Overall 65.6 % of students achieved five or more GCSEs or Level 2 equivalent qualifications including English and Maths at grade C or above.
This compares with last year’s figure of 62.1% and 57.4% in 2015 of students achieving the ‘gold standard’.
The peak was in 2014 at 67%.
This year also saw the introduction of a new grading system for a limited number of GCSEs.
Maths and English GCSEs offered by exam boards in England are now graded from 9 to 1 rather than A* to G.
Within the States-maintained schools students at the Grammar School, La Mare and St Anne’s sat some exams with this new system.
‘On behalf of the Committee for Education, Sport & Culture I would like to congratulate all our young people who have worked so hard to achieve these results today,’ said committee president Deputy Paul Le Pelley.
‘GCSEs are going through a major period of change and it is heartening to note that our students were well prepared despite the changes to the exam system in some subjects with more to come next year.
‘Our results are still provisional and we will be looking in detail at where we have done well and areas where we could improve. As usual we will be publishing confirmed progress and attainment data later in the year.
‘I would also like to congratulate all our Level 1 and Level 2 students at the College of Further Education who have also achieved some fantastic results this year.’
The percentage of students achieving five or more GCSEs at grade C or above including English and Maths:
Grammar School: 98.9% (94.4% in 2016)
La Mare de Carteret: 41.7% (45.5%)
Les Beaucamps High: 45% (48%)
St Anne's: 54.5% (25%)
St Sampson's High: 48.7% (39.6%)
Blanchelande College: 97% (87%)
Elizabeth College: 99%
Ladies' College: 99%
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