Posted: 24th August 2011
This year we’ve had some great news from our academies’ sixth forms. Every sixth form student has left with at least one qualification and is moving onto pastures new.
George Salter Collegiate Academy in Sandwell saw 96% of students gain two or more A levels at A*-E, with over half getting three or more.
Ormiston Victory Academy in Norfolk’s APS (average point score) went up by 29% from 2010. 90% of students achieved two or more A levels at A*-E, with 71% getting three or more.
Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy’s brand new sixth form gained their first ever AS Level results with a 100% pass rate over 15 subjects.
Student highlights:
Chelsea Campbell started sixth form with a grade D at GCSE maths and an APS of 36.5. Chelsea has been totally dedicated to her studies and achieved a Distinction and two Cs. She has been successful in securing a place at Wolverhampton University to study Health Studies
Summik Limbu achieved A* in mathematics, chemistry and as well as four AS levels at AAB. She also completed an Extended Project on Autism in which she achieved a C grade. She has been accepted at the University of Birmingham, where she is going to read Biochemistry MSci.
Cong Ouyang arrived in the country with very limited command of the English Language. He achieved BCCD and will be studying BA Accounting and Finance at Anglia Ruskin University.
Zaina de Boorder got an A in French with a B and a C and is now off to the Sorbonne, France to further her studies.
Hannah Dunne gained AAB and has been accepted at UEA to read Law with AAB and sends her thanks to her teachers.
Kirsty Swatman achieved an impressive AAA as she also cares for her disabled brother and has a part time job.