GCSE Results Day 2024: GEMS Winchester School Dubai GCSE Students Beam as Families Celebrate their Outstanding Achievements
GEMS Winchester School Dubai, the KHDA accredited Good school with Very Good and Outstanding Features, is a British curriculum Indian school powerhouse which has again seen its GCSE “Class of 2024” students achieve phenomenally well as they now prepare for British Sixth Form and the study of gold standard A Levels.
Delight-filled and very, very proud family celebrating their wonderful daughter at GEMS Winchester School Dubai on GCSE Results Day 2024
Total entries for GCSE were up by a quarter over last year, and the percentage of candidates achieving the highest 8-9 (A*) near doubled.
Key highlights/ Overall results – British GCSE Qualifications at GEMS Winchester School Dubai
Pictured: GEMS Winchester School Dubai GCSE Results Day 2024 sees the schools community pulling together to celebrate the amazing achievements of students. Here an overjoyed and very proud Mum and Dad celebrate the exceptional GCSE results of their high achieving daughter.
| GCSE results | 2024 | 2023 |
| Total candidates | 285 | 221 |
| Total entries | 2029 | 1525 |
| Total entries at grade 9 | 114 | 48 |
| % of entries at grade 9 | 6% | 3% |
| Total entries at grade 8-9 (A*) | 297 | 170 |
| % of entries at grade 8-9 (A*) | 15% | 11% |
| Total entries at grade 7-9 (A-A*) | 567 | 377 |
| % of entries at grade 7-9 (A-A*) | 28% | 25% |
| Total entries at grade 5-9 (B-A*) | 1117 | 814 |
| % of entries at grade 5-9 (B-A*) | 55% | 53% |
| Total entries at grade 4-9 (C-A*) | 1471 | 1074 |
| % of entries at grade 4-9 (C-A*) | 72% | 70% |
| Total candidates achieving grade 9 | 43 | 21 |
| % of candidates achieving grade 9 | 15% | 10% |
| Total candidates achieving 8-9 (A*) | 118 | 54 |
| % of candidates achieving 8-9 (A*) | 41% | 24% |
Leadership at GEMS Winchester School Dubai
Pictured: a proud and delighted Matthew James Lecuyer, Principal and Chief Executive Officer of the Indian, British curriculum powerhouse GEMS Winchester School Dubai
Matthew James Lecuyer, Principal and Chief Executive Officer, GEMS Winchester School Dubai, told Schoolscompared.com:
“I am humbled by the outstanding GSCE results achieved by our students.
“This year’s attainment reflects a significant improvement highlighting that our students are among the best globally.
“The commendable support from both staff and parents has ensured that each student received the results they deserved – and is well-prepared for Post-16 education at WSD… and beyond.
“Well done to all.”
Outstanding GCSE Class of 2024 Student Achievement
Pictured: Adoring families celebrate GCSE achievement at GEMS Winchester School Dubai on Results Day 2024
Amitha Anand (all grade 9 and A*) is the sister of Aditi Anand, who was our top student (3 A*s, best results in the World in Physics in Year 12) from Year 13 this year. An outstanding family! #GEMSFAMILYFIRST
| Student name | Age | Nationality | Results |
| Amitha Anand | 16 | India | Accounting – 9
Art – 9 Biology – 9 Business Studies – 9 Economics – 9 Maths – 9 Physics – 9 English Language – A* |
| Niharika Arvind | 16 | India | Biology – 9
Chemistry – 9 English Literature – 9 French – 9 Maths – 9 Physics – 9 Computer Science – A* English Language – A* |
| Gian De Guzman | 16 | Philippines | Biology – 9
Chemistry – 9 Maths – 9 Physics – 9 Psychology – 9 English Language – A* ICT – A* Sociology – A* |
| Solwan Elfar | 15 | Egypt | Biology – 9
Chemistry – 9 Maths – 9 Physics – 9 Arabic First Language – A* Computer Science – A* English – A* ICT – A* Accounting – 7 |
| Maryem Mohamed | 16 | Egypt | Biology – 9
Business Studies – 9 Maths – 9 Physics – 9 Arabic First Language – 9 English – A ICT – A* |
| Enam Abu Taleb | 16 | Jordan | Biology – 9
Chemistry – 9 Maths – 9 Physics – 9 Psychology – 8 Arabic First Language – A* English Language – A* |
| Zahra Mubarak | 16 | India | Business Studies – 9
Maths – 9 Combined Science – 99 English Language – A* ICT – A Geography – A Global Perspectives – A* |
| Rahaf Maysara Abdul Ismail | 16 | Canada | Biology – 9
Chemistry – 9 English Literature – 9 French – 9 Maths – 8 Physics – 9 Psychology – 8 English Language – A* |
GEMS Education
GEMS is one of the oldest and largest K-12 private education providers in the world and a trusted and highly regarded choice for quality education in the Middle East and North Africa region. Founded in the UAE in 1959, GEMS Education holds an unparalleled track record of providing an outstanding education across diverse curricula, examination pathways and subject choices to children and young people of all socio-economic means.
Pictured: Sunny Varkey, Founder and guiding light of GEMS Education (Left) with Dr. Saima Rana, Group Deputy Chief Executive Officer GEMS Education (Right)
Having started with a single school run from a private home in Dubai, GEMS Education remains a family business. Its inspiring Founder, Sunny Varkey, and his son, Dino Varkey, Group Chief Executive Officer, are responsible for providing vision, insight, and strategy across the organisation.
Pictured: Dino Varkey, Group Chief Executive Officer GEMS Education, receiving The Top Schools Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education in the United Arab Emirates on behalf of the Varkey Family
Both are deeply committed to the life chances of all GEMS students and play a hands-on, highly engaged role in ensuring that no GEMS child is ever left behind.
GEMS educates students from over 176 countries through its owned and managed schools globally. Every year, students graduating from GEMS schools progress to the world’s best universities. Over the past five years, GEMS students have been accepted into over 1,050 universities in 53 countries including all eight Ivy League universities in the US and all 24 Russell Group universities and colleges in the UK.
Further information GEMS Winchester School Dubai
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