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Celebrations forMalik Hillman, Bryn James and Dan Judd of Future Schools Trust, pupils from Oakwood Park Grammar School and Sutton Valence School Pupils celebrate exam success STUDENTS across Maidstone breathed huge sighs of relief as the longwait for their exam results
finally came to an end. While the results for this year’sA
level, International Baccalaureate and BTEC exams are still being evaluated across the county, early indications suggest more students achieved good results. In Maidstone, schools showed an improving picture, with more stu- dents getting their university places and offers from Oxford and Cambridge, and the best results yet for Sutton Valence School. As the Downs Mailwent to print,
the percentage of Kent students achieving at least one A level at grade A*-E stood at 97%. The county council’s cabinet member for education, Roger Gough, said students’hardwork and excellence deserved to be recognised and cel- ebrated. At St Augustine Academy in Maidstone, the number of students achieving an A*-B grade at A level and in equivalent vocational courseswas up 10% on last year, at 58%, with 29% earning A*or dis- tinction* grades. High achievers were: Maria Shooter (three distinctions); Callum Styles Brown (three distinctions*); Charlie Boyce (three distinctions*). Therewas also praise for Natasha
Ives, who, in spite of joining the academy late in Year 12, also gained a distinction* in health and social care,aBin psychology and a C in English literature. At Invicta Grammar School in Maidstone, five students will be heading for Oxford and Cambridge or to study medicine after students at the school achieved outstanding grades, with 71% of students earn- ing A*-B grades. Lydia McLaren will study history
at Oxford; HannahWells, history at Cambridge; Kelly Boxall, medicine at Birmingham; Kirsten Wells, medicine at Durham and Charlotte Gilbertson, veterinary medicine at Nottingham. Invicta’s 156 sixth-formers achieved 214A* andAgrades and a
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Invicta pupils Charlotte Gilbertson, KirstenWells, Lilly Nicholls, Kelly Boxall and HannahWells were pleased with their results
100% pass rate. High achievers were: Lilly Nicholls (three A*/one A/one B/an A* at EPQ); Kirsten Wells (three A*/two As/an A* at EPQ); Emma Copland (three A*/one A/one B/an A* at EPQ); Kelly Boxall (two A*/three As/an A* at EPQ). Head girl Lillywas also jumping
for joy after finding out that she had three A*s, an Aand a B grade. She will study maths atWarwick. Students and staff celebrated an-
other record-breaking year at Fu- ture Schools Trust, where more students (13%) than ever achieved top A* grades. Atotal of 68% from the Cornwal-
lis andNewLine Learning Acade- mies gained A* to C grades, with the overall pass rate climbing a per- centage point to 99%. Over a quar- ter of students gained A* and A grades.
Oakwood Park Grammar’s 150 sixth-formers celebrated their re- sults, with a quarter of all grades at A*/Aand 72% at A*-B in PreUsub- jects (English literature, history, philosophy and theology). Those achieving A grades in at
least three subjects included Ed- ward Shelley, Oluwashina Ogun- toye, Freddie Edwards, Chris Bundey, Tahmid Chowdhury, Jack Grace and Charlie Wood, with
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Rufus Murray Evans, Matthew Sylvester, Dan Hooker, Craig Bowles, Andrew Collins and Peter Cooper achieving at least two A* grades.
Students at Sutton Valence School achieved the best A Level results in the school’s history, with a 100% pass rate and 10% at the top A* grade. Grades overall,were 70% at A*-B and 89% A*-C. Of the school’s 72 sixth formers
eight achieved all passes at A* and A. They were: Daisy Andrews, from Hunton; Anthony Bromley, Charing; Kristina Durcakova, from Slovakia; Bethany Henslow, Harri- etsham; Lauren Lethbridge, Staple- hurst; Sebastian Newman, Loose; Edward Turpin, Brenchley and Kate Vernon, Frittenden. Maidstone Grammar School re-
leased another excellent set of A level results, matching last year with just under 60% of all exam en- tries graded at A* to B grade and one in every three grades being A or A*.
Thirty-four students achieved at
least three A grades or better, and 20 students at least two A* grades and an A. Top performers were: Harry Butcher and Sebastian Hunter, both achieving A* grades in four subjects. Head Mark Tomkins said the vast
majority of students had achieved their university offers, including four who had places at Oxford and Cambridge. Maidstone Grammar School for
Girls is celebrating a set of sterling results. More than 40% of all year 13 students achieved three or more A and A* grades, with 9.3% of all results graded A*. Twins Alice and Carolyn Rogers mirrored each other’s success with each achieving fourA* grades atA2 and two A grades, each at AS, and an A* for their extended project qualification. Carolyn was one of only 90 stu-
dents in the country to achieve full marks in each of her Alevel maths modules. Both will be studying at Cambridge next year. Students at St Simon Stock School in Maidstone achieved grade C and above in 68% of all exam entries. Amy Griffiths and Phil Coatsworth achieved A*s for maths. Phil also gained an A in chemistry and a B in psychology. Amy, from Barming, also achieved As in further maths and French and will study at Exeter University. Valley Park School in Maidstone reported record-breaking A-level results. Seventy-nine students sat A-level exams, with 83% of grades at A*-C, with 55% A* and A. Achieving the top two grades in
at least three subjects were: Alex Banyard, Kevin Bista, Vicky Franklin, Shanice Friday, Sweeta Ghasemi, Emily Gosden, Bailey Green, Louis Jones, Fahad Masood, Charlie Scannell, Samantha Sharpe, Callum Singh, Lewis Tanner, Cameron Waghorn, Lauren Whit- tington and AaronWoodward. Swadelands School in Lenham
school reported another year of good results, with 73% of students achieving an A grade and more than half earning top grades in two of their subject areas.
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