KS4 Results
We are delighted that our students have achieved outstanding exam success. Our unvalidated Progress 8 score is 0.48 which is significantly above the national figure. Our overall Attainment 8 is 55.1 and also well above the national figure of 46.2 for all schools.
2023 Results
All of our KS4 and KS5 results can be accessed on the DfE Performance Tables website which is available here: https://www.find-school-performance-data.service.gov.uk/school/108638/whitley-bay-high-school/secondary
Summary of GCSE Results
Subject (GCSE)
| Entries | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| U | 9 - 7 % | 9 - 4 % | 9 - 1 % | 9-7% | 9-4% |
English Language
| 366 | 18 | 30 | 50 | 82 | 80 | 62 | 30 | 12 | 1 |
| 1 | 26.8 | 88.0 | 99.7 | 16.3 | 64.7 |
English Literature
| 359 | 17 | 29 | 45 | 83 | 78
| 64 | 31 | 9 | 3 |
| 0 | 25.3 | 88.0 | 100 | 21.0 | 74.3 |
Maths
| 366 | 23 | 45 | 38 | 67 | 78 | 70 | 23 | 14 | 6 |
| 2 | 29.0 | 87.7 | 99.5 | 17.5 | 61.1 |
Art & Design (Fine Art)
| 61 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 55.7 | 100 | 100 | 24.2 | 76.4 |
Biology
| 55 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 0 | 78.2 | 96.4 | 100 | 42.4 | 89.6 |
Business Studies
| 202 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 58 | 41 | 25 | 40 | 13 | 0 |
| 0 | 12.4 | 73.8 | 100 | 20.1 | 67.3 |
Chemistry
| 52 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 76.9 | 100 | 100 | 44.0 | 89.8 |
Computer Science
| 43 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 46.5 | 97.7 | 100 | 24.6 | 64.8 |
D&T: Papers & Boards
| 35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 0 | 20.0 | 88.6 | 100 | 21.1 | 65.6 |
Drama
| 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 11.1 | 72.2 | 100 | 26.3 | 76.5 |
D&T: Systems & Control
| 43 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 0 | 16.3 | 76.7 | 100 | 21.1 | 65.6 |
D&T: Timbers
| 35 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 0 | 14.3 | 71.4 | 100 | 21.1 | 65.6 |
French
| 63 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 0 | 36.5 | 74.6 | 100 | 26.6 | 71.2 |
D&T: Food and Nutrition
| 92 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 0 | 32.6 | 85.9 | 100 | 20.1 | 67.1 |
Geography
| 186 | 11 | 26 | 40 | 28 | 33 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 2 |
| 0 | 41.4 | 87.6 | 100 | 25.0 | 65.6 |
German
| 34 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 35.3 | 97.1 | 100 | 28.2 | 77.2 |
History
| 214 | 16 | 19 | 29 | 46 | 37 | 18 | 23 | 15 | 9 |
| 2 | 29.9 | 77.1 | 99.1 | 25.8 | 64.4 |
Music
| 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 46.2 | 92.3 | 100 | 34.3 | 77.6 |
PE
| 77 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 0 | 31.2 | 88.3 | 100 | 24.2 | 73.7 |
Art & Design Photography
| 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0.0 | 100 | 100 | 24.2 | 76.4 |
Physics
| 53 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 88.7 | 100 | 100 | 43.4 | 90.2 |
Religious Studies
| 47 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 0 | 44.7 | 89.4 | 100 | 31.2 | 72.8 |
Spanish
| 17 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 52.9 | 94.1 | 100 | 26.8 | 70.0 |
Textiles
| 26 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 0 | 38.5 | 88.5 | 100 | 21.1 | 65.6 |
Subject (CAMNAT)
| Entries | L2D* | L2D | L2M | L2P | L1D | L1M | L1P |
|
|
| U | L2D*-L2D % | L2D*-L2P % | L2D*-L1P % | L2D*-L2D% | L2D*-L2P% |
Child Development
| 27 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
|
|
| 0 | 44.4 | 88.9 | 100 | 10.6 | 53.7 |
Health & Social Care
| 56 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
|
| 0 | 44.6 | 100 | 100 | 18.4 | 75.5 |
IT (Digital)
| 65 | 1 | 18 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
|
|
| 0 | 29.2 | 96.9 | 100 | 12.3 | 71.2 |
PE (Sport Studies)
| 48 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 45.8 | 95.8 | 100 | 28.4 | 84.2 |
Subject
| Entries | 99 | 98 | 88 | 87 | 77 | 76 | 66 | 65 | 55 |
|
| 9 - 7 % | 9 - 4 % | 9 - 1 % | 9-7% Nat 2023 | 9-4% Nat 2023 |
Science: Trilogy
| 622 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 37 | 29 | 58 |
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| 16.4 | 77.2 | 100 | 8.9 | 57.1 |
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| 54 | 44 | 43 | 33 | 32 | 22 | 21 | 11 | U |
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| 27 | 28 | 32 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
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2022 Results
Subject (GCSE)
| Entries
| 9
| 8
| 7
| 6
| 5
| 4
| 3
| 2
| 1
| U
| 9 - 7 %
| 9 - 4 %
| 9 - 1 %
| 9-7% Nat 2022 | 9-4% Nat 2022 | |
English Language
| 364
| 12
| 35
| 47
| 90
| 92
| 44
| 29
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 25.8
| 87.9
| 100
| 20.4
| 70.2
| |
English Literature
| 352
| 9
| 28
| 51
| 101
| 91
| 41
| 20
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 25.0
| 91.2
| 100
| 24.1
| 70.2
| |
Maths
| 365
| 22
| 40
| 47
| 56
| 92
| 58
| 30
| 15
| 4
| 1
| 29.9
| 86.3
| 99.7
| 20.1
| 65.0
| |
Art & Design (Fine Art)
| 83
| 8
| 9
| 23
| 36
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 48.2
| 98.8
| 100
| 28.4
| 81.6
| |
Biology
| 46
| 12
| 15
| 13
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 87.0
| 100
| 100
| 50.0
| 92.0
| |
Business Studies
| 168
| 8
| 19
| 22
| 33
| 25
| 32
| 23
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 29.2
| 82.7
| 100
| 28.6
| 75.6
| |
Chemistry
| 46
| 15
| 10
| 12
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 80.4
| 100
| 100
| 50.0
| 93.0
| |
Computer Science
| 45
| 5
| 16
| 11
| 8
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 71.1
| 97.8
| 100
| 34.1
| 75.3
| |
D&T: Papers & Boards
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 30.0
| 90.0
| 100
| 26.8
| 72.0
| |
Drama
| 27
| 4
| 5
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 44.4
| 81.5
| 100
| 34.2
| 81.1
| |
D&T: Systems & Control
| 47
| 3
| 8
| 10
| 11
| 6
| 5
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 44.7
| 91.5
| 100
| 26.8
| 72.0
| |
D&T: Timbers
| 22
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 9
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13.6
| 81.8
| 100
| 26.8
| 72.0
| |
French
| 55
| 5
| 3
| 7
| 4
| 28
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 27.3
| 92.7
| 100
| 32.1
| 78.8
| |
D&T: Food and Nutrition
| 115
| 5
| 16
| 14
| 28
| 20
| 21
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 30.4
| 90.4
| 100.0
| 24.5
| 73.4
| |
Geography
| 188
| 13
| 23
| 38
| 42
| 27
| 22
| 13
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 39.4
| 87.8
| 100
| 30.8
| 72.7
| |
German
| 55
| 3
| 5
| 2
| 5
| 20
| 12
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 18.2
| 85.5
| 98.2
| 35.6
| 83.8
| |
History
| 215
| 14
| 26
| 41
| 40
| 36
| 22
| 23
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 37.7
| 83.3
| 99.5
| 30.1
| 71.4
| |
Music
| 29
| 4
| 5
| 1
| 12
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 34.5
| 93.1
| 100
| 44.5
| 83.6
| |
PE
| 83
| 8
| 11
| 16
| 18
| 16
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 42.2
| 94.0
| 100
| 34.9
| 82.4
| |
Art & Design Photography
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13.3
| 100
| 100
| 28.4
| 81.6
| |
Physics
| 46
| 15
| 19
| 6
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 87.0
| 100
| 100
| 50.6
| 93.8
| |
Religious Studies
| 26
| 1
| 6
| 7
| 5
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 53.8
| 100
| 100
| 35.2
| 77.2
| |
Spanish
| 14
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 42.9
| 92.9
| 100
| 32.1
| 78.0
| |
Textiles
| 9
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 66.7
| 100
| 100
| 28.4
| 81.6
|
Subject (CAMNAT)
| Entries
| L2D*
| L2D
| L2M
| L2P
| L1D
| L1M
| L1P
|
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| U
| L2D*-L2D %
| L2D*-L2P %
| L2D*-L1P % | L2D*-L2D% Nat 2019 | L2D*-L2P% Nat 2019 |
Child Development
| 49
| 2
| 5
| 18
| 12
| 8
| 4
| 0
|
|
|
| 0
| 14.3
| 75.5
| 100
| 10.6
| 53.7
|
Health & Social Care
| 60
| 2
| 11
| 19
| 18
| 3
| 4
| 3
|
|
|
| 0
| 21.7
| 83.3
| 100
| 18.4
| 75.5
|
IT (Digital)
| 36
| 0
| 15
| 11
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
|
|
| 0
| 41.7
| 94.4
| 100
| 12.3
| 71.2
|
PE (Sport Studies)
| 54
| 2
| 22
| 25
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
|
|
| 0
| 44.4
| 96.3
| 100
| 28.4
| 84.2
|
Subject
| Entries
| 99
| 98
| 88
| 87
| 77
| 76
| 66
| 65
| 55
|
| U
| 9 -7 %
| 9 - 4 %
| 9 - 1 %
| 9-7% Nat 2022
| 9-4% Nat 2022
|
Science: Trilogy
| 630
| 2
| 10
| 11
| 15
| 15
| 26
| 34
| 26
| 51
| 0
| 16.8
| 79.4
| 100
| 10.7
| 60.9
| |
54
| 44
| 43
| 33
| 32
| 22
| 21
| 11
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| 26
| 31
| 17
| 12
| 4
| 1
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In addition the Government recommend we publish the percentage of students who achieve a grade 9-5 in English and maths. WBHS achieved 67% in comparison to the national average of 50%. 30% of students also enter to study the Ebacc.
For the 2020 leavers, 96% of students stayed in education or employment. A more detailed analysis can be found on the DfE Performance Tables Website: DFE Performance Tables
2021 Results
Subject (GCSE)
| Entries
| 9
| 8
| 7
| 6
| 5
| 4
| 3
| 2
| 1
| U
| 9 --7 %
| 9 --4 %
| 9 --1 %
| 9 --7 % National 2021
| 9 --4 % National 2021
| |
English language
| 366
| 10
| 27
| 48
| 92
| 75
| 80
| 27
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 23
| 91
| 100
| 26
| 81
| |
English Literature
| 357
| 11
| 23
| 50
| 83
| 97
| 57
| 30
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 90
| 100
| 26
| 81
| |
Maths
| 366
| 18
| 31
| 62
| 65
| 93
| 49
| 29
| 14
| 5
| 0
| 30
| 87
| 100
| 26
| 78
| |
Art & Design (Fine Art)
| 83
| 3
| 13
| 15
| 21
| 14
| 14
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 96
| 100
| 30
| 85
| |
Biology
| 59
| 15
| 13
| 22
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 85
| 93
| 98
| 57
| 95
| |
Business Studies
| 189
| 1
| 3
| 12
| 55
| 52
| 46
| 13
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 8
| 89
| 100
| 33
| 81
| |
Chemistry
| 55
| 15
| 16
| 18
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 89
| 100
| 100
| 55
| 95
| |
Computer Science
| 46
| 1
| 8
| 8
| 12
| 10
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 96
| 100
| 39
| 82
| |
D&T: Papers & Boards
| 30
| 3
| 1
| 4
| 6
| 8
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 27
| 87
| 100
| 30
| 77
| |
Drama
| 33
| 1
| 5
| 4
| 11
| 7
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 94
| 100
| 41
| 85
| |
D&T: Systems & Control
| 42
| 1
| 4
| 5
| 15
| 9
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 98
| 100
| 30
| 77
| |
D&T: Timbers
| 37
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 6
| 10
| 9
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 81
| 100
| 30
| 77
| |
French
| 106
| 5
| 4
| 11
| 20
| 45
| 18
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 97
| 100
| 32
| 83
| |
D&T: Food and Nutrition
| 90
| 3
| 11
| 11
| 18
| 19
| 26
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 28
| 98
| 100
| 27
| 78
| |
Geography
| 218
| 10
| 18
| 25
| 49
| 56
| 40
| 17
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 91
| 100
| 34
| 77
| |
German
| 49
| 2
| 4
| 7
| 15
| 10
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 100
| 100
| 37
| 87
| |
History
| 194
| 11
| 28
| 28
| 42
| 33
| 31
| 14
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 35
| 89
| 100
| 32
| 76
| |
Music
| 31
| 7
| 3
| 4
| 10
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 45
| 94
| 100
| 50
| 88
| |
PE
| 85
| 5
| 8
| 16
| 15
| 27
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 34
| 94
| 100
| 41
| 87
| |
Art & Design Photography
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 79
| 100
| 30
| 85
| |
Physics
| 55
| 16
| 14
| 19
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 89
| 100
| 100
| 55
| 96
| |
Religious Studies
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 46
| 100
| 100
| 38
| 80
| |
Subject (CAMNAT)
| Entries
| L2D*
| L2D
| L2M
| L2P
| L1D
| L1M
| L1P
| U
| L2D* - L2D %
| L2D*- L2P %
| L2D*- L1P %
| L2D* - L2D %National 2021
| L2D*- L2P %National 2021
| |||
Child Development
| 42
| 5
| 8
| 10
| 8
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 31
| 74
| 98
| N/A
| N/A
| |||
Health & Social Care
| 43
| 4
| 10
| 10
| 6
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 33
| 70
| 100
| N/A
| N/A
| |||
IT (Digital)
| 20
| 5
| 3
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 100
| 100
| N/A
| N/A
| |||
PE (Sport Studies)
| 39
| 4
| 8
| 9
| 7
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 72
| 100
| N/A
| N/A
| |||
Subject (GCSE)
| Entries
| 99
| 98
| 88
| 87
| 77
| 76
| 66
| 65
| 55
| U
| 9 --7 %
| 9 --4 %
| 9 --1 %
| 9 --7 % National 2021
| 9 --4 % National 2021
| |
Science: Trilogy (Double Award)
| 612
| 5
| 2
| 8
| 12
| 19
| 29
| 34
| 23
| 45
| 0
| 15
| 79
| 100
| 12
| 65
| |
54
| 44
| 43
| 33
| 32
| 22
| 21
| 11
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29
| 37
| 24
| 17
| 7
| 9
| 2
| 4
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The graph below compares our 2021 results, with the national average and our 3 year performance (2019-2021):