Live blog: GCSE results day!
As Jewish students across the UK find out results of their GCSEs, you can follow all the latest updates right here...
‘I just wanted to work as hard as I could’
We spoke to Yavneh College’s Alex Harris, 16, who received 7A* 2 9’s and an 8. He told us: “I’m taking Biology, Chemistry, Maths and Further Maths and staying at Yavneh. The new grading system took some getting used to, but wasn’t too bothered, I just wanted to work as hard as I could”
‘The new system is pretty good’
We spoke to JCoSS’s Itay Yaniv, 16 who recieved 9A*, an A and 27. He told us the “new system is pretty good, it makes you a better student, you stand out, it’s harder the get an A*. There’s more variety and more scores to get”
‘If you work hard you’ll still get good grades’
Adam Caplan, 16, studies at JCoSS and received 5A*, 2A, B, 6, 7 & 9).
Speaking to Jewish news, he said: “Doing Maths, Further Maths, Chemistry and Physics, I don’t have a problem with the new system because if you work hard you’ll still get good grades” (JCOSS)
By Natasha Zack
JFS students celebrate their GCSE success!
- JFS students celebrate their results Picture credit: Blake Ezra Photography
- JFS students celebrate their results Picture credit: Blake Ezra Photography
- JFS students celebrate their results Picture credit: Blake Ezra Photography
- JFS students celebrate their results Picture credit: Blake Ezra Photography
- JFS students celebrate their results Picture credit: Blake Ezra Photography
- JFS students celebrate their results Picture credit: Blake Ezra Photography
- JFS students celebrate their results Picture credit: Blake Ezra Photography
In pictures: JCoSS students celebrate results
Photos by TashPhotography
- JCoSS students celebrate their results Picture credit: TashPhotography
- JCoSS students celebrate their results Picture credit: TashPhotography
- JCoSS students celebrate their results Picture credit: TashPhotography
- JCoSS students celebrate their results Picture credit: TashPhotography
PaJeS chief welcomes ‘outstanding’ results
Following strong GCSE results from Jewish schools across London, Rabbi David Meyer Executive Director of the Partnerships for Jewish Schools (PaJeS) congratulated students.
“The outstanding GCSE results are especially noteworthy given the changes in the curriculum, and reflects the high standards of education being delivered in Jewish schools across the country.
“Students across the ability range are performing exceptionally well and these results will reinforce the confidence parents are showing in their schools, and in the desire to send their children to Jewish schools.”
In pictures: JCoSS students celebrate results!
- JCoSS students celebrate results
- JCoSS students celebrate results
- JCoSS students celebrate results
- JCoSS students celebrate results
- JCoSS’s Sam Lachmann, Itay Yaniv and Angelica Guilof who achieved 31 top grades between them
- A JCoSS student celebrates results with headteacher Patrick Moriarty
- JCoSS students celebrate results
- JCoSS headteacher shakes hands with a top performing student during August’s A-Level results
- A JCoSS student celebrates results with headteacher Patrick Moriarty
Exceptional JFS performers
Amid an outstanding overall display from JFS, there were brilliant individual results, including:
- Joshua Korber-Hoffman 10A*s and 3 9s
- Maya Robinson 8A*s and 1 9
- Benjamin Moss 10A*s and 2 9s
- Joe Rowan 7A*s and 3 9s
- Avigail Harris 9A*s and 2 9s
- Josh Wise 7A*s and 3 9s
- Jacob Cowland 9A*s and 1 9
- Tali Shear 7A*s and 2 9s
- Nadav Grunberg 9A*s and 1 9
- Jonathan Cordell 7A*s and 1 9
- Matan Keidar 9A*s and 1 9
- Joseph Gellman 7A*s and 1 9
- Rafi Levy 9A*s and 1 9
- Guy Nehushtan 7A*s and 1 9
- James Onona 9A*s and 1 9
- Natasha Granville 7A*s
- Samuel Bass 8A*s and 2 9s
- Emily Haberfeld 7A*s
- Ilana Cantor 8A*s and 2 9s
- Zac Cohen 6A*s and 2 9s
- Lola Sofer-Yadgaroff 8A*s and 2 9s
- Juliette Cosgrove 6A*s and 1 9
- Ariel Flint Ashery 8A*s and 1 9
- Joe Kaye 6A*s and 1 9
- Rebecca Harounoff 9A*s and 1 9
- Simona Harounoff 7A*s and 3As
- Dov Zysblat 6A*s and 1 9
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