Ealing Sixth Formers Celebrate Excellent Exam Results
Exceptional performances in A Levels and BTECs
St Augustine’s pupils open their results envelopes. Picture: St Augustine's Priory
August 15, 2024
With only a small number of schools in Ealing having released details of the results achieved by their sixth formers after they were handed out this Thursday (15 August), there is already ample evidence of some exceptional performances.
At Greenford High School 26% of all grades were at A/A* with 50% at A*- B. Twenty students achieved all three grades at A*- A and almost 20% of the cohort achieved at least two grade A/A* results. Almost three quarters of grades were at Grade A*- C. In BTEC, almost 70% achieved Distinction+ and over 90% achieved a Merit or higher.
There have been some notable achievements with three students securing places at Oxbridge: Lauren-Ava Carey and Tejuspreet Ubhi will be studying at Oxford University (Ancient and Modern History and Biomedical Sciences respectively) whilst Meiya Ooi will be studying Modern and Medieval Languages at Cambridge University. Salah Altaleb, having achieved 3 A*s, will be going off to study at the California Institute of Technology.
Bavneet Sehra, Karan Brar and Riya Maugi all achieved a perfect 3 A*s. Bavneet will be studying Engineering at Imperial; Karan, Computer Science at King’s and Riya, Economics at UCL.
Ten students secured a place on a medicine/ dentistry programme: Zainab Ferhat (Imperial); Bansi Patel (UCL); Musawer Yousufy, Muhamed Al-Farttoosi, Jasmin Matta, Saleem Mohamed and Abdirahman Said (Queen Mary); Sofia Sahibudin and Abuzhar Butt (King’s) and Yazan Al Istewani (Brunel).
Students at Greenford High after collecting their results
Students who achieved straight A* and A grades were Syed Abbas, Muhammed Abbas-Ibrahim, Manraj Bhachu, Assia Bouras, Sageethan Dayananthan, Nattalie Gutierrez, Malisa Rahman, Suber Said, Manveen Singh, Piraniya Thavarajah and Mohammed Yusuf.
For those taking a purely BTEC route, outstanding results were obtained by Emily Sanchez, Zobair Omar, Sehaj Singh, Mikhail Thalukdar, Harleen Arri and Leah Judge.
Headteacher, Mia Pye, said, “I am enormously proud of each and every one of our students who have achieved such amazing results. It is a privilege to lead a school where our students and staff work so hard together to achieve the very best outcomes. Once again, our students will be heading off to embark on first-class university courses and apprenticeships and we wish them all the very best.”
St Benedict's School in Ealing is celebrating the best set of results it has achieved when full A Level grading standards have been applied.
Almost half of exams taken (49.8%) were awarded an A*or A grade and 83.2% were awarded A*, A or B.
The vast majority of its students are heading to their preferred choice university destinations, including 88% to top 10 institutions and those which form part of the Russell Group: Manchester, Bristol, Newcastle, Durham and Imperial College, London, with one student going much further afield to study Business & Economics at the University of California in San Diego.
Amongst a number of notable individual achievements, Lucy B attained two A*s and two As and will study Medicine at Newcastle University, Charlie A gained three A*s to study Economics at the University of Bristol, Kara I achieved three A*s and will study Geography at the University of Manchester and Sam B has been offered the rare opportunity of an Atkins Degree Apprenticeship with the University of Warwick.
Speaking about his results, Charlie A said, “I was delighted with my A Level results today! All the hard work has paid off and I am so grateful to all my teachers for their support. I really could not have done it without them.”
St Benedict's pupils with Head of Sixth Form, Alexander Heald. Picture: St Benedict's School
Headmaster, Joe Smith, commented, "I am absolutely delighted for our young people who have achieved these superb A level grades, the best in the school's history under normal assessment circumstances. Our 2024 leavers have worked extremely hard and deserve all their success. For half the grades to be at A*or A, and 83% at A*, A or B, is the mark of an academically very serious school indeed. Enormous credit must also go to our dedicated and brilliant team of teachers, and all the staff who support our young people, as well as the students' parents and families for their support of them during their studies. As you can imagine, we are over the moon!”
Exclamations of joy were also heard at St Augustine’s Priory this Thursday morning as pupils reviewed their A Level results.
“We are delighted with this year’s A Level results”, commented Mrs Christine Macallister the Headteacher. “A total of 26% of all grades were A* and 59% of all grades were A* - A. This is simply a tremendous achievement and a testament to the hard work and dedication of our students as well as the unwavering bespoke support from our staff. In addition, 82% of all grades were A* - B and 97% of grades were A* - C.”
These results, together with the students’ personal achievements, have enabled them to progress to some of the country’s leading universities, including University College London (UCL), the University of Exeter and the University of Leeds. Students will study a variety of subjects from Computer Science to Drama, Law to Journalism and over 90% of students are going to their first-choice university.
Amelia Szczurek, shared her joy and relief upon successfully obtaining her position to undertake a degree in Law with European Studies at the University of Exeter. In Amelia’s words “I loved the A level subject choices available at St Augustine’s”.
Special mention must go to Julia Szewczyk, Megan Ransome and former Head Girl Marija Vincic, who achieved all A*/A grades.
There were also outstanding results in several individual subjects with the following departments achieving all A*/A grades: Art, Chemistry, Computer Science, Drama, Psychology, Spanish and Russian.,
Marija Vincic, outgoing Head Girl, remarked, “St Augustine’s Priory is unique in that, being a small school, staff know you really well”. Marija will now begin a Language and Culture degree at University College London (UCL).
Mrs Macallister, Headteacher, congratulates students. Picture: St Augustine's Priory
Mrs Macallister added, “Our mission statement is loud and clear when it says that ‘Our Girls will Change the World’ and our wonderful Year 13 leavers are prime examples of young women who embrace all that learning can offer. I feel deeply proud to be part of our students’ educational journey and I wish them all a wonderful future as they embark on their university careers.”
Notting Hill and Ealing High School students with their results
A Level students at Notting Hill & Ealing High School (NHEHS) were also celebrating an excellent set of results, with 26% of entries graded at A*, 68% graded A* or A, and 94% A* to B.
Five students gained all A* grades. From a cohort of 68, 30 students achieved at least one A* result and 28 received AAA or better.
Students are going on to study a rich variety of subjects next year, including Medicine, Environmental Geography, Artificial Intelligence, Anthropology, Mechanical Engineering, Liberal Arts and Fashion Design.
Commenting on this year’s outcomes, Matthew Shoults, Headmaster at NHEHS said, “These results are testament to the industry and enthusiasm of our students, and the support and inspiration of their teachers. I’m delighted to see the range of courses our students are going on to study.”
Head Girl, Lewhat Yosief, who will be heading to Durham to read Philosophy, Politics and Economics said, “NHEHS has been so supportive throughout the whole of my A Levels and especially during the university application process. I’m very grateful for all the support.”
Some of the school’s students have achieved excellent results while excelling outside the classroom. Ansley Vicars represented GB as part of a rowing foursome in Poland during her A Level exam period and is now in the GB squad currently training in Canada for the World Rowing Championships. She’ll be heading to University of Michigan to major in Engineering. Meanwhile Natasha Raphael achieved A*A*A whilst acting in the BBC TV production of Malory Towers and will be going on to study English at UCL.
Across the country, the proportion of A-level entries awarded top grades increased compared with 2023 and is now above that seen before the pandemic. This current cohort was in Year 9 when schools were shut due to Covid-19 and was the first to sit GCSEs when they were reintroduced.
27.8% of entries were awarded an A or A* grade, up by 0.6 percentage points on last year and higher that the 25.4% seen in 2019.
The proportion awarded the top A* grade this year has risen by 0.4 percentage points to 9.3% and it is higher than 2019 when it was 7.7%. Excluding the pandemic years this is the highest proportion of the starred grade given out since it was first available in 2010.
Overall, 243,650 18-year-old applicants from the UK have been accepted at a university or college up 6% from last year.
Boys have pulled further ahead of girls at the top grade, with 9.5% scoring an A* compared with 9.1% of girls reversing the position during the pandemic.
Ofqual figures show that, 49.4% of independent school candidates scored grade A or above in all subjects, compared with 22.3% of those at comprehensive schools a wider gap that seen in previous years.
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said in an interview on Times Radio, “They’ve been through an awful lot in recent years and they’ve shown tremendous resilience, and they’ve had fantastic support from the staff and teachers within their schools and colleges, and it’s a big and exciting day for them.”
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