Exam results
GCSE AND IGCSEStudents at the Sir James Henderson School have performed well at all levels of UK examinations, and overall results compare favourably with other British schools operating in an international context and with UK independent schools.
Over the past few years, the number of students and the number of subjects per student has increased. In 2012, 49% of the grades achieved were A*/A grades (22% for British schools as a whole) while the A*-C grade pass rate was 92% (69% for all British schools).
GCSE Results 2012(pdf file)GCSE Results 2011(pdf file)ASSET LANGUAGES
For the first time a number of SJHS students in Year 10 took the ASSET Language qualification, mostly in Italian. Of the 157 components taken, 93% of students achieved the maximum possible score (12/12).
IB DIPLOMA
In 2012 the third cohort of SJHS students to take the IB Diploma examination continued to perform well. The mean score achieved per candidate was 33.3 points (31.7 in 2011). This compares very favourably with the world average of 29.8.
The overall pass rate this year for students entered for the Diploma (achieving a minimum of 24 points from a possible total of 45) was 100%. The global figure is 76%. Meanwhile the average grade achieved per subject increased from 5.14 last year to 5.57 this year. The average grade obtained worldwide by candidates taking the same range of subjects is 4.75.
IB Results 2012(pdf file)IB Results 2011(pdf file)