Hanley Castle sixth form students have been praised for producing “magnificent” A-level results in the face of adversity.
The school said 37% of all grades were awarded at A* and A grade, while almost 70% of grades were A*-B.
Students performed particularly well in the ‘facilitating’ subjects. Further maths and maths led the way, with 100% and 58% of grades awarded at A* and A respectively. This was closely followed by chemistry with 56% of grades awarded at A* and A grade, history with 53% and physics with 50%.
There were a large number of stand-out individual performances, with Lois Clark, Ollie Cooke, Morgan Davies, Benedict Haller, Robbie Lloyd, Elise Mulvale, Jess Naulls, Rebecca Palmer, Isabella Quinn, Jess Shaw, India Southwick, Aaron Tuffley, Joe Turton, Reuben Vickers, Jodie Williams and Noah Wroughton gaining all of their A levels at A* and A grade.
Hanley Castle’s head boy Ollie Cooke was the stand-out performer with A* grades in chemistry, maths, further maths, physics and his extended project. Ollie will be heading to Trinity Hall College, Cambridge to study natural sciences.
Headteacher Lindsey Cooke said: “I know that I am speaking on behalf of all members of staff at Hanley Castle when I say that we are full of pride for our talented, dedicated and committed Year 13 students.
'Full of resilience'
“They are young adults who have demonstrated great resilience and accomplished great things in the face of a prolonged period of unprecedented challenge.
“We are proud of every student and every grade. This was a year group with a million good excuses for not achieving top results.
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“However, instead of sitting back and feeling sorry for themselves, they have responded in the most magnificent manner.
“They have taken long periods of remote learning, illness and disruption in their stride, and delivered the most magnificent set of results we could ever have imagined.
“We would like to congratulate each and every one of them for achieving so much in the face of sustained adversity.”
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