Duchess’s Community High School delighted at A-level results
Duchess’s Community High School has seen an upward trend in their results in comparison to the past year.
Despite the Covid circumstances faced by the pupils in this year group the school has seen:
- 25% of students achieved the AAB standard
- 24% of all grades were A*-A grade
- 44% of all grades were A*-B
- 2 students achieved straight A*s
- 13 students achieved A*- A across all subjects
James Wilson, Head Teacher at the school said:
“They’ve probably come through some of the highest levels of adversity, they didn’t sit GCSEs two years ago, those kind of opportunities were taken away from them through Covid so these A-levels were the first external exams they sat and they’ve just done incredibly well, real success stories.”
Fellow co-head Alan Rogers added: “We’re particularly proud of some individuals who perhaps otherwise wouldn’t have sat level 3s so some children have sat level 3s this year who have had education healthcare plans and have had additional support.”
Those celebrating include Lara Wood who studied biology, chemistry and maths and got accepted to her top choice university at Edinburgh
She said: “I think it was about playing to your strengths really.”
Tia Barret, who will be studying biomedical science at the University of York, got two As and a B in biology, physics and maths, while Millie Breeze is going to Leeds University with three As also in biology, physics and maths.
Biverly Varghese will go on to study medicine with an impressive two A*s and an A in maths chemistry and biology, and Martha Walker will be taking a gap year to volunteer in Tanzania after achieving three As in maths, chemistry and biology.
Martin Allenby, director of sixth form, said: “We’ve seen a significant number of young people making individual progress for themselves and achieving into their chosen university destinations. We’ve also got a good number of young people who are either doing gap years in Australia or in different parts of the world which is very exciting for them. I think what’s really significant is we say as a school that we really want to build relationships with young people. By having those strong relationships what you ultimately get is success and achievements.”
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