Telford College is celebrating another excellent set of GCSE results today, with English and maths grades once again comfortably ahead of the national average.

Achievement rates for English and maths were up on last year for both adult learners and 16-18 students, with more than 97% pass rate for maths, and over 95% for English.

“Our English achievement rates were over 10% above the national average, and maths results for 16 to 18-year-olds were even further ahead than that,” said the college’s deputy chief executive Janet Stephens.

“These are absolutely fantastic results, reflecting all of the hard work our students and staff. We are very proud of them.

“Maths and English are so important, because they not only form a key part of the Government’s levelling up programme, and are qualifications which open up pathways to the maximum number of courses and job opportunities.

“It’s one of the reasons we are so excited to be working with Telford & Wrekin Council and local businesses on creating a new digital skills and enterprise hub in the town’s Station Quarter, with maths at the very heart of a modern, technology-driven curriculum.”

Janet added: “We look forward to seeing many of our students now progressing with us onto A levels, apprenticeships, or our range of T Levels which we are launching in September.”

Telford College staff are now on hand to discuss progression opportunities with GCSE students, and explain the range of further education opportunities in the 2023/24 curriculum. Full details can be found at www.telfordcollege.ac.uk.

Last week Telford College celebrated another strong set of results for its A level, technical and vocational courses.

It saw 100% pass rates in several subject areas including media studies and religious studies, and increased high grades on last year in areas such as physics, history, chemistry and business.

Pass rates were also up on last year in subject areas such as biology, English language, English literature and history, while pass rates among the college’s adult A level students outperformed the national average.