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Porthcawl Comprehensive School was delighted to be able to distribute results to students at GCSE. These results are the outcome of the unique and most challenging set of circumstances for students and staff. We are thrilled that students have reached, and in most cases exceeded, their potential.

Qualifications Wales makes decision on non-examination assessments and January exams Tuesday 24 Nov 2020 Following the Minister for Education’s policy decision to cancel GCSEs, AS and A levels exams in summer 2021 and having listened to early proposals from the Design and Delivery Advisory Group, Qualifications Wales has made the following two decisions: 1. Non examination assessments ...

Year 11 Food and Nutrition students will be completing their GCSE practical examination on the 19th and 20th March.

Maths Extra Help for the November Entry Monday 3pm to 4pm with Mr Thomas in M4 Tuesday 3pm to 4pm with Miss Pugh in M5. Mr Weatherhead and Mrs Stradling are also running sessions on a Tuesday and Thursday lunchtimes for Higher students. There will also be sessions run in the October half term, more details to follow. Thank you Miss Pugh

The main examination timetable for our older pupils has started and we have been delighted to see our pupils attending extra revision sessions at lunch time, before and after school. Year 7, 8 and 9 have been busy doing their National tests. By the end of this week they will have completed Numerical Reasoning and Reading using traditional paper examinations and also the Numeracy test, online fo...

Every day there is extra revision for the GCSE examinations.

Click here to download the timetable for Year 11 extra revision in school.

Mr Evans and Mr Pettit are available in the workshops for any pupils wishing to continue work on their projects for Design & Technology. This session runs from 9:30 to 12:30. Mr Holt will be in D5 from 9:00 to 12:00 for year 11 History Revision. Thank you to all staff and pupils for a highly successful 2 weeks of additional support.

Friday 26th, Mrs Mackey is in from 10 till 1 with year 13 Geography in D12. Mr Evans and Mr Pettit are available again for Product Design work from 9:30 to 12:30. Miss Pugh is in M5 for the Unit 3 Pure Mathematics Mock Examination from 10:00 till 12:30 Mrs Kembery is available in P15 from 12:00 till 2:00 for year 12 English. Thank you to staff an pupils for an excellent 2 weeks of add...

Good News and Congratulations! We would like to thank the students, their families and all the staff for the most outstanding set of results. A Level Performance 2018 - One third of all results were A*/A grate (32.5%). - More than 4 out of 5 were ’C’ grade or better (81.9%). - 99.6% achieved two or more passes at A Level. These are the best results our school has ever had, and are...

Examinations are going well and the next couple of days are very busy indeed. There are a couple of support sessions at half term and these will be published shortly.

Now on the website - year 11 revision/extra support schedule. You will find the information in PARENTS Letters home ........ thank you

National Tests are now over. Thank you to all pupils in year 7, 8 and 9 for your exemplary behaviour. Catch up will continue this week. Results as usual are expected in school ready to give out with the end of year reports. School examinations will take place in the week after the Whitsun break. However, some examinations e.g. orals in languages may take place before Whitsun Pupils will be giv...

Starting on Monday 23rd April and running through until Wednesday 25th April, all year 10 pupils will be sitting their GCSE Welsh Language speaking examination. The pupils have been given lots of support to prepare them for this exam and know what they should be revising this weekend, ready for next week.

A big thank you to staff and pupils. The Easter sessions in school were very productive. Over the coming weeks there will be extra support sessions advertised in the school’s daily bulletin.

Year 11 made an excellent start to their GCSE examinations today with the Numeracy Paper. Many are doing their English Language tomorrow, with numeracy paper 2 on Wednesday. Thursday is paper 2 for English language and Friday sees paper 1 Mathematics. Finally after one more weekend of revision, year 11 finish this examination session with Mathematics paper 2 on Monday.

This year 127 students sat an amazing 352 qualifications. The most remarkable fact is the quality of the A Level results; the pass rate (A* to E) was a fantastic 99%, with 28% A/A*. This outstanding performance underlines Porthcawl as a truly inclusive school. Students have reached, and in most cases exceeded, their potential. Students at AS and A2 have had their endeavour rewarded with excell...

The School based Revision timetable can be found in PUPILS Exam Info To support our pupils with their revision, over the next few weeks, we have put together a school based revision timetable. The aim is to provide last minute reminders in a subject, prior to the examination. Year 11 have been given a paper copy of this information too.

Examinations have now started with year 7, 8 and 9 completing their numerical reasoning tests during the week beginning 24th April. Year 10, 11, 12 and 13 have been completing practical and speaking examinations. The importance of excellent attendance over the next few weeks, cannot be over emphasised. When pupils are not in examinations, they will be mainly revising with their teacher. Pleas...

EASTER 2017 WEEK 1 Monday 10th April Ms Davies Year 12 Welsh Oral Prep P1 10:00 till 12:00 Mr Evans Year 11 Technology Resistant Materials Technology workshops 9:30 till 3:00 Miss Hardwick Year 11 Drama Practical Preparations Drama Studio 8:30 till 3:00 Tuesday 11th April Mrs Victor Year 11 GCSE English Revision sets 11X3 and 11Y3 Meet in P15 10:00 till 12:30 Mrs Llewellyn Y...

Year 11 Easter Revision 2017 Monday 10th April Mr Evans Year 11 Technology Resistant Materials Technology workshops 9:30 till 3:00 Miss Hardwick Year 11 Drama Practical Preparations Drama Studio 8:30 till 3:00 Tuesday 11th April Mrs Victor Year 11 GCSE English Revision sets 11X3 and 11Y3 Meet in P15 10:00 till 12:30 Mrs Llewellyn Year 11 GCSE English Revision sets 11X2 and 11Y2...

Dear Parent/Guardian, As you are already aware, all year 10 pupils will focus on studying English Language throughout year 10. Reading Throughout the two years of the course, pupils will read a range of fiction and non-fiction texts as well as continuous and non-continuous texts. Continuous texts could include; autobiography, biography, diaries, speeches, travel writing, short stories, revie...

PORTHCAWL COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL GCSE EXAMINATION RESULTS 2016 SIMPLY OUR BEST ENGLISH, MATHS AND SCIENCE RESULTS! The students, their families and the school are all celebrating an excellent set of GCSE results. This year saw a large cohort of 212 students and the high quality of results is across the ability range, in total 3797 papers were sat. There has been a significant improvement in the...

The National Tests will take place at Porthcawl this year on the following dates. There is Welsh Government Information in the letters section of the PARENTS section of our website 27th April Year 7 Numerical Reasoning 28th April Year 8 Numerical Reasoning 3rd May Year 9 Numerical Reasoning 9th May Year 7, 8 and 9 Reading 10th May Year 7, 8 and 9 Numeracy

The following timetable is for year 11 YEAR 11 REVISION EVENTS OVER EASTER 2016 28/03/16 Mon No Sessions 29/03/16 Tues Mr Card GCSE PE P29 9:00 - 11:00 Mrs Cartwright GCSE Religious Studies Full Course Maths Block 10:00 -2:00 Miss Williams GCSE RS Short course Maths Block 10:00 - 2:00 30/03/16 Weds Miss Hardwick GCSE Drama Practical Drama Studio 8:00 - 3:30 Mrs Mackey GCSE Geog...

I would like to emphasise how important it is for pupils to attend lessons in the run up to their examinations. This summer, year 11 will be issued with an extensive revision timetable. This will include support in the holidays and every day up until the Whitsun half term (up to and including Friday 27th May 2016). It is essential that year 11 pupils are in school full time until Whitsun. They ...

External examinations for year 11-13 commence Thursday 7th January 2016, through to Tuesday 19th January.

Just a reminder that many pupils in year 11 are sitting their Mathematics GCSE paper 1 this week and paper 2 next week. During the last few days the extra support and revision continues in school. All pupils sitting these examinations should be practising their past papers and using the resources suggested by their Maths teachers. The importance of gaining a qualification in mathematics cannot ...

AS and A Level This year 169 students sat a most remarkable 450 A level papers, the largest ever entry! The most remarkable fact is the quality of the results; the pass rate (A* to E) was a fantastic 99%. This outstanding performance underlines Porthcawl as a truly inclusive school. Students have reached, and in most cases exceeded, their predicted potential. There were many outstanding perfor...

PLEASE NOTE Exams will go ahead on the INSET day Monday 8th June. However, there will be no school transport on that day. Year 11 pupils are expected to attend school even though they have started their GCSE examinations. Extra help and support is being offered during lesson times, lunchtimes, after school and for some subjects at the weekends and over half term. It is essential that pupils in...