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A level students at Maplesden Noakes School celebrate their success
There were smiles all around as results came out at Sutton Valence School Results joy forAlevel students
THE long nervous wait is over, the brown envelopes have been opened, and schools throughout Maidstone and Malling have been celebrating the exam successes of theirA level students.
Invicta Grammar School head- teacher Julie Derrickwas “extremely proud and excited about the won- derful futures for our students, given the outstanding examination results that they have achieved this year”. She added: “More Invicta stu-
dents than ever will head off to the best universities, continuing the ex- citing journey that they started with us seven years ago.” Students achieved the best results
in the school’s history with 75% of grades being A*,A or B. Of 148 stu- dents, 213 A* and A grades were achieved. The schoolwas delighted that a significant number of stu- dents had secured medicine, veteri- nary science and Cambridge places. These included Verity Adams, Cara Birchall, Jessica Gladwell and Lina Wragg, who will all be studying medicine; Elina Body and Georgia Robb, who will be reading veteri- nary science, and Claire Tiptonwho will be studying law at Cambridge. At Maplesden Noakes, head- teacher Richard Owen was “ab- solutely delighted” with the school’s record-breaking A level results. He said: “This is the first year of the more demanding A level courses and yet our students have per- formed better than ever before.” Across the cohort, 78% achieved
A*-C grades, 51% gained A*-B and 31% were awarded A*-A. Top achievers included head boy James Petrie (two A*s, oneA), Rebecca Tuf- fin (three As, one B) and Megan Lloyd (A*, two As and a B). Overall, sixth form students at Fu-
ture Schools Trust’s Cornwallis Academy achieved a 94% pass rate, an increase on last year. Of the 108 students who sat exams at the Hub- bards Lane, Linton, school and its sister site, New Line Learning, in Boughton Lane, Loose, 53% gained A*-C grades. Sixth form directors Joseph Sutton
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History students from St Simon Stock Catholic School celebrate their A level results “In a year when most of our stu-
and Janine Climie said the results il- lustrated the dedication and com- mitment of students, staff and parents.
Students leading the celebrations included Elise Usoh, who achieved anA*, B and two Cs, while Georgina Harper secured two distinction*s and one distinction, and Harry Rofe achieved B grades in English, soci- ology and film studies. Sutton Valence School was de- lighted that 14.2% of this year’s gradeswere A*s, up from 13.2% last year. Overall, the pass ratewas 97% and many students had also taken the extended project qualification (EPQ), with 90% achieving A* - A grades. A quarter of the cohort achieved
two or moreA* -Agrades, with no- table successes including Jess Grind- lay (four A*s, anA*EPQand a place at St Hilda’s College, Oxford to read maths and philosophy); Sam Gray (two A*s, one A, an A* EPQ and a place at St Andrew’s to read Eng- lish); Emma Simpson (two A*s and anAand going to Durham to study marketing). Headteacher Bruce Grindlay praised the school’s ability to im- prove outcomes of all students, placing it in the top 2% of schools for adding academic value.
dents sat examinations in linear sub- jects, we are very pleased that the percentage of top grades has in- creased again this year”, he said. Students at The Malling School,
East Malling, no longer studyAlev- els, but celebrated success in the school’s first set of International Baccalaureate Careers Programme (IBCP)
results.Arecord number se- cured their first choice university places. Head teacher Carl Roberts was delighted with the pupils’ 100% exam pass rate. “This is something that previous sixth form students have never achieved through the study of A levels”, he said. “The IBPC has been transformational, not only for our sixth form students, but we are beginning to see changes in students lower down the school too.” St Simon Stock Catholic School recorded a pass rate of 97% overall, an increase on last year. Ben Williams, director of sixth form, said: “In most instances, these results were achieved in new, more de- manding courses which increased the pressures on the students during their two years of study.” Among top achieverswereAaron Clarke, Holly Dowd, Alex Delvalle,
Tom Grogan, James Kemp, Nathan Tuckwell, Bethany Darcey, Jonathan Hart, Ella Hibbs-Newman, Arthur King, Lewis Playfoot and Chloe Noyelle, who all scored two As and a B, or better. At Maidstone Girls’ Grammar School, 26% of all gradeswereA/A* and 59% A*-B. Head teacher Debo- rah Stanley said: “We are delighted with the achievements of all our stu- dents and wish them the very best.” High fliers included HannahWal-
lace (three A*s, one A, and will be studying engineering at Cambridge) and Alexandra Hadaway, who will read biochemistry at Sussex. Oakwood Park Grammar School celebrated “a fantastic set of results” with just under a third of the year achieving A*/A grades. Singled out for special praise were head boy BenjaminGowerswhogained three A*s and an A (EPQ) and will be reading modern languages at Ox- ford; William Sumner and Callum MacGregor who each gained three As and an A* (EPQ). Head teacher Kevin Moody said:
“The fact that nearly 60% of our stu- dents achieved grades from A* to B is testimony to the extensive sup- port we give our sixth formers as they move from year 12 to 13. We are proud of their achievements.
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