A Levels: Day to remember at Bourne Grammar School

Today the students were at last able to see how their achievements in academic study were judged by their teachers and confirmed by the examination boards.

Waiting for the results to be published was a tense time for everyone. It was known that the examination boards could, and most probably would, make some adjustments to the results submitted by schools and that was indeed seen to be case for some of the students’ grades. Yet when the students received their results this morning their anxiety turned to joy as their achievements were confirmed by a truly stunning batch of A-Level grades, quite possibly the very finest seen at Bourne Grammar School.

In total 547 A-Level results were achieved by the students who almost all obtained three A-Level grades. Some achieved four. A stunning 195 of the grades were A* or A grades. A truly impressive 32 students obtained exclusively A* or A grades and 61 A* grades were achieved in all. There were 134 A grades.

In percentage terms 11.1% of all grades were A* grades, 35.5% were A* or A, 65.5% were B or better and 86.2% of our students’ grades were C or better.

There were countless highlights; standing out amongst so much success were the seven students who achieved at least three A* grades. Holly Barber, Bertie Cliffe, Hannah Friel, Yasmin Hornsby and Issy Kaufman all achieved straight A* grades. Oscar Morley and Aaron Waters both achieved three A* grades and a further A grade. Particular congratulations to Holly and Hannah who each achieved four A* grades

Holly Barber, Bertie Cliffe, Grace Ferguson, Yasmin Hornsby and Issy Kaufman have all met the incredibly high standard required to take up their places to study at Oxford or Cambridge.

Over half of all grades were A* or A grades in eight subjects - Computer Science, Further Mathematics, French, German, Mathematics, Music, Politics and Design Engineering. There were stunning results in Design Engineering where 28.6% of the grades were A* grades and 57.1% were A* or A. In French and Further Mathematics a quarter the grades were A* grades. The school’s first A-Level results in Sociology were excellent with 26.3% of the grades at A* or A.

Bourne Grammar’s Headteacher, Jonathan Maddox, said: “I am so delighted that this particular Year 13 cohort has achieved, after such a difficult year, such fabulous results.

“Having taught some of the students myself I saw at first hand the impact on the students of the sudden closure of the School and the cancellation of the examination season but that is in the past now and the students move on with wonderful, well-earned and fully-deserved A-Level results. I wish every student happiness and success and offer to each my warmest congratulations.”