Kingsdale Foundation School has announced its “best ever” A level results, with 40 per cent of grades being A* or A.
Three students achieved 4A* grades, over ten students got at least 3A* grades, and five are headed for Oxford and Cambridge
Jacob Steele, 18, from Peckham, who will study General Engineering at University of Sheffield, broke his finger just months before exam season began.
It meant he had to do his mocks typing with one hand. He recovered before he sat his tests and said: “I’m very happy. Yeah I was nervous – not as much as some people – quite a lot has amounted to the last day.”
A “big football fan”, he is looking forward to playing at university and says Sheffield will be “a nice change of scenery”.
Kingsdale Foundation School said: ”We are incredibly proud of how students, staff and parents have collaborated and supported each other to produce another set of amazing A Level results whilst navigating the unique circumstances presented during the previous two years.
“We would like to pay tribute to all of our students who may not have reached the dizzy heights of our top national achievers but whose endeavours, resilience and hard work have enabled them to pursue their own exciting pathway of choice.”
Amelia Mitchell, 18, from Balham, who will study English at University of Cambridge, said: “I guess it was a weird feeling yesterday and it was all a bit crazy at school on results day and then I went away and had some time on my own to think about it so it’s kind of sinking in.”
She thinks the Cambridge workload will be “quite intense” but is “excited to take on that challenge”. She is looking forward to studying Virginia Woolf and Ian Forster.
Lucas, 18, from Sydenham, off to University of Manchester to study Physics with four A*s, said his results were “a massive relief and big weight off the shoulders”.
The school’s performing artists will be attending institutions such as The Princes Drawing School, Central Saint Martin and Institute of Contemporary Music Performance.
With almost two thirds grades being at least a B, a large proportion of students are off to Russell Group universities such as University College London, Durham, Warwick, Manchester, Bristol.
Anaya Shah, 18, from Upper Norwood will be studying Maths at Oxford after scooping up four A*s. She said she “was pleased obviously” but that her parents were “more pleased than I was”.
Here are the names of some of the successful students and their destinations:
Amelia Mitchell (3A*s, A) – English at University of Cambridge
Raneem Mayenin (2A*, A)- English at University College London
Katy Saunders (A*, 3As) – Combined Honours Degree at Newcastle University
Sebastian Bonvino (3A*, B) – Physics at University of Leicester
Alex Bird (2A*s, A) – English at University of Cambridge
Lucas Santos (4A*s) – Physics at University of Manchester
Syan Howell – Fashion Marketing and Promotion at University of Westminster
Afsana (Elyse) Brassard (A*, 2As)- Psychology at the University of Manchester
Rosie Pierce (3A*S) – Theatre and Performance Studies at University of Warwick
Roisin Connor (A*, 2As) – Film Studies and History at University of Manchester
Lily Cureton (2A*s, A) – Art Foundation at Kingston University
Eleanor Cocks (2A*, A) – Applied Clinical Psychology at University of Exeter
Bethan Dyer (2A*, A ) – Spanish and French at University of Glasgow