My school was the complete opposite to yours then, it's in a poor area and the year before I sat my GCSEs the 5 A - C pass rate for the school was under 20%, th

My school was the complete opposite to yours then, it's in a poor area and the year before I sat my GCSEs the 5 A - C pass rate for the school was under 20%, the only 2 lower schools in the county were special education schools, although I noticed that last year they were celebrating that they'd achieved something like an 80% pass rate, but I suspect they're just focusing on getting people to pass now (the year I did GCSEs they offered a single test (well, one maths one English) that was the equivalent to 1 GCSE, I assume to boost averages)