Quality British Education in Saudi Arabia

GCSE Results 2007

• 100% of students taking the examinations at Dhahran British Grammar School achieved 5 or more A* - C grades.
  
  
  • Percentage gaining at least 5 A* - C grades

    2003 cohort   67%
    2004 cohort   90%
    2005 cohort  100%
    2006 cohort  100%
    2007 cohort  100%

• The average points score per student was 39*
  • Points are allotted according to each grade. An A* equates to 6 points, an A to 5 points and so on down to grade E which is worth 1 point.
    
    
• Overall results for Dhahran British Grammar School are significantly above the published UK National Averages.

INTERPRETING THE RESULTS

In the UK the bench mark for (I)GCSE success is measured in terms of the number of IGCSE grades between A* and C. National figures are reported in terms of the percentage of students gaining 5 or more A*-C grades at (I)GCSE level. The UK government  set  a target of 60% of all 16 year olds achieving 5 or more A*-C grades by 2008. In 2003 the provisional overall pass rate  was 51%

The number of students taking each subject at Dhahran British Grammar School in 2007 was:

English, Maths, Science	21 students
Computer Studies	17 students
Art and Design	3 students
Arabic	4 students
Design and Technology	5 students
Geography	16 students
History	11 students
Physical Education	5 students

Result grades

The following table breaks down the percentage grades achieved in all subjects by students at Dhahran British Grammar School. This year 52% of the total number of examinations taken by our students were awarded A or A*, whilst 94% achieved grade C or above. All students achieved at least 5 grade A* to C.

Percentage of total grades
Grade	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003
A*	21	11	2	2	8
A	32	26	18	20	22
B	21	29	41	46	34
C	19	26	23	25	25
D	6	5	6	7	6
E	1	2	1	1	4
F	0	1	0	0	2
Points	39	36	35	33	29

 

Dhahran British Grammar School is an officially accredited centre for the Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) programme and for all Edexcel examinations. The Cambridge University International centre oversees the syllabuses and external marking of the final exams, which complete the two year course. All specialist staff are required to acquire IGCSE moderator qualifications through the Cambridge International Centre in the UK.