Wyvern College is delighted to report an excellent set of exam results. Results in 2017 and 2018 were very strong and from this high starting point, there has been further improvements in every performance indicator for 2019. There have been significant increases in the proportion of students gaining good passes (grades 9-4), strong passes (grades 9-5) and the highest passes (grades 9-7) and all of these increases have happened in every single one of the academic subjects that make up the government’s Ebacc curriculum: English, Maths, Science, Computing, Geography, History, German and Spanish.

Students achieved impressive grades in the core subjects of English and Maths; 80% achieved a good pass (grade 9-4) in each of these subjects. Many other subjects also achieved an extremely high proportion of good passes: 100% of students in Citizenship, Chemistry, Creative I-media. Music Technology and Physics; 98% in Biology, 95% in Computing, 91% in ICT, 85% in German, 84% in Music and 80% in Media. 

For the first time, the average grade at Wyvern is a grade 5: what Ofsted and the government term a “strong” GCSE pass.

There has been a particularly big increase in the proportion of students gaining the highest grades An incredible 605 of the final grades are grades 7-9 of which 146 are the elite grade 9. The grade 9 was designed as the new A** to be awarded to only 3.5% of exam entries. We have double the national share of grade 9s and these have been achieved across 18 different subjects, reflecting the very high academic standards we have at Wyvern.

We are delighted not just with the grades our students attained but also the progress they have made across their five years at Wyvern. Our initial calculations show that our students have made much stronger progress in most of their subjects compared to the progress students make nationally.

These results reflect the hard work and commitment of Wyvern students and staff. We are celebrating their successes with them and are extremely proud of what they have achieved. We wish our students all the best in the next step of their education and hope they stay in touch with us. We would like to thank parents whose support for their children and the college has been considerable.  Finally, these results are a testament to the hard work and talent of Wyvern staff who go over and above in their commitment to give students the very best education.

Headteacher’s Welcome

“Do not ask how intelligent that child is, ask instead how is that child intelligent.” Professor Howard Gardiner, Harvard University.

Welcome to Wyvern College. Whatever our students aspire to be, we are here to support them. We value each of them, not just for who they are but also for what they can become. Ambitious for them, we challenge them to aim for careers of significance, influence and service, gaining the results needed to work at the best colleges, universities and companies. But we also want them to live lives that are personally enriched and fulfilled and that is why we also seek to develop in them a love of the arts, culture, sport, public service, charity and community involvement.

We believe that every student can succeed, every single one of them without exception, as long as they’re given the right spark to ignite their passion. We also believe that students should enjoy their time at school; that enjoyment is the basis of success.  We see it as our task to draw out of them all that is good within them: their personal qualities, their interests and their talents. None of them should leave school without knowing what their talents are, without achieving something significant with these talents while they’re with us and without a clear pathway to show how they can further develop them when they leave us so they can find success and fulfilment in their lives.

For these reasons we offer our students the most richly personalised education we can:

1. A curriculum of over 20 options,
2. A menu of over 30 weekly extra-curricular activities,
3. Individualised pastoral care and careers advice
4. Lessons planned and delivered to meet their particular needs.
5. Regular assessment of their learning.
6. Careful tracking of their progress.
7. Helpful feedback on what they’ve done well and how they can improve further.
8. Close partnership with parents and carers.

All of this is possible because of the quality of our staff. Our most recent Ofsted report praised their infectious passion. What you’ll find here at Wyvern are men and women who love their subject, who love teaching it and who want students to love it too. They’re ready to show them the beauty of art, music and literature, the excitement of sport and drama, the possibilities of technology, computing and design, the magic of science, the power of language and number, the wonders of our world and the mysteries of the past.  Ofsted identified outstanding practice in nearly every subject of the curriculum, based on high expectations which stretch and challenge students; our most innovative areas of teaching and learning are being recognised nationally and adopted by other schools across the country.

I’m very proud of this school and would be delighted to show you in person all it has to offer.

“Education is not filling a bucket but lighting a fire.” William Yeats

Ben Rule

Head teacher