City of Portsmouth College

Katy Quinn has shared her delight with the GCSE results at the City of Portsmouth College this morning.

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00:00My name is Katie Quinn and I'm Principal and Chief Exec at City of Portsmouth College.

00:05And how do this year's results compare with the previous years?

00:09So this year we have seen an improvement in our GCSE grade 4 and above, which is fantastic.

00:16But actually what's really important for a lot of the students that come here to re-sit GCSE Maths and English

00:22is actually just that they're making progress from their starting point

00:26and we're really pleased to say that that has also a big improvement on last year.

00:31Did the pandemic change the way the school approaches teaching and learning long term?

00:36I think, to be honest, actually we've moved on.

00:42So we do see a lot of students, more students now than in the past that perhaps struggle more with learning.

00:50But we have lots of strategies to support them

00:53and try to make it as enjoyable and fun for them as we possibly can.

00:58And in some ways, pandemic is in the past and we've got to look forward and look to the future.

01:03How is the school preparing students for the transition to...

01:06College.

01:07College.

01:07How is the college, yes, preparing students for this transition to A-levels,

01:12vocational courses or apprenticeships?

01:15Well, because we're a college, most of them are already studying their level,

01:22their main vocational or academic programme.

01:25So they've already done that transition.

01:28But we do a huge amount of work with schools in year 10 and in year 11

01:32to help students get ready for coming into college.

01:35College.

01:36Thank you very much.

01:37Okay, you've got some...