Banner Year for Chiswick School A Level Students

Best performance over last five years with over a quarter of grades at A* or A

(L-R) Peter Lovatt (Geography Bristol) A* A A, Lucy Hull (History Durham) A* A A, George Tomkins (Sports Journalism Brighton) D* D* D* D* Ladan Moalin (Medicine UCL) A* A A A* EPQ Hope McDonald (English Bristol) A* A A

Chiswick School has seen a strong performance in its A Level results with the highest percentage of students achieving A*, A and B grades achieved at any time over the last 5 years.

With 100 students picking up results in Year 13 7% of all grades achieved were A* grades, 26% of all grades were between A*/A, and 56% were between A*/B. 79% of all grades achieved were between A* and C and the school achieved an overall pass rate of 99%.

The success was not limited to A Levels with students recording record pass rates at the highest grades achievable of Distinction* or Distinction in BTEC Level 3 vocational courses (this at 79% this year compared to 63% last year).

There were notable successes in Mathematics (48% of all grades achieved at A* or A), History (47% of all grades achieved at A* or A), Politics (47% of all grades achieved at A* or A), and English where 39% of all grades were at A*/A. Every student entered for Sport BTEC achieved either Distinction or Distinction*.

These results provided some really happy faces with the majority of students achieving their first choice university place and a smaller number achieving places through the UCAS clearing system.

(L-R) Alisa Musanovic (Oxford History) A*, A, A, Laura Finn A, A, B, Evie Chalmers (History Leeds) A* A A

Tony Ryan Headteacher stated: “These are a very impressive set of results and I am delighted for the students who worked so hard to achieve these grades. It was so lovely this morning to see young people delighted to be moving to the next stage of their life, many to the University of their Choice. I wish them all the very best for the future and cannot thank them enough for what this year group gave to the school. I cannot and should not forget the wonderful staff at Chiswick who have worked tirelessly in what at times has been a difficult year for the school, to make sure that our students achieved to and beyond their potential.”

In the borough of Hounslow there were improvements across all the higher grades at A-level this year with A*-B, up 2.7% to 51.3%, and A*-C, up 1.3% to 78.6%. While 7% of this year’s students achieved the highest grade of A*, an increase of 0.8% on last year’s results.

Councillor Tom Bruce, Cabinet Member for Education and Children’s Services, Hounslow Council, said: “I would like to congratulate each and every one of our students for their fantastic results.

“A lot of hard work has gone into these achievements, not only from students themselves, but from the schools, teachers, parents and families who support them through what is often a stressful time."

Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith has achieved its best ever A Level results with 75% at A*/A and over 31% at A*. Across the board, over 95% of grades were at A*-B.

17 students were awarded an A* in every subject: nine pupils gained at least 4 A*s and 25 at least 3 A*s. 22 students won places at Oxford and Cambridge and 13 secured places for Medicine or Veterinary Science.

Head David Goodhew said, "I am elated for the Class of 2016, who have worked so hard and achieved our best ever A Level results. They richly deserve their success, and I am sure would join me in thanking my colleagues who did so much to support and inspire them.

St Augustine’s Priory, Ealing Catholic independent day school for girls, has also enjoyed a record year for A Level results. 37% of A Level grades were A* or A and nearly 20% of all A Level candidates achieved at least 2 A*s, with 60% of all candidates achieving grades A* - B. 71% of the total grades achieved in A Levels were A* to B.

Students at St Benedict's are also celebrating excellent A level results. There were record numbers of A* grades and nearly ¾ of grades were A*-B.

Director of Sixth Form, Stefan Scicinski said “This is a very important day for our A level Upper Sixth students as the culmination of two years of hard work. I have been very impressed with the way this year’s group has studied – they have worked extremely hard, many of them often staying long hours after school to study in our new ‘Scriptorium’, which has proved to be a superb new working space."

August 20, 2016