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The 2008 exam results saw Bootham placed as top school in the region, for GCSE points, coupled with a top ranking position of A levels, amongst boarding schools in the north of England.

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A Level Results 2008


Subject A B C D E Total %A-E
AQA              
French A   8 1     9 100
French AS   2   1   3 100
General Studies A 8 16 11 11 4 50 100
General Studies AS   1 3   1 5 100
Geography A 9 7 2     18 100
Geography AS     1   1 2 100
German A 2 3       5 100
German AS 1 1       2 100
Psychology A 6 3 2 1   12 100
Psychology AS       2   2 100
Sport & PE A   1     1 2 100
Sport & PE AS       1 1 2 100
Edexcel              
Art A 22 1       23 100
Art AS 1         1 100
Biology A 14 6 4 1   25 100
Biology AS 2 1   2   5 100
Chinese A 4 2       6 100
Design & Technology A 6 4 1     11 100
Design & Technology AS 1         1 100
Drama & Theatre St. A   3 1     4 100
Drama & Theatre St. AS       1   1 100
Economics & Bus. St. A 3 11 4 2 1 21 100
Economics & Bus. St. AS 2       2 4 100
Mathematics A 21 6 2     29 100
Further Maths A 4 3 1 1   9 100
Further Maths AS 1         1 100
Music A 4 2 1     7 100
Music Tech. A   1       1 100
Religious Studies A 3 6 1     10 100
Religious Studies AS 1 2 1 1   5 100
OCR              
Applied ICT AS     1 1   2 100
Classical Civilisation A 1 1 2 1   5 100
Classical Civilisation AS     1     1 100
Chemistry A 19 2 1     22 100
Chemistry AS   4 2     6 100
Dutch A 1         1 100
English Literature A 4 8 4     16 100
English Literature AS   2   1   3 100
History A 5 8 3 1 1 18 100
History AS   2 4     6 100
Physics A 8 8 4 1   21 100
Physics AS   2 1 2 2 7 100
 
Totals (including General Studies ) 149.5 116.5 53 24.5 11 354.5 100
Totals (excluding General Studies) 140.5 101 40.5 13.5 7 302 100

Pass Rate (including General Studies) 100% (excluding General Studies) 100%

No of A/AS candidates in College Two - 80 (2007:65) (2006:70)

Overall analysis (A and AS levels) 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
A grades as % of total passes 42.2 48.5 42.7 49.6 46.4 44.3 36.8 31.5
A+B grades as % of total passes 75 73.1 70.9 75.6 75.2 72.9 61.1 57.9


Bootham's College Two Results in 2008
Average UCAS points
Average UCAS points score per candidate including General Studies = 447
Number of passes per candidate excluding General Studies = 3.78
Number of passes per candidate including General Studies
Points score per subject entry excluding General Studies = 104
Points score per subject entry including General Studies = 101

GCSE Results 2008

Board/Subject A* A B C D E Total Pass

Total Entry

 % A-C
OCR                  
Classics   2 7 5 2 1 14 18 77.8
Latin 1 5 2 2 1   10 11 91
AQA                  
Biology 8 29 14 6     57 57 100
Chemistry 12 24 14 5 1   55 56 98.2
Design & Tech. 14 15 9 2     40 40 100
English Language 12 18 23 16 4   69 73 94.5
English Literature 7 24 21 17 1   69 70 98.6
French 12 9 5 15 2 3 41 46 89.1
Geography 14 23 12 3 3   52 55 94.5
German 1 9 3 3   1 16 17 94.1
Maths 14 16 21 17 4 1 68 73 93.2
Music 5 7 5       17 17 100
Physical Education 2 5 6 1     14 14 100
Physics 15 16 16 9     56 56 100
Religious St. 8 13 5 1     27 27 100
Science   4 6 2 3 1 12 16 75
Additional Science 1 3 6 3 3   13 16 81.3
Spanish   1         1 1 100
Edexcel                  
Art 28 8 6 1     43 43 100
Drama   2 6 4 1   12 13 92.3
History 10 20 17 7 3 1 54 58 93.1
Chinese 7 1         8 8 100
 
Totals 172 254 204 118 29 8 748 786 95.2

No of candidates 73  
A*/A as % of passes: 54.27  
A*/A as % of entries: 54.2  
A*-B as % of passes: 84.22  
A*-B as % of entries: 80.15  
     
No of candidates passing five or more A*-C: 72 out of 73 99%
No of girls passing five or more A*-C: 28 out of 29 97%
No of boys passing five or more A*-C: 44 out of 44 100%
     
Overall pass rate A*-C as % of entries 95.29  
     
Average points per candidate 70  
Average subject points score: 6.5  
     
Average no of passes A*-C per pupil 748 from 73 10.25
Average no of passes A*-C per girl 291 from 29 10.03
Average no of passes A*-C per boy 456 from 44 10.36

 
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