Joy and relief for A-level students
SIXTH Form students at The Fallibroome Academy were finally able to receive their A-Level results, to much celebration and relief after what has been the most tumultuous two years of study.
82% gained places at their first choice universities, including five at Oxford and Cambridge, including courses in Law (Meggie Bradley), Chemical Engineering (David Butlin), Mathematics (Ben Kyd) and History (Val Lukanov), and two successful placements for the highly competitive course of Veterinary Science (Beth Jordan and Scarlett Whittaker).
Further placements were secured at some of the most prestigious universities, including King’s College London, Exeter, Warwick, Durham, UCL and LSE.
CEO of the Fallibroome Trust Peter Rubery commented: “After the disruption of their sixth form experience and the uncertainty surrounding the award of grades it was great to see our students again today and celebrate their achievements and resilience. They deserve every success in securing the university place or opportunity of choice for the next stage of their lives.
They have also been terrific leaders and, through their many and varied contributions, have maintained Fallibroome’s reputation for excellence and community.”
Mark Payne, director of Sixth Form, said: “This cohort of students has been particularly affected by Covid-19 with regular periods of self-isolating and whole year group isolation, so they have had to cope with constantly changing modes of teaching and learning, whilst at the same time ensuring they were building strong job and university applications.
“It is to their credit that today they have received results that are outstanding and truly reflect their ability. I am delighted for them, they have been a pleasure to work with, their contributions to the school highly valued, and I wish them every success in the future”.
King’s School, in Macclesfield: A Level students overcame the restrictions of studying through a pandemic to record a stunning set of A Level results.
Their perseverance was rewarded with record grades as 69% achieved grades at A* or A with 90% at A* to B.
Zac Patterson, 18, from Macclesfield, who got three A*s and an A and will now read English Literature at Durham, said: “Some people will point to grade inflation, but we had to show great self-discipline, sitting at a computer all day trying to master online learning as well as our subjects.
“It would have been easy to get distracted, but we had to keep focused. I feel we all fully deserve these results.”
Eight students, inspired by NHS workers, are going on to study either Medicine or Veterinary Science.
Cyrus Kerfoot, 18, from Henbury, got straight A grades in Biology, Chemistry and Economics and will read Veterinary Medicine and Science at the University of Nottingham with the aim of working as a racehorse vet.
Joe Larner, 18, from Macclesfield, got an A* and two A grades and will read Medicine at Bristol.
Molly Robertson, 18, from Macclesfield, got three A* and is going on to the Manchester University Medical School.
She said: “My ambition is to join the NHS and I loved King’s because it gave us so many different opportunities like cheerleading and the trampoline alongside the academic work.”
Another student is World Championship cheerleader Florence Thompson who got four A*s and will read Medicine at Newcastle.
First Team rugby player Ollie Gandy, 18, from Knutsford, got an A* and two As and will study Medicine at Liverpool and ultimately hopes to work in plastic surgery.
Also going on to study Medicine from King’s are Matt Suarez, Isobel Thomas and Finn Knudsen.
There have been excellent results at All Hallows.
Principal Tim Beesley said: “We are delighted with what our young people have achieved.”
This year, the highest achieving students include:
Matilde Palo, who will be reading Chemistry at Oxford University, Jack Cheung (Maths at St Andrew’s), Archie Ashton (History at York), Emily Dixon (Law at UCL), Imogen Drake (Natural Science at Leeds), Charlotte Edwards (Criminal Justice & Criminology at Leeds), James Franklin (History at Exeter), Lindsey Hinks (Computer Science at Leeds), Megan Hinks (BioMedical Science at Sheffield), Charlotte Roberts (Bio-Medical Science at St George’s), Aidan McKillop (Maths with Statistics at Bristol).
Roisin Middlemass (Maths at Warwick), Mia North (Art Foundation at Macclesfield College), Patrick Pardillo (Civil & Structural Engineering at Leeds), Noe Peckham (Chemical & Nuclear Engineering at Leeds), Lydia Power (Politics & International Business at Liverpool), Bryn Price (Maths at Durham), Benjamin Prior (Geography at Durham), Weronika Prusak (Mechanical Engineering at Edinburgh).
Nathan Reynolds (Biology at Sheffield), James Richards (Maths at Nottingham), Joe Robinson (Physics with Particle Physics at Lancaster), Isaac Smith (Urban Studies & Planning at Sheffield), Will Townley (Mechanical Engineering at Nottingham), Hannah Winn (Psychology at Sheffield) and Sophia ZobolasBarton (Environmental Science at Birmingham).
Head Girl Holly Jarvis (Law and Politics at Cardiff) and Head Boy Jeffrey Tugade, were also both among the highest-performing students. Jeffrey, who is going on to study Financial Maths at Nottingham University, said: “I couldn’t be more grateful for all of the support and guidance that I received from this amazing school. These past two years have been incredibly challenging, and I couldn’t have achieved my successes without All Hallows help.”