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Wycliffe pupils, parents and staff are celebrating today with A Level results that reflect the diverse nature of the community at the Stonehouse-based Day and Boarding school. More than eight out of every ten grades were achieved at A*-C, and actual A*-B performance was 25% better than expectations.
A range of superb individual achievements is being lauded, including that of Eloise Etherington (from London) whose four A*s in Maths, Further Maths, Chemistry and Physics have secured her place at Cambridge to read Natural Sciences. Another exceptional achiever was Aidan Kitching (from Chepstow), whose A*A*A in Maths, Philosophy & Ethics, and History, mean that he is off to Warwick to study PPE (Politics, Philosophy and Economics).
Among some 28 subjects available in the Sixth Form at Wycliffe, Mathematics was the most popular A Level this Summer (studied by more than one-quarter of all leavers), with Psychology and Business similarly popular. Continued commitment to, and support for, so-called ‘creative subjects’ saw significant numbers of pupils do well across Art, Design and Technology, Drama/Theatre Studies, Film Studies and Music, as well as the BTEC in Digital Media and four different Modern Languages.
Wycliffe’s Head, Mr Nick Gregory – who leaves the Stonehouse school this month after nine years at the helm – commented: “I am exceptionally proud of this outstanding group of pupils and of this extremely-pleasing set of results, both A Level and BTEC. Our ambition is to instil in our pupils a “pioneering spirit” and to encourage them to take their place in the world as “global citizens”: they all leave Wycliffe very well prepared indeed for the exciting futures that await them.”
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