Vijay International School records “excellent” IGCSE results |03 September 2015

Secondary 5 students from the Vijay International School Praslin (VISP) have achieved “outstanding” results in the June series of Cambridge International IGCSE exams.

The school is also claiming a new national record for the strongest performing student – Alyssa Payet – who achieved 7 A* grades, 5 A grades and one grade C, giving a total of 706 points using the UK points-for-grades system.

The school believes that this surpasses the previous record of 684.

All S5 students reached or surpassed the UK benchmark of 5 or more higher passes (grade C and above).

“This figure of 100% compares very well with the UK average, which was 62.8% in 2014. The S5 students secured 100% passes across 15 subject areas, with 80% of these being at grade C or higher,” a press release from the school states.

Head teacher Martin Kennedy expressed satisfaction at the results, adding “It is especially encouraging as most of our S5 students will now join the school's new advanced level programme, which is a major development for both the school and Praslin and offers students the opportunity to study at pre-university level on Praslin. These strong results are attributable to good teaching, adequate resourcing and, of course, extremely hard work by the students themselves”.

Dan Cross, Head of the school's Sixth Form, pointed out that in addition to S5 students from VISP the A-level programme is also attracting interest from the Praslin community as a whole. “We offer the opportunity for adults to study A levels with us on a flexible basis,” he said. “This means that a working person can, with the support of their employer, take one or more A- levels with us in order to develop their qualification portfolio and contribute more to the development of their company.”

Other high S5 achievers were Brigitte De Charmoy Lablache (604), Candice De Lacoudraye Harter (592), Zoe Rose (552 pts) and Stefano Leon (534).

Anyone interested in finding out more about the opportunities to study A-level on Praslin are warmly invited to contact Mr Cross at the school on 4236116.