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downsmail.co.uk Exam success for pupils


Cheers of joy could be heard at CornwallisAcademy, in Hubbards Lane, Linton, as students opened their envelopes to find top GCSE grades. Aisling Hunt achieved an im- pressive eight A*s and As, includ- ing biology, chemistry, English language and literature, maths and physics; Toby Newman and Phoebe Cox both collected six A*s and As; Ashleigh Burr five A*s and As and Joseph White and Zach Stiff both secured three A* and As. The school’s overall pass rate, for


five or more GCSEs,was 93%. Months of hard work and deter- mination paid off for students col- lecting their GCSE results at New Line Learning Academy, in Maid- stone, with Cameron Croucher and Shannon Ashby leading the way, with six A*s and As each. Laura Valach secured five A*s


and As; Emily Morrison, four A*s and As and Liam Boellitz three A*s and As. Overall, 93% of students


achieved five or more GCSEs. Four students at Sutton Valence School broke all previous records by achieving 43 GCSE A* and A grades between them. The teenagers will continue their studies at the independent school with the hope of achieving similar success at A-level. They were Emelia Browning,


William Grabowski, Sam Gray and Jessica Grindlay, all of whom out- performed their predictions, with Jessica coming top of the class with 12 A*s. In addition to the individ- ual successes, overall results saw a third of students achieving five or more A* or As. In fact, 93% of pupils achieved five or more A*-C grades, while the national figure was nearer two-thirds. At Maidstone Grammar School


more than 50% of all subject entries were graded A* or A – 1% higher than last year. More than 98% of students gained five A*-C grades including maths and English, with almost one in five achieving five or more A* grades. Sixty per cent of students gained


five or more A*/A grades and 87% of the year groupwere awarded the English Baccalaureate. Twenty-two students achieved


six A* grades or better, with five – Samuel Baxter, Max Green, Saurav Parmar, Joshua Shaw and Lewis White – earning at least 10 A*s. Thirty per cent of students at Maidstone Grammar School for Girls achieved 10 or more A*/A grades and 66% at least five at the same grades. Deborah Stanley, Headteacher


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THEREwas plenty of celebrating in schools thisweek as GCSE students picked up their results. and


Clockwise fromabove, Cornwallis Academy principal David Simons with student Phoebe Cox, Cornwallis Academy student Ashleigh Burr with teacher Mark Lay; Sutton Valence School students Jessica Grindlay, William Grabowski, Emelia Browning and Sam Gray got 43 As and A*s between them; and Aisling Hunt, who got 8 As and A*s


said: "Particular congratulations go to Emily Saunders and Bethan Gilmore, who each achieved at least 12 A*s." At Oakwood Park Grammar School more than a third of stu- dents achieved at least five A*/A grades and an average point score per entry of 10 As. Outstanding performances came


from Benjamin Gowers who achieved 12 A*s and Cameron Gib- son who earned 10 A*s and two A grades. Other students gaining A*/A grades in 11 or more subjects in- cluded Isaac Bourne, Kamal El Badawi, Jonathan Hook, Daniel In- glis, Neil Langridge, Callum Mac- Gregor, Josiah Mulabi-Kalete, Rohan Raju and Alex Sheppard. At Invicta Grammar School,


every student achieved at least five A*-C grades and 62% of all grades were A* or A. Of all 173 students, more than a quarter achieved straight A*/A grades. More than a fifth of all students achieved at least 10 A*/A grades


Maidstone South September 2015


nearly half gained eight A*/A grades. Notable achievements came from Claire Tipton, who re- ceived 13 A*/A grades and an A in AS maths, which she took a year early; Pratima Gurung, Molly Reeves, Jessica Gladwell, Natalia Nadolska, Rhiannon Thomas, Jessie Hammond, Molly Mackay and Abigail Vant, who achieved 12 A*/A grades; Verity Adams, Phoebe Dow, Emma Collier, Kiera Phillips and Jessica Thornton, with 11 A*/A grades and an A grade at AS level. Kerry Finch also achieved 12 A*/As and anAin herAS maths, in which she scored almost full marks in all modules. Top performer Claire Tipton will


be returning to the school to study A-level maths, chemistry, English and politics. She will also be among three Invicta students representing the UK at the World School Forum in Italy in October. Claire is hoping to study law at Cambridge. Classmate Kerry Finch hopes to


study maths at Cambridge after she finishes year 13 in Invicta.


An overjoyed Molly Reeves will continue her studies with maths, classical civilisation, English and history at A-level and is hoping to study history at university. Students at Valley Park School


are celebrating another record- breaking set of GCSE results, with 59% achieving the gold standard of five A*-C passes, including English and maths – 3%up on the previous high of last year. With 208 students sitting GCSE


exams this year, the overall pass rate of A*-C was 67%, with 13% of grades at A* and A. High achievers were Bilson Gu-


rung, Hannah Everest, Nicole Kakel, Josie Edwards, Harry Wheelwright, Stefan Crowhurst and Alexander Roberts, who all achieved at least six A* grades. At Swadelands School in Lenham, special mention went to Christine Bordean, who achieved three A*s and seven A grades; Ella Ottoway, who achieved 10 GCSEs including four at A grade and Caitlin Spiers who earned 11, three at A* grade and eight at A.


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