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A-level successes: at St Marylebone, (left, from left) Sarah Abdelmagid, Robert Allan, Chia Hao Li, Nidal Elfadil and Christopher Man |
Didn’t they do well!
A-levels: ‘Some of the best ever results for city’s schools’
THERE were tears of joy and despair as students across Westminster discovered their fate in a little brown envelope yesterday (Thursday).
Gap years were plotted, impromptu therapy sessions sprung up in the playground and there was a whole load of punching the air at Quintin Kynaston and
St Marylebone schools on A-level results day.
Among the success stories was Rina Sawayama, one of 19 students at St Marylebone to collect straight As, and one of six to win an Oxbridge place. She will go to Cambridge to read social and political sciences. “I was just a social recluse – I didn’t go out for a whole year,” she said.
Budding travel writer Iola Redhead won a place at Goldsmiths to study English literature with a haul of two As and a B. She said: “I did dedicate myself to work. I’ve been anxious for two months. Now I’m just relieved more than anything.”
Headteacher Elizabeth Phillips was delighted. She said: “It is the result of hard work, excellent teaching and high aspirations.”
Quintin Kynaston in St John’s Wood posted record results.
Izabel Dobreva arrived at the school from Bulgaria with little English, but that didn’t stop her breezing her exams with two As and a B and she now hopes to read philosophy and economics at University College London. She said: “It’s amazing. I’ve been dreading today but now I can relax.”
As the paper went to press, results from other schools were coming in, with early indications good. Cabinet member for children and young people Mark Page said: “The results are some of the best ever by students at the city’s schools are a testament to the drive, dedication, and hard work put in all year.
“All of our schools did very well. At Grey Coat Hospital 87 per cent of students got A-C grade results, a 7 per cent increase on last year, while more than 170 students at Quintin Kynaston achieved A-C grades compared with 158 last year.” |
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