From Cambridge to a degree apprenticeship, Sydenham High School students celebrate overwhelming success on A Level Results Day as almost the entire cohort got on to the courses of their choice.
Students, staff and parents of Sixth Form students at Sydenham High School celebrated their success over breakfast on A Level Results Day last Thursday.
Despite the repeated disruption to their education through Covid, almost the entire cohort got accepted at their first or second-choice university and nearly half of the grades were A*/A (44 per cent).
Two students will be heading off to Cambridge to study History of Art; Former Head of School, Liza, is going to the Royal Veterinary College to study Veterinary Medicine; her fellow Head of School, Kyah, is going to study Medicine at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (both pictured).
“I was crying this morning as I was so happy,” said Ruby, who looks forward to her first choice place at Manchester to study History alongside her fellow students celebrating two places at Cambridge University to study History of Art; Edinburgh for Philosophy & Theology; two at Leeds for Philosophy History of Art; Criminology at Durham; Sociology at Manchester as well as History & Politics overseas in the Netherlands.
After months of applications and seeing off some tough competition, Jerusha began her degree apprenticeship the Monday after receiving her results at the engineering firm, Jacobs. She said she is really looking forward to the challenge, commenting: “I realised that I really enjoy learning on the job so this is exactly what I wanted to do.
“They wanted me to get started straight away so that I can settle into the company before the degree course starts in September.”
School headteacher, Antonia Geldeard, said: “It’s been a privilege to celebrate A-level results with our wonderful students today. I’m incredibly proud of all that they have achieved, their ambition, curiosity and hard work.”
In the Creative Arts, three students are off to do Art Foundation courses at Central St Martins, Kingston and Loughborough and five achieved places to study Art and Design at the University of Arts London, Animation Production and Model Making at Bournemouth University and Photography at Falmouth and Music at the Royal Welsh Conservatoire.