BSAK EXAM RESULTS 2022 

GCSE RESULTS AT BSAK 

On August 25th, BSAK’s GCSE students celebrated the best set of exam results to date, to the relief and joy of students, parents and staff. What's most notable is that these incredible results followed a period of disrupted education that had significantly impacted their ‘face to face’ learning since Year 9. Of 127 students and 1225 entries, 27% received Grade 9, the highest grade possible (26% in 2021), and 46% were graded 9-8, (43% in 2021) equivalent to an A*. Furthermore, 62% were graded 9-7 equivalent to A*or A and 91% were graded 9-5 (A*-B).  Once again we received a 100% pass rate.  10 students received 9 or more Grade 9s and an impressive 39 students received 8 or more Grades of 9 or 8.  An incredible 60 students received 8 or more Grade 9-7 results, equivalent to A* - A.  

"I am almost lost for words with pride for our Year 11 cohort, that they have surpassed the results of previous years. These grades show a continuous improvement, not only over the Teacher Assessed Grades of the last two years, but also over our pre-Covid cohorts. Their results are a testament to their adaptability and hard work and I am very proud of them.”  Headmaster Mark Leppard

The following 10 students received 9 or more Grade 9s. 

• Saif Ghazanfar 
• Sreya Gupta 
• Deena Jasim 
• Jenifer Najjar 
• Priyali Sapra 
• Ryan Taoutaou 
• Annabel Green
• Arham Rakhecha
• Madeleine Robinson
• Kishan Sharma

We caught up with some of them to hear their reaction to their results.

16 year old Sreya, achieved ten grade 9s and one grade 8, but in the hopes of getting straight 9s is in the process of having one checked, having missed a 9 by only a mark.

“For me I felt nervous excitement before I got the results. I was just sitting and waiting to see the results and I was very tense.  I was happy with my grades because I had walked out of the exam hall thinking some did not go so well, but I still got a 9 in those subjects."

Sreya achieved 9s in English language and literature, biology, chemistry, maths, further maths, arabic, media studies, economics, and geography, and got an 8 in physics.

For her A levels, she intends to study mathematics, English literature, chemistry and economics with an aim to pursue a subject that is a fusion of Stem and humanities at university.
 

16 year old Priyali, achieved ten grade 9s in maths, English literature, English language, further maths, media studies, French, biology, chemistry, economics, and physics 

I am very happy with my results and I think that they are a true reflection of my hardwork and effort. Overall, the pandemic was very frustrating and often got in the way of my studies. One of the tremendous challenges was the disruption and the constant change from face-to-face school and distance learning.

Yes, Zoom and Google classroom made the experience much smoother but it was incomparable to the learning we receive in face-to-face school. This period has definitely shown me that I can be more resourceful and resilient in order to adapt to my surroundings and the changes in them. 

Priyali will study biology, chemistry and maths for her A Levels and take an EPQ. I think this combination of subjects is perfect for me as it thrills me to get more opportunities to challenge myself and learn new material. I chose these subjects because I wanted to pursue medicine which has been something that I dreamed of since I was a little girl. 

 

Year 12 Deena told us

‘I'm happy and grateful for the way things turned out, and that I was able to make my parents proud’. 

Fortunately, despite the ongoing pandemic, the school continued to teach through both online and in-person lessons. My teachers made it easy to reach out to them leading up to and during exam time by being open to any questions the class had. I'm not sure how GCSEs would have gone without the pandemic, however, given the situation, I feel that my GCSE learning journey has been a positive one thanks to the support from my teachers, peers and family.  Deena achieved 10 grade 9s and 1 grade 8 in triple science (biology, chemistry, physics), English language and literature, Arabic, maths, further maths, business studies, economics and computer science.

She’ll go on to study biology, chemistry, maths and business studies and is still considering her options for university and her career.  Like many others she is looking forward to learning in more detail about the subjects that interest and has faith that the right path for me will find me.. 

A LEVEL RESULTS 

At The British School Al Khubairat in Abu Dhabi, 124 year 13 pupils took the exams.
42 per cent of all grades awarded were either A* or A, with 67 percent of grades awarded were A*- B with a 100 percent pass rate.

Mark Leppard, headmaster at The British School Al Khubairat in Abu Dhabi, said: “The exam results overall are actually better than 2019.

"We are not seeing the trend that the UK is portraying. I think the main reason is, before our 2020-2021 scrutiny of exams, we did not see an inflation in our grades to the levels of the UK.

"If we had had that inflation, then we would see a decrease today, but we're not because our exam grades have been consistent across all the years. "I can confidently say that our teachers' grades were as accurate as they could be compared to exam grades of 2019."

Head Girl Isabelle was ecstatic after getting an A* in English literature, an A* in psychology and an A in biology. The student will be studying law at Bristol University in the UK in the autumn.

“I'm ecstatic, to be honest. I went through about I think 15 different emotions. I was very, very nervous beforehand and did not know what to expect,” said the student at British School Al Khubairat in Abu Dhabi.

“I thought I'd done well and was happy with how my exams had gone … but obviously hearing everything around it I started to doubt things and was thinking about clearing choices when results.

“I actually cried. I was so overwhelmed at getting into Bristol University which was my top choice. It's just kind of crazy for me to think that this is actually happening. I'm so excited.”

Isabelle said that after getting her results she felt like a weight had lifted off her shoulders.

Top marks lead to London

18 year old Ahmed will be pursuing a degree in medicine at Imperial College London. The student achieved an A* and three As.

He needed an A* and three As to get into university and was just able to get his spot at the university, though his predicted scores were two A* grades and two As.

“I still got in to my university of first choice, I can't really complain. I am still happy,” he said.

“I've spoken to all my friends, from what I've been hearing. I don't know if this is just because we're the year right after last year when they didn't have exams or anything but I've been hearing they [the exam boards] have been a bit harsh this year.”

The student hopes to specialise in paediatrics.