MUSLIM SCHOOLS SURPASS NATIONAL AVERAGE

Muslim schools in UK continue to improve in their GCSE results, according to The Muslim News’s most comprehensive Muslim school table. For the third consecutive year Muslim high schools and colleges advanced on their previous results and surpassed the national average. Seventy-two Muslim schools (36 girls’, 23 boys’ and 13 mixed) are featured in the table. Sixty-eight per cent of students who sat their exams in Muslim schools attained at least 5 or more A* to C pass rate in 2008, that is, two per cent higher than the national average, two per cent higher than the previous year’s result and 10 per cent higher than that of 2006. Seven Muslim schools managed a 100 per cent 5 or more A* to C grades. On a regional level Muslim schools in the East Midlands attained 75 per cent 5 or more A* to C grades which is the highest of all the eight regions represented in the Muslim league table. The East Midlands is closely followed by London and the North West, both regions attained 72 per cent 5 or more A* to C grades.