First IGCSE Results
There is one question that has accompanied us all these years. It is asked by parents of Yellow train, by potential parents and by anyone who hears of our story of unhurried childhood.
This question comes in varied forms and derivatives.
What happens to these children when they go into High School?
Will they be able to write Board Examinations? Will they score well?
What happens to them when they leave school? Will they be prepared for this world?
Our response would always reflect our absolute, unquestionable and unshakeable faith in our system. But we did not have any statistics to share.
Well,now we do! Our oldest children appeared for their High School Examination - The IGCSE From Pearson UK
True to our spirit of non competitive education we have decided not to publish names and celebrate outstanding achievements in a way that is not aligned with our thinking. We have shared with each student how we feel about their achievements.
To meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two imposters just the same.
The world that we are sending our children into, needs equanimity.This is a small milestone in the context of life and they need to see it in that perspective. For us at the school, it is only a validation that when there is effort there is excellence and this result is a testimony to that.
In order to interpret the results, a few pointers-
IGCSE is a highly challenging international examination and 13 of our children sat for the Exams. For each paper there are varying degrees of complexity and our children appeared for the highest of options.
- The highest band consists of 7, 8 and 9: It is equivalent to an A or an A*, which is a remarkable standard on a global scale
- Grades 5 and 6 are considered equal to Grade B
- Grade 4 is considered as Pass and is equal to Grade C
- Grade 3 and below are considered as Fail
The highlights of the results of our first batch:
Math: The entire class has scored the highest band in Math (between 7 and 9), with five among the 13, scoring 9 - An outstanding achievement.
English Language A: Out of 10, 8 children have scored between 8 and 9. This is truly remarkable performance on a global scale. 8 of our children are placed in the top 18.6% worldwide.
Sciences: We have 9 children in the highest band in Biology and 6 children in the Highest Band in Chemistry and Physics.
This one can say is a star studded result.