by Lorraine Gibson.

At St Peter’s Catholic School, St Catherine’s Road, Ben Doyle, headteacher summed-up his students’ GCSE success saying that he was exceptionally proud of year 11’s resilience and of ‘how they have performed in their GCSE and vocational subjects.
“As with the A-Levels, there are simply too many outstanding performers to mention by name.”
A pupil who was delighted with her grades said: “Even though it was hard at times with remote learning and studying alone a lot, we still worked hard and got really good results results.”
At Ferndown Upper School, headteacher Philip Jones was equally proud and said: “It has been an extremely difficult and challenging year for them and they have risen to this challenge superbly. I wish them all the very best for their future, they have been a pleasure to teach.”
Katie Boyes, headteacher at Queen Elizabeth’s School, Wimborne, said: “We are absolutely delighted with the results of each of our Year 11 students.
“This cohort has faced an incredibly tough two years having disrupted years of schooling since starting at QE as a result of the Pandemic.
“The results are fantastic. Behind every set of results is a student who has worked exceptionally hard, demonstrating determination and resilience. We are incredibly proud and congratulate them all.”
At Corfe Hills, headteacher James Sankey said: “Our students have worked so hard and thoroughly deserve the superb results they have achieved. “We are incredibly proud of their resilience and commitment over two very demanding years.”
In Christchurch, executive head of Twynham and The Grange, Jy Taylor said: “Today is a story of individual successes and there are so many of them. At the age of 13 and 14 these children were faced with an unprecedented set of circumstances with schools moving to online learning.
“Plenty of students have achieved 8 or 9 Grade 9s but today we celebrate all of our children.”
Parkfield School, Hurn, saw 50 per cent of all grades awarded ‘strong’ passes at grade 5 or above.