Hummersknott Academy students shine with GCSE results
Hummersknott Academy students have received their GCSE results today.
Karla Chang hopes to become a doctor after shining as the top performing student at Hummersknott Academy, in Darlington.
Karla, who achieved eight Grade 9s and a Grade 8, said:
“I’m overwhelmed and relieved that all the hard work paid off.”
She plans to go to Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College to study maths, chemistry, and biology, adding:
“I want to help people and make a difference so I’d love to be a doctor one day.”
Artur Zavhorodnii arrived in this country last year as a refugee from war-torn Ukraine with hardly any English.
Thanks to the support of Hummersknott Academy, in Darlington, he has passed several GCSEs, include a Grade 6 in Maths.
Artur, who came to Darlington from the Ukrainian city of Odesa with his parents, said:
“It’s been hard but I’ve had a lot of support from the school and made friends.”
He now plans to go to Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College, with ambitions to become a data scientist.
Head teacher Nick Merifield said:
“Artur has been an inspiration to us all. To come here from a war zone and to have his life totally disrupted, and to have done as well as he has, is remarkable. We’re very proud of him.”
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