Once again students at Ellesmere College are celebrating top A level achievement. Staff are delighted that students have achieved top grades and are able to move on to the university of their choice. Overall performance was very good with 98.1% of students achieving pass grades including some top class individual results. Over 45% of grades achieved were the top A/B grades. Most departments recorded 100% pass.
Whilst heartfelt congratulations go to all students there were some particularly notable performances that are worthy of specific mention:-
Sarah Haynes 4 A Grades- History, Geography, Biology, General Studies - Going on to read History at Exeter
William Norris 4 A Grade - Chemistry, Maths, Physics, Further Maths - Going on to read Physics at Durham
Shengjia Yang (Candy) 3 A Grade - Maths, Physics, Further Maths - Going on to read Civil Engineering at Bristol
Sarah Monro 3 A grades, 1 B - History, English Literature, General Studies A's, Latin B -Going on to read English at Leeds
Robert Sims 3 A Grades - Chemistry, Maths, Physics - Going on to read Chemistry at Manchester
Jamie Tyrer 2 A's, 1B - Chemistry, Geography A's, Physics B - Going on to read Material Science and Engineering at Manchester
Chris Bevan 2A's, 2B's - English Literature, General Studies A's, Geography, Performance Studies B's Going on to read English at Birmingham
Mr Brendan Wignall, Headmaster, said 'It is always pleasing to see our students enjoy the reward of their hard work. We pride ourselves on helping young people to achieve academic success whilst at the same time developing the individual. They deserve this success. Credit must also go to the excellent work of our teaching staff and of course to parents for their support and encouragement.
16th August 2007 Back to News