Well over half of all the A Level results celebrated today at Leweston School were A* or A, the fourth year running that this impressive benchmark has been achieved. More than a third of all results at Leweston were A* which is over twice the national average.
A third of students gained all A*s and As between them with Ellie Pender-Cudlip and Amalie Groom achieving 3A*s and Eve Fidler 3A*s and an A. Over two thirds of the year group are celebrating at least one A* or A grade.
The school’s impressive record in Further Maths continues with all candidates achieving A grades. 100% of all English Literature, Religious Studies and Fine Art results were A* and A and, in the six languages taken, over two thirds of entries achieved A* and A grades.
Mr Paget-Tomlinson, Headmaster commented:
“I am incredibly impressed by our students and the immense amount of hard work and effort that has gone into these results. This is the first time that this cohort has sat regular exams and, despite a significant amount of disruption to their learning, they and their teachers have demonstrated the resolve and determination that is instilled here at Leweston. Whilst there have been many outstanding individual results we are equally proud of all our students’ achievements with the vast majority going on to their first-choice universities and courses, highlighting the individual attention that our Sixth Form students receive”.
Three of the students who received their results today are making deferred applications to Oxford. In addition to this, students will be leaving to take up places at universities including Durham, Exeter, Southampton, Edinburgh, University College London, Birmingham and York on courses as diverse as Modern Languages, Psychology, Chemical Engineering, Geology, Liberal Arts and Computer Science. Russell Group universities again will be the recipient of the majority.
Leweston’s exceptional teaching in Art and Design sees five of this year’s leavers go on to courses in Fine Art, Photography, Fashion and Fashion Styling at some of the top Art and Design schools in the country including the University of the Arts, University for the Creative Arts, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design and Bournemouth University.