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Great chemistry: Annie Soi and Safaa Peerdoo |
It’s a result! Pass rate is set to hit the 97% mark
Hugs, smiles, and a few tears as students make the grade with bumper crop of A-levels
THERE were hugs, smiles, a few tears and lots of phone calls as hardworking A-level students shared their results with loved ones yesterday (Thursday).
Although the official statistics are not yet out, early indications suggest the borough’s overall pass rate has topped 97 per cent across City and Islington, and the Islington Consortium, the combined sixth forms of Highbury Grove, Highbury Fields and Central Foundation Boys School.
Sixty-eight per cent of students at City and Islington achieved grades A-C, beating the Islington Consortium’s results for the same grades by 10 per cent.
Highbury art students, who all gained grades A-C, praised their teachers.
Highbury Grove student Sanu Miah, 19, of Highbury Park will do a degree in architecture after achieving an art A-level based entirely on coursework. He said: “I didn’t sleep I just worked.”
Abdul Leftin, 18, said: “We put in extra time so everyone in the class passed. They worked us hard.”
Highbury Grove’s only chemistry A-level students Annie Soi, 18 and Safaa Peerdoo, 18, who both got into university, danced the night away at an A-level Results Party last night.
The first person Toyris Miah, 17, called with his happy news was his mother who immediately called his grandmother in Bangladesh.
Toyris said: “I’m bear [very] happy because now when I go home my mum is not going to beat me up.”
Enam Islam, 17, of Martineau Road, Highbury, said: “Everyone thought we were going to fail, but we passed. They all thought we were trouble but we did all right.”
Ruhel Uddin, 18, of Travers Road, Holloway, who was pleased with his result of one A and two Bs, said: “I’d like to thank Mr Shannon and Miss Sylvester for waking me up in the morning and Marks and Spencer’s for fitting my hours around college.”
At City and Islington, Stefane Lebo, a refugee who moved to England just three years ago from the Democratic Republic of Congo, gained three As and a B.
He said: “I’ve been lucky because I’ve always been surrounded by helpful people. Islington Council is amazing, they helped me make the right decisions.”
Letisha Hunte, 19, of Caledonian Road, is one of only two students allowed to skip their foundation course and go straight to the London College of Communication to do a degree in interior design.
Letisha, whose interest in interior design came from visits to relatives in St Lucia, said: “I’m so happy to be going to university.” |
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