Brighton College Al Ain, the consistently ADEK Outstanding British Curriculum powerhouse of British Education in the emirate, has today announced that almost five in ten students taking GCSE examination this year achieved Grades 9 and 8 – an A* in the older alphabetical grading structure. The news follows equally outstanding results announced by the school on A Level Results day 2023.
Stand-out achievements by Brighton College Al Ain students include:
- 1 in every 4 GCSE exams taken this year by Brighton College Al Ain pupils resulted in a top Grade 9
- Almost 65% of GCSE examinations saw students at the school awarded 7 – 9 grades – A*A in the older alphabetical grading structure
Head Master of Brighton College Al Ain, Scott Carnochan, told SchoolsCompared.com
“After celebrating our pupils’ outstanding A Level achievements, I am thrilled to report that Brighton College Al Ain pupils have once again been awarded an impressive percentage of top grades in their GCSE examinations, with 9–8 grades surpassing both last year and even 2019, when traditional in-person exams were last held.
“This accomplishment is truly remarkable, and I couldn’t be happier for our pupils.
“I am exceptionally proud of what our pupils and teachers have achieved and would like to both congratulate and thank them for the hard work, determination and resilience they have demonstrated while collaboratively striving for these outstanding results.”
Outstanding Results Across-the-board
Brighton College Al Ain pupils results in the Sciences were particularly stellar:
- 74% of pupils in the Sciences achieved the top grade (7-9)
Across-the-board results were exceptional:
- 1 in every 2 pupils in English achieved Grades 8 or 9
- 3 in every 4 pupils achieving top grades (8 -9) across the Humanities
- 82% of all Arabic GCSEs were awarded at Grade 9
Outstanding Pupil Achievement
Brighton College Al Ain asked SchoolsCompared.com to recognise and celebrate all the students in the Brighton College GCSE Class of 2023. However, the following students provide a snapshot of the achievements of students at the school this year:
- British student Shihab Ahmad achieved 8 Grade 9s and 1 Grade 8
- South African student Jesse Kurten achieved 7 Grade 9s, 1 Grade 8 and 1 Grade 7
- Emirati student Hamda Alnuaimi achieved 6 Grade 9s, 2 Grade 8s and 1 Grade 7
- British student Eloi Roberts achieved 4 Grade 9s and 5 Grade 8s
- American student Rafika Sadki achieved 4 Grade 9s and 5 Grade 8s
Brighton College Al Ain Class of 2023 GCSE Results in Full
| 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | |
| % of students achieving an average of < 0.0 Value Add across English, Mathematics and Science | |||
| % of students achieving an average of >/= 0.5 Value Add across English, Mathematics and Science | |||
| % of students achieving an average of >/= 1.0 Value Add across English Mathematics and Science | |||
| % of students achieving A*A | 65 | 57
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60 |
| % of students achieving A*B | 78 | 71 | 76 |
| % of students achieving A*C | 95 | 91 | 94 |
| % of students achieving 7 subjects at A*C including English and Mathematics | 82 | – | – |
| % of students achieving sufficient grades to study their chosen subjects for A Levels in Sixth Form | – | – | – |
| % of students achieving sufficient grades to study their chosen subjects for BTEC in Sixth Form | – | – | – |
| % of students achieving sufficient grades to study for the International Baccalaureate Diploma (in Blended British/IB schools) | – | – | – |
| % of students achieving sufficient grades to study for the International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme (in Blended British/IB schools) | – | – | – |
| % of EAL students | 54 | – | – |
| % of Determined students excluding G&T | 11 | – | – |
| % of G&T students | 14 | – | – |
Further information
Set in a modern, 28-acre campus on the outskirts of Al Ain, Brighton College Al Ain offers a British curriculum education to pupils aged 3 to 18 years. It is the only school in the city to have obtained three consecutive Outstanding inspections by ADEK, first rated Outstanding in 2016, and then again in 2018 and most recently in 2023.
Read about outstanding A Level results at Brighton College Al Ain here.
Read our review of Brighton College Al Ain here.
Visit the official Brighton College Al Ain web site here.
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