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in a moment, but now on BBC1, it's time for the news where you are. | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
There has been a big increase in GCSE pass rates | :00:10. | :00:14. | |
In Guernsey, the number of students gaining five | :00:15. | :00:18. | |
A* to C passes including English and Maths rose from 60% to 67%. | :00:19. | :00:21. | |
The education department says they are the best ever set of results. | :00:22. | :00:28. | |
In Jersey, the pass rate in this key measure also rose, from | :00:29. | :00:31. | |
In a moment, we'll hear from some Jersey | :00:32. | :00:37. | |
students, but first Penny Elderfield was at La Mare De Carteret High | :00:38. | :00:40. | |
School in Guernsey where pass rates in the past had caused concern. | :00:41. | :00:45. | |
A particularly nervous start to the day. | :00:46. | :00:50. | |
But the end of two years of hard work. | :00:51. | :00:53. | |
Well, lots of excitement here this morning, and so far it seems lots | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
of happy students with the results they wanted. | :00:58. | :01:02. | |
With me are three. How did you get on? It was ready good. Everything | :01:03. | :01:13. | |
was expected. And I am pretty happy. And I saw lots of smiles from you, | :01:14. | :01:17. | |
and a few tears. Did you get what you wanted? Yes, I'm really pleased | :01:18. | :01:23. | |
with what I got. Another big smile on your face, with the next place | :01:24. | :01:28. | |
for you? Grammar. So I'm joining that, hopefully. | :01:29. | :01:31. | |
And a success story for education with bad GCSE results | :01:32. | :01:34. | |
triggering major changes in the schools a few years back. | :01:35. | :01:37. | |
The figures now are on the up at nearly every school. | :01:38. | :01:41. | |
Looking at the numbers that got 5 A* to Cs, including English and maths, | :01:42. | :01:45. | |
more than 90% achieved it at the Grammar School, Elizabeth College, | :01:46. | :01:49. | |
At Sampsons High, Les Beaucamps, and St. | :01:50. | :01:56. | |
And for a school that last year saw a big drop, | :01:57. | :02:03. | |
Different cohorts are of different abilities so that is when results go | :02:04. | :02:19. | |
down. With small cohorts, it makes a big impact on results. Whilst | :02:20. | :02:23. | |
education will be pleased with the results, it will take a few more | :02:24. | :02:26. | |
years to see whether the changes they've made to improve the schools | :02:27. | :02:28. | |
are paying off. Guernsey's Education Minister | :02:29. | :02:30. | |
welcomed the results, but said the headline figures didn't tell the | :02:31. | :02:32. | |
full story of a school's success. Earlier, | :02:33. | :02:36. | |
I asked Deputy Robert Sillars if the 40% 5 A* to C pass rate at La | :02:37. | :02:38. | |
Mare de Carteret was good enough. If you look at the figures, I am | :02:39. | :02:53. | |
pleased with them at 40%, but they are the top grammar School, | :02:54. | :03:00. | |
pleased with them at 40%, but they are the top grammar School getting | :03:01. | :03:05. | |
the good results. So, actually, they've done really well, and I am | :03:06. | :03:08. | |
pleased with all the schools in different areas that have done very | :03:09. | :03:13. | |
well. It is difficult to compare on that one benchmark. For those | :03:14. | :03:17. | |
schools that have 90% pass rates, should parents be looking at that, | :03:18. | :03:22. | |
if they are looking at where to send children? Exams are an important | :03:23. | :03:28. | |
part, but it's actually how far your child progresses so it is about | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
ability. Exams are an important part but it is about fitting into | :03:34. | :03:38. | |
society, going on for a job, if you want, or higher education. Sport, | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
music, all of those things must be considered. | :03:43. | :03:44. | |
There was also good news for Jersey students, GCSE grades were up again, | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
including a significant increase in English and Maths. | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
Chris Harrison met with students at Grainville School | :03:53. | :03:55. | |
Years of hard work and it all came down to this piece of paper. And for | :03:56. | :04:09. | |
most that hard work had paid off and they'd made their grades. Jersey | :04:10. | :04:16. | |
I actually got better than my expected grades. It gives me options | :04:17. | :04:22. | |
in the future. I'm pretty happy. Jersey hasn't released a school by | :04:23. | :04:29. | |
school breakdown of results but the selective nature of the education | :04:30. | :04:32. | |
system means direct comparisons are unfair. In the past, Grainville had | :04:33. | :04:34. | |
faced criticism for low pass rates, today it was breaking records. And | :04:35. | :04:37. | |
the island as a whole has performed I am really pleased the students and | :04:38. | :04:48. | |
staff. It is testament of five years of work and commitment. Our students | :04:49. | :04:51. | |
have outperformed previous year groups. Records are there to be | :04:52. | :04:57. | |
broken and the class of 2014 have smashed the record stubbing our | :04:58. | :05:01. | |
performance in English and maths. And that is a fantastic testament to | :05:02. | :05:04. | |
those students and staff. And the island as a whole has performed well | :05:05. | :05:08. | |
giving more young people opportunities. The results from | :05:09. | :05:16. | |
GCSEs governed the access to a levels for many students that want | :05:17. | :05:21. | |
to go on to a more academic A`level course. And, then, in turn, that | :05:22. | :05:27. | |
means the possible access through to universities and higher education, | :05:28. | :05:31. | |
which I'm particularly keen we develop as far as we can. You'll | :05:32. | :05:36. | |
find many young people in the island celebrating tonight. But a thought | :05:37. | :05:41. | |
for the island's teachers, too, quietly reflecting on a job well | :05:42. | :05:42. | |
done. A couple | :05:43. | :05:44. | |
in Guernsey have been sent to prison 35`year`old Wesley Guilbert was | :05:45. | :05:46. | |
sentenced to nine years for offences His wife Jennifer, who's 33, | :05:47. | :05:51. | |
was sentenced to four years for three further drugs charges, | :05:52. | :05:56. | |
including the possession of cannabis It's the first time there's been | :05:57. | :05:59. | |
a conviction in the island for There will be much more on that | :06:00. | :06:14. | |
story on BBC Radio Guernsey tomorrow morning from 7am. From me, that is | :06:15. | :06:20. | |
it. I'm back at 6:30am, I leave you with the weather. | :06:21. | :06:24. | |
Some pretty bright skies today but the cloud is thickening leading to | :06:25. | :06:31. | |
hefty showers through the early hours. It is likely to be a showery | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
start tomorrow morning but an improving day with some sunshine and | :06:37. | :06:40. | |
those showers tend to die away. For the time being, we have clear skies, | :06:41. | :06:45. | |
but a fair but of cloud and wind, spilling its way across us, hence | :06:46. | :06:51. | |
those showers in nearly hours. These showers could be lively but it | :06:52. | :06:56. | |
should be fairly mild with the lows of 14. That wind is rather blustery | :06:57. | :07:00. | |
so it is a showery start as we push into tomorrow morning but those | :07:01. | :07:06. | |
showers should give way to sunshine as the afternoon wears on. | :07:07. | :07:09. | |
Temperatures are still struggling with 18 the high with a cool breeze | :07:10. | :07:13. | |
lowing. Saturday looks like a decent day with some decent spells. If you | :07:14. | :07:20. | |
isolated showers, a little bit on the cold side. The rain pushers and | :07:21. | :07:27. | |
on Sunday night and bank holiday Monday. `` the rain pushes in on | :07:28. | :07:32. | |
Sunday. into a nice, fine day on Sunday with | :07:33. | :07:37. | |
lots of sunshine. Then more rain pushes in from the west for the Bank | :07:38. | :07:39. | |
Holiday Monday. Good evening. There's a feel of | :07:40. | :07:47. | |
autumn about the weather at the moment. It's thanks to the fact we | :07:48. | :07:51. | |
are pulling our off off the British Isles from the north making for a | :07:52. | :07:57. | |
cold feel by day and chilly nights. Still some showers to contend with | :07:58. | :08:01. | |
across England and Wales. Some heavy through the small hours of Friday, | :08:02. | :08:05. | |
particularly around the Bristol channel and into the south-east | :08:06. | :08:08. | |
towards the end of the night. Further north, the breeze eases. The | :08:09. | :08:13. | |
showers fade away and with clear skies, temperatures will fall down | :08:14. | :08:17. | |
into single figures in northern England, Northern Ireland and | :08:18. | :08:20. | |
southern and central Scotland. For Friday, he wassier showers hanging | :08:21. | :08:24. | |
back across the far south-east of | :08:25. | :08:25. |