Camden GCSE students buck national trend with impressive results - Camden Rise

Camden GCSE students have achieved results which are above the national average – bucking the downward trend caused by a return to pre-pandemic grading this year. 

The provisional 2023 results show that the percentage of Camden Year 11 students achieving a ‘strong pass’ in GCSE English and maths – grade 5 or above in both subjects – is 51%, which is well above the borough’s 2019 figure of 46% and the national average in 2019, which was 43%.

This was the first year since 2019 that results haven’t been either based on teacher-assessed grades or adjusted to take account of lost learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

One of Hampstead School’s top students was Amr Nour, 16, who gained 10 GCSEs, all at grade 9. Fellow Hampstead School student Sami Ouaziz gained a double 9 in his combined sciences GCSE, an 8 in psychology, three grade 7s, a grade 6 and a 5. He is staying on at the school’s sixth form for his A-levels. He said: "It's been a great experience here." 

Matthew Sadler, Headteacher of Hampstead School, said: “We are incredibly proud of the amazing results they have achieved.”

• Find out how students at other Camden schools performed here
• See more photos from Camden GCSE results day 2023 here
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