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Celebrations forMalik Hillman, Bryn James and Dan Judd of Future Schools Trust, pupils from Oakwood Park Grammar School and Holmesdale School Pupils celebrate exam success STUDENTS across Maidstone and Malling breathed huge sighs of relief as the long wait 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 than before getting their uni- versity places and offers from Oxford and Cambridge, and the best results yet for Sutton Valence School. As the Downs Mailwent to press,
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 Holmesdale Technology Col-
lege in Snodland results rose again, following the school’s ‘good’Ofsted judgment for its sixth form. Students achieving the top two grades climbed to 49%, with 89% earning threeAlevels, or the equiv- alent.
Head Julia Campbell was de- lighted for students, the majority of whom have now secured places at university or apprenticeships in IT, finance and management. Sixth-formers Bradley Barton earned two A* grades and a C and will be going to Greenwich Univer- sity; Tony Russo gained anAgrade in engineering and business and an A* in IT; Lewis Boniface scored two Bs and anA* in public services, and Harry Stone passed engineering and public services at grade A, a B in IT and a pass in product design, while Gemma Clay gained two Bs and a C. Head girl Laura Norris will be studying midwifery at Canterbury Christ Church University. At West Kent College, Hadlow,
the A level pass rate was 96.2% – exceeding 95% for the fourth year. As a result, the majority of those
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toye, Freddie Edwards, Chris Bundey, Tahmid Chowdhury, Jack Grace and Charlie Wood, with Rufus Murray Evans, Matthew Sylvester, Dan Hooker, Craig Bowles, Andrew Collins and Peter Cooper achieving at least two A*s. Maidstone Grammar School re-
Invicta pupils Charlotte Gilbertson, KirstenWells, Lilly Nicholls, Kelly Boxall and HannahWells were pleased with their results
wishing to go on to higher educa- tion have earned places at univer- sity or college, including Leeds, UCL, Bath, Goldsmiths and Exeter. Those achieving A*s and As in- cluded Claire Moulange, Jonathan Farr, Olivia Spong, Henry Willis, Kirsty Greenhalgh and Cally Shar- man. At St Augustine Academy in Maidstone, the number of students achieving an A*-B grade at Alevel 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); Cal- lum Styles Brown (three distinc- tions*); Charlie Boyce (three distinctions*). There was also praise for Natasha Ives, who, in spite of join- ing the academy late in Year 12, also gained a distinction* in health and social care, a B in psychology and a C in English literature. At Invicta Grammar School in Maidstone, five students will be heading for Oxford or Cambridge or to studymedicine after students at the school achieved outstanding grades, with 71% of students earn- ing A*-B grades. Lydia McLaren will study his-
tory at Oxford; HannahWells, his- tory 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 214 A* and Agrades and a 100% pass rate. High achievers were: Lilly Nicholls (three A*s, one A, one B ad an A* at EPQ); KirstenWells (three A*, two As and an A* at EPQ); Emma Copland (three A*s, one A, one B and an A* at EPQ); Kelly Boxall (two A*s, threeAs and an A* at EPQ). Head girl Lillywas also jumping
for joy after finding out that she will studymaths atWarwick. Students and staff celebrated an-
other record-breaking year at Fu- ture Schools Trust, where more students (13%) than ever before- achieved topA* grades. A total of 68% from the Corn-
wallis and New Line Learning Academies gained A* to C grades, with the overall pass rate climbing a percentage point to 99%. More than a quarter of students gained A* andAgrades. 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-
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 had 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 university offers, includ- ing four who had places at Oxford and Cambridge. MaidstoneGrammar 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 by both achieving four A* grades at A2 and two A grades, each at AS, and an A* for their extended proj- ect qualification. Carolyn was one of only 90 stu-
dents in the country to achieve full marks in each of herAlevel 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.
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