Students collected A-level results for the final time after Sunderland High School announced plans to close its doors on its 133-year history earlier this year.
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Staff are delighted at the 99.2 per cent pass rate and 80.7 per cent of pupils achieved A*-C grades, compared to 78.1 per cent past year.
A* or A grades were achieved in 29.5% of A-level entries, a rise of 0.2% on 2015.
Nationally, this figure was 98.1 per cent.
Speak to your teachers at your school or college, they will have experienced similar situations with students in previous years so will be able to guide you on the best way to move forward.
“This a reflection of their hard work and dedication”, he said.
City of Leicester and St Paul’s, both in Evington, English Martyrs in Beaumont Leys, and New College, in New Parks all offer A-levels.
In the Level 3 vocational courses there was a 100 per cent pass rate with 40 per cent of students registering Distinctions.
Head teacher Marius Carney said: “Our students are delighted with their excellent results and university offers”.
In total, 27 students achieved at least one A* grade amongst their three or four A-Level subjects and 58 students achieved at least one A grade.
“I would like to thank the commitment and hard work demonstrated by all students, staff and parents”.
It’s been another outstanding year for Leyland’s Runshaw College.
However, Regent College principal Paul Wilson said it had been “another brilliant year”.
Freya Greaves, who is among 300 students at the college’s Joseph Wright College in Derby, is hoping that she will get the grades she needs to be able to go to the University of York to study archaeology. “I spoke to my dad who works away and he is really proud”. The former St Peter’s Lympstone pupil has also performed locally in the Two Moors Festival as well as singing a solo in the school’s Choral Society held at Exeter Cathedral and conducting at the school’s WaterAid concert.
Twins Hana and Shane Virani each scored three Bs.
Shane said: “I wasn’t expecting great grades to be honest – I’m really pleased”.
He said: “I couldn’t sleep last night, I think I only got an hour”.
“Don’t be put off just because you’re not familiar with a particular university or place”.
She will study English Language and Literature at Goldsmiths, in London.
She said, “I’m so relieved and happy that I’ve got into my first choice studying Medicine at the University of Liverpool!”
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“Worthy of note is the level of participation in Stem subjects, which remain popular, with a growth in female participation in subjects such as mathematics and computing”.
