park School, for whom today takes on special significance after the sudden and tragic loss last week of Ajmol Alom.
\n\u201cAjmol would have been collecting his results today and they were very fine results which his family and friends will be extremely proud of. I would like to pay tribute to everyone who has helped the school and the community unite after Ajmol\u2019s death.\u201d
\nCllr Oliur Rahman, the cabinet member for children, schools and families, said: \u201cCongratulations to every student in the borough on their results today. The greatest attention will, understandably, be on those students who gained the top grades but I know there are hundreds of other success stories about local teenagers who have overcome incredible adversity to achieve what they have done.
\n\u201cI want everyone to be proud of their achievements and I wish you all well for the next stage in your education. For those young people who did not get the grades they hoped for, there is no need to despair because expert help is available. Just contact our Careers service on 020 7364 1401 or careers.service@towerhamlets.gov.uk.\u201d
\nOther notable achievers at St Paul\u2019s Way Trust School included Salma Musa, 16, who only joined the school in October last year after deciding to switch from an independent school.
\nShe said: \u201cI felt that I needed to change schools because I wasn\u2019t experiencing a lot at my old school so I came here and St Paul\u2019s Way Trust helped me and taught me a lot in the past few months.\u201d
\nSalma passed all six GCSEs she took, including two As, adding to the B-grade maths GCSE she achieved a year early at her previous school.
\n\u201cI dreamed that I passed all my GCSEs and now I have,\u201d she said. She aims to study A-levels at the school\u2019s sixth form in classics, English literature, religious education and history.
\nNadia Tahmin, 16, was delighted with her three As, four Bs and three Cs. She said: \u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it. I was in tears last night because I didn\u2019t expect to do this well. I\u2019m feeling so good, I\u2019m over the moon!\u201d
\nNadia will also stay on at the St Paul\u2019s Way sixth form to study English language, English literature and maths in pursuit of a career in engineering.<\/p>\n

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