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A-MAZING A-Level grades'^ have been gained by Ribble Val­ ley students attending St Mary’s College in Blackburn.; ' " - Former St Augustine's EC High


School and Oakhill College pupils: who studied a t the college"also seci^d places at top imiversities.: : Among the success stories were


Ruth Byrne (18), of Clitheroe, who_ gained four grade As in dasdcal civil-:. isation, English language and litera-; ture,' art and design and history e and: will read history at Lancaster Uni- ' versity.


' ' Carly Fishwick, who is also going-;


to Lancaster where she will s tu d y . international law, gained three top grades in English language, English: literature and law. Eighteen-year-old Megan H an co ck ,. of Whalley, achieved four grade As in English language, English literature, govern­ ment and politics and Spanish, as well as a distinction in an Advanced- Extension Award for; English.'She is - taking up a place at Edinburgh Uni-


versity. to read Spanish and English; literature.'- “ -{.'-h'-'-'


- -:', Four grade As were also achieved . SIOBHAN FORSHAW, >.rap'hy'English-language, businbssfi


'by- Williarn' Woodhead - (18)i';bf; ; Clitheroe,‘in maths, further, maths, /. chemistry'; and physics."He a lso .-


/gained two grade ones in his Maths STEP papers and -will study-maths , at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. -; V Former St Augustine's pupil Jessi-; ; ca Tomlinson (18), of Langho, gained


; three grade As and a C in English language and literature, performance


-j studies and ^ o l o s 5 will study busK-if . ';h ^ management'at King’s College ■ in London. - ' - . ' r ',--, w-;: Jordan Ehethean;(18); gmn^ four: grade As in physics, chemistiy, 'geolo- . gy and maths a.nd . ^ read physics . - at Durham UniTCrsity.


• -/-William’s twin-;


- brother - took the vocational route at St Mary’s and gained two Distinc- •- tions and a -Merit in his National


' studies, drama and theatre studies, -; ; and classical civilisation. She has won ; a place at the prestigious drama’ ;


/school East 15-Acting School at the . .University of Essex.


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. ■. Other 'Valley students of the col­ lege who were also celebrating exam; success were Siobhan Forshaw (19),,


-of Read, who will be going to Down- : ing College, Cambridge, to read Eng- , lish after gaining grade As in French,. history and English language smd lit­ erature.


; ‘.r Eighteen-year-old Jane.Oldcome;:;


s.Dipbma in Children’s Care,-Leam- ^■ing and Development;He will go to --the Ambleside campus of-Lancaster ' University to take a Primary.Teach-, .’ing Degree.


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- -T h i s year St-Mary's ArLevel pass,: rate Has risen to 99.28% with 38 sub-.


'-jects gaining a 100% pass rata And the college's vocational diplo-


, ma pass rate remained at 100% for the second year with a significant. , number of those students gaining a ., . distinction -


the equivalent of three - grade As at A-Level. -;-/Principal Kevin McMahon said: . of Clitheroe, who gained As in geog- ; ,‘Tt has been a fantastic year for St


FROM the left, Ruth Byrne, Carly Fishwick, Megan Hancock', William Wood- ■ head and Jessica Tomlinson, (s)


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Mary’s and I would like to congratu­ late our Ribble Valley students and partner schools for all their hard work. We wish all our students well for their future university courses and careers.”


, Mr Anthony McNamara, head­ teacher of St Augustine’s RC High.


School, said: “These are fantastic results for our ex-pupils and are a real testament to the continuing and suc­ cessful partnership between ourselves and St Mary’s^College. Many con-


; gratulations to the students and their staff.”


■ JO R D A N PHETHEAN‘ JANEOLDCORNE ' Outstanding A^chievements!


'ACROSS the Valley A-Level stu­ dents have been celebrating their ;, exam successes. -


-.: At Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, sixth'form pupils were among the thousands across the country who received their A-Level results last Thursday. ■ ■ —


; ; Among the school's h i^ fliers were four pupils who gained top marks in all five subjects studies. ...


- - John Fumborough achieved his As in French, general studies, German,


.maths and Spanish;'Catherine Har­ rison in computing, general studies, maths, further maths and physics; Elizabeth Highton in biology, chem­ istry, general studies, geography and maths, and Rebecca McLellan in economics, general studies, maths, further maths and psychology. A further 26 pupils achieved As in


. the four subjects they studied. - ■ Headteacher Mrs Judith Child


said: "We are delighted with the excellent A-Level examination results achieved by our students. These ^ results are probably the best ever,' with over 70% grade As and Bs. • "Congratulations to all our stu-


dents. We wish them every success for the future. We are pleased that •we have kept to our consistently high standards and thank our teachers . and support staff for their hard work


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and dedication." , - • Pupils at Stonyhurst College


were also celebrating strong A-Level performances. All those students who had offers -;


to study at Oxford or Cambridge' achieved their dream of attending ; one of the country's top universities.. Among the outstanding personal:


success stories were two students ■ who each achieved six A-grades,, with three more gaining five A- grades and 13 who got three or more'. A-grades each. The percentage of A-grades was


up from 35% last year to 38%, com- • pared to the national average o f . 26.5%.


, . Headmaster Andrew Johnson


commented: ‘.‘We are.very proud of aU of the achievements' of our sixth formers and their teachers who have


' worked extremely hard to gain these . excellent results. “It is encouraging that our stu­


dents have once again performed strongly in a whole variety of sub­ jects whilst also taking part in the wide ranging extra curricular activi-


□ EXAM result stress is one of the main reasons young people contact the Samaritans. Blackburn, Hyndbum and Ribble ■


Valley Samaritans recei've an increased number of calls from stu­ dents in the run up to exam results and once they have received their. grades.


; ; Volunteers at the charity offer 24- , . , hour support to youngsters who may


be feeling a'variety of emotions . .:


: including panic, anxiety, fear, guilt or -v despair and who may feel unable to talk to family, friends or teachers. Tonja Schmidt, a spokesman for; -


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the Samaritans, said: '.'It is important that young people have the knowl- -. edge to identify potential signs of stress in themselves so they can take steps to improve their emotional . . » health and seek support; or help oth- - ers to access it if they need it.” Samaritans has recently produced


an online emotional health resource to help young people spot signs of stress in themselves and their friends. ■


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.. It offers guidance on how they can,- ' tell someone if they are struggling , emotionally, how they can approach . - friends who they are worried about -


■ and things they can do to try and ; . maintain good emotional health..


An alternative version has also been


• developed for professionals working. / with young people and both can be downloaded on the Samaritans’ web-


- site: WWW.'.'samaritans.org/emotion-;' alhealth . • The Blackburn, Hyndbum and .


: Ribble Valley branch of the Samari- ■ . ; tans is always looking for volunteers - these can be listening helpers ■who . staff the phones or respond to e-mails, text messages and face-to-face callers,.


- or those who would like to help outv":: > with fund-raising. Anyone who is- '’


. interested in volunteering can contact the organisation through its recruit- ■- ment line on 01254 682266 or by e - . " mail at .


, " Tsamaritansl05((?btconnect.com;


‘ ties on offer here at Stonyhurst. We wish all the students well as they go out into the world to be men and women for others.”


CRGS students Chris Conway, Felicitiy Sowerbutts, Amelia Davies and Elizabeth Highion with their results. (A200809/lb) • • At Westholme School in Black-


. bum students also excelled achieving 100% pass rates in all subjects and gained the highest percentege of A


and B grades in the school’s history. ■More than a quarter of all West- holme's students each gained a mini­ mum of three A grades. ;


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ALSO celebrating their resuilts at CRGS were Becky Hendricks, / Sophje Bux and Lauren Slater. (A200809/ld) . -.


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