The Weald School & Sixth Form College is delighted to announce another enormously successful year for our students who took A-level and NVQ
The Weald School & Sixth Form College is delighted to announce another enormously successful year for our students who took A-level and NVQ exams earlier this summer. Top grades are in line with our best ever results, with a slight increase in those at the highest end: 11% of grades are A*s, 37% are A*/As and 66% are A*-B grades. These outcomes place us, yet again, well above the national average of 28.7% A*/A grades.
We at The Weald want to celebrate all of our students as we are exceedingly aware of not just the challenges provided by A-levels, but also each student's own personal circumstances which surround the exams they have taken. No journey to exam results day is easy, and every experience is unique. This is why, as always, we are tremendously proud of the perseverance shown by each and every one of our students. We would particularly like to recognise Rebecca Shepherd (AAA), Lilly Palmer (AAC) and Mannie Canham (Double Distinction in an NVQ).
At The Weald, we promote the value of hard work. The following students (amongst others) achieved grades much higher than their GCSE forecasts would have suggested: Olivia Henson, Alex Jenn, Harry Johnston, Merry Lewis, Oliver Marshall, Dexter McCullen, Sophie Roser, and Emily Terry. In fact, early indications show that, overall, our students’ results place us in the top 25% nationally in terms of progress from starting points.
Of the highest attaining students, of particular note are: Lauren Cooper (A*A*A*A) who takes up a place at Cambridge to study Mathematics, Harry Johnston (A*A*A) who goes on to study Computer Science at Warwick, Merry Lewis (A*A*A) who goes to Exeter to study Economics and Politics, Emily Olliver (Double Distinction Star and A) who takes up a job at Gordonstoun School in Scotland as Watch Leader on their yacht, Olivia Starbuck (A*A*A) who will go on to Politics and International Relations with study abroad and Emily Terry (A*A*A). A further 7 students have attained A*AA (Emily Bates, Thomas Fraher, Phillipa Sheasby, Alexa Spicer, Tom Stonnard, William Taylor and Jack Thomas) who will join high achieving universities this autumn to continue their academic studies.
Our vocational results have remained consistently very strong this year, too, and we are delighted that Mannie Canham and Emily Olliver have secured Double Distinction Stars in their industry-ready qualifications while Ben Hill secured a fantastic Distinction Star-Distinction.
Mrs Sarah Edwards
Headteacher