IT was smiles across the board at All Saints RC School in York as students arrived to collect their A-level results.
Students at the school, in Mill Mount, are celebrating outstanding results, with a third of their A-level grades coming in at A*/A. The staff said they were absolutely delighted for the young people and solid foundation created for the students' futures.
Speaking to The Press, head teacher Sharon Keelan-Beardsley said: “The partnership between staff, students, and their families is extremely strong at All Saints and has helped foster the amazing success that we see today.
“Almost two thirds of the grades achieved are at a grade B or above and with so many A*s and As, our young people are well placed to achieve their dreams.
“There are some outstanding individual results and students will be going off to further study at top universities, undertaking degree apprenticeships and some are taking a gap year.
“Whatever they do, we are proud of each and every one of them and know that the values and care that they have received at All Saints will remain with them throughout their lives.”
The sentiment was echoed by head of sixth form Sharon Bilton who credited the students for their hard work and commitment and shared her excitement for the future in seeing what the cohort would go on to accomplish.
Clara Gatt was among the students celebrating. She said how excited she was to start medical school in Edinburgh after achieving two A*s and one A in her exams.
Another high achiever was head boy Alexander Sovkovic who is preparing to move to London to start a degree apprenticeship in business management and HR.
With grades of an A* and two As and an additional A in his extended project, he was personally selected as one of six from a group of more than 1,000 applicants to undertake the new training scheme – giving him a secure job at the end.
The atmosphere in the school was a positive one as students celebrated their plans for the future, with most off to university but others favouring gap years or alternative methods of study.
Two friends, both named Millie, hugged as they both achieved the grades necessary to make it into their shared dream university – York St John – to study law and art respectively.
A second set of friends, Jacqueline Bendall and Tanjipa Ndhlovu, will also be attending the same university - University College London - together this September with Jacqueline preparing to study pharmacy and Tanjipa earning her place on the London university’s architecture course.
According to Jacqueline's proud parents, many of her friends are heading to London too ensuring she'll be well supported in her new home.
Their third friend, Harry Evans, was able to secure his top choice also and plans to attend Durham to read history.
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