University Offers Grade Boost Support For GCSE Students
15 February 2013
Students from the Pingle School who took part in the workshops.
Students have been selected as their schools believe they are more than capable of achieving a grade C or higher in Maths and English. We are keen to encourage and support these students in order to help them achieve their potential.
”Rachael Nicholls, Education Liaison Development Officer at the University
Over 600 students were invited to the University last month to take part in a variety of innovative workshops designed to help GCSE students boost their grades in Maths and English.
The 'Raising the Grade' practical workshops, which were delivered by student mentors, focused on the most challenging areas of each subject, for Maths, topics included Algebra and Pythagoras and for English, Reading and Understanding, Punctuation and Poetry.
The programme, which was developed to replace the government initiative Aimhigher, expanded this year to include the addition of English workshops and now attracts around 100 students from progression partner schools to each of the six sessions.
Feedback this year for both workshops has been encouraging; with over 96% of students praising the Maths event and 92% saying they were pleased with the newly introduced English workshops.
Rachael Nicholls, Education Liaison Development Officer at the University, said: "Students have been selected as their schools believe they are more than capable of achieving a grade C or higher in Maths and English. We are keen to encourage and support these students in order to help them achieve their potential."
