Mathemagical Results at Battle Abbey

For the second time in as many years, Battle Abbey’s iGCSE
Maths results have exceeded all expectations. Two thirds of
students were awarded the highest grades – sevens, eights
and nines – and not a single student of the non-selective
school failed to achieve a very respectable grade.
Headmaster David Clark says: “We were quietly confident
that the results would be good, but the actual figures were
better than expected. Seeing the students’ faces as they
found out their results was an experience. Battle Abbey has
an excellent Mathematics Department, with strengths in all
areas, and is securing plaudits from across the region. It is no
accident that Battle Abbey tops the list of all schools in East
Sussex and Kent for Value Added across all subjects.” (The
Value Added measure indicates the improvement students
make between key stages in their education.)
Farouk Tumi, Head of Maths, was equally delighted with the
results. “I am particularly pleased with the sheer dedication
and hard work of our students, especially those who have
found that mathematics does not come naturally. To pass,
and pass so well, does them great credit … I couldn’t be
prouder.”
Battle Abbey has enjoyed many other mathematical successes of late. Two sixth form students qualified for the British
Olympiads in this year’s competition, the junior Maths team is
currently ranked seventeenth in the whole of the UK and Year
9 Student David Jempson has also just qualified for the British
Olympiads, securing