The School has been presented with these awards by The Good Schools Guide for out-performing all other English schools in its category. The prestigious annual awards, which are in their 9th year, are based on a detailed analysis of the most recent examination results, and are designed to highlight consistently good teaching.
James Harding, Interim Headmaster said, “We are absolutely delighted to be acknowledged in this way for our excellence in Academic Music and Music Technology. This is a very proud moment for The Purcell School and we are sure it will inspire and encourage all pupils who are working toward their exams.”
Ralph Lucas, Editor of The Good Schools Guide, comments, “Our annual awards scheme is designed to recognise and reward excellence in teaching in every subject area at both GCSE and A Level or equivalent. Our awards give individual teachers and departments where teaching is at its very best the recognition they deserve.”
The Good Schools Guide Awards are based on a series of calculations which take into account relative popularity and performance of the subject, absolute performance, and percentage of pupils taking the subject.
The Good Schools Guide is the largest independent guide to UK schools.
The awards presented to The Purcell School are as follows:
- Best performance by Girls taking Music Technology at an English Independent School (GCE A level)
- Best performance by Girls taking Music at an English Independent School (GCE AS level)
- Excellent performance by Boys taking Music at an English Independent School (GCE AS level)
- Best performance by Boys taking Music Technology at an English Independent School (GCE AS level)
- Best performance by Girls taking Music Technology at an English Independent School (GCE AS level)
- Best performance by Girls taking Music at an English Independent School (GCSE)
- Excellent performance by Boys taking Music at an English Independent School (GCSE)
