Banovallum GCSE Results’ Day - August 21st 2025

School has celebrated with pupils and their families as Year 11 students collected their GCSE and BTEC results. The majority of our students secured their first choice of destination after Banovallum, securing places at local sixth forms and colleges as well as starting employment and apprenticeships.

Headteacher Jennifer Kirkwood said,

“The results that this year group have achieved are excellent. This is despite the fact that their early terms at Banovallum were disrupted by Covid and its immediate aftermath. The reality for these pupils during their earliest years at our school was not only curriculum disruption but less access to some of the staple trips, events and other opportunities that we work hard to provide for our pupils. Despite this they have demonstrated a can-do attitude, and their achievements are testament to their commitment to curriculum and their wider school lives. We are extremely grateful to the families that supported them throughout their secondary school journey. Their results demonstrate the excellent achievements that can be made when pupils, their families and school staff work in partnership.

A number of our subjects have performed very well. I am especially pleased to see that outcomes in English and Mathematics will offer pupils the stepping stones needed to their next programmes of study. We also have some notable outcomes for groups in Food Technology, Photography, Music, Performing Arts and Sports Science.

There are a number of individual notable performances from the following pupils: Molly Tassera, Riley Bridge, Leah Taylor, Xander Hemmings, Amber Renouf, Kira Hodgson, Chloe Gill and Em Brunt.

A number of students secured Grade 9s and equivalent, placing them in the top 5% of the subject nationally which is an outstanding achievement: Layla Bollan (Art), Molly Taserra (Food Technology and Sports Science), Charlie Bardovskis (Photography), Megan Patnell (Photography) and Chloe Gill (Performing Arts).

My thanks also go to the staff at Banovallum, all of whom work hard to support our young people towards great outcomes.”