Hackney students get their A-level grades
Students at Stoke Newington School collect their results. Photograph: Stoke Newington School
Schools and colleges across the borough opened their doors yesterday as students collected their A-level results.
Stoke Newington School is celebrating an overall pass rate of 99.5 per cent for its students.
Headteacher Annie Gammon said: “We are delighted to see these brilliant achievements from all our sixth form students in both A-level, AS level and vocational courses. They, and their teachers, have worked hard and deserve this success.
“We have more and more students wanting to join our sixth form, with applicants from across Hackney and other London boroughs. I’m proud that all our students have got great results.
“All of our intake make excellent progress whatever their starting point.”
William Dorley is off to Imperial College to study maths after he was awarded three A*s and an A, and Joseph Simmons is to read astrophysics at Manchester University after achieving three A* grades.
Crispin Truman, chair of governors at Stoke Newington School, said: “It is great to see these continued excellent A2 and AS results from students.
“Governors, parents, teachers and of course the students themselves can be proud that our community sixth form is achieving at the very highest levels of secondary schools nationally.”
The Urswick School on Paragon Road is delighting in the news that all of its students have been offered a place at university, for subjects including law, maths and psychology.
Fiona Bishop, Head of Sixth Form, said: “I’m so proud to see our cohort heading off to university. They have worked incredibly hard and are a credit to their families and the school.
“We wish them all lots of success for the future.”
Nineteen year-old Iman Taghaddosinejad achieved two A*s, an A, and a double distinction* for his BTEC Diploma in ICT.
Iman, who will study economics at university, said: “It’s such a relief to finally have my results, I’m very excited to be going to university. When I graduate I hope to become an economist, working on monetary policy at the Bank of England.”
Urswick student Sohail Khan with his proud mother and sister. Photograph: The Urswick School
Sohail Khan, 18, has accepted an offer to study law at City University London. He said: “I’m over the moon with my results, they’re even better than I was expecting.”
Sohail’s mother and sister gathered around him as he opened the envelope containing his results.
His mother was so excited that she said she wanted to dance in celebration: “I’m so proud of my son. I want to shout from the rooftop and let everyone know how well he has done.”
Proud: Pupils at Clapton Girls’ Academy show off their results. Photograph: Clapton Girls’ Academy
Clapton Girls’ Academy Sixth Form is celebrating being in the top 25 per cent nationally with this summer’s A-level results.
There were a few outstanding individual performances.
Nadiya Hussain achieved three A grades to secure her place at Imperial College to study medicine. She said: “I am extremely pleased with my results. I could not have done it without the motivation from my teachers.”
Laila Danesh, Clapton’s highest GCSE achiever in 2014, kept up her excellent track record by gaining A*, A and B grades.
Laila is set to study medicine at King’s College London. She said: “My results are amazing. I am so relieved. The environment at Clapton is so nurturing and I had great support.”
Head Girl Brittnie Moss-Jeremiah will be making the move to Nottingham to study Spanish and law.
Brittnie said: “I am very excited and really happy as I worked so hard. Clapton was so supportive throughout the entire application process for university and I am so excited to be going to my first choice university.”
Headteacher Cheryl Day commented: “Congratulations to all our Sixth Form students for working incredibly hard and achieving such strong results in addition to their wider contributions to the leadership of the academy.
“One of the keys of our success is a consistent focus on the interests of the students, developing a broad range of skills and responsibilities.
“We wish our Year 13 students every success as they leave us for the next exciting chapter in their lives.”
Hackney Community College is celebrating 44.5 per cent of its students achieving grade A*–B (up 15 per cent from last year), and 100 per cent pass rates in nine subjects at A2 Level.
Menachem Mendel Cyprys got 3 A*s and secured a place to study Mathematics at Cambridge.
“Work hard, get good results and you can do it!” said Menachem.
Mature student Erum Naz proved it is never too late to study and achieve, with A*s in Maths and Further Maths, and an A in Phsyics. She has a place at UCL to study Maths and Physics.
At Petchey Academy, the entire Year 13 cohort applied to and received a place at university, with 77.4 per cent moving on to their first choice of university.
Jordan Glanfield achieved 3 A*s and 1 A and will be going to Imperial College to read Computer Science. He said: “I am feeling good. I am looking forward to studying just one subject and to experiencing university life.”
Provisional results from the 12 Hackney school sixth forms and two colleges show a pass rate of 98.2 per cent for grades A-E – a figure slightly above the national average of 98.1 per cent.
20.3 per cent of Hackney students achieved grade A*/A and 48.6 per cent A*-B, which was below the national average though both figures were up over 2 per cent on 2015.
The pass rate, 98.2% A-E grades, is above the national average of 98.1% and also up on 2015.
Anne Canning, head of Hackney Learning Trust, said: “Congratulations to everyone who received their exam results. Students and staff have worked very hard over the last couple of years, and this week marks the end of a long wait for the results.
“Whatever they decide to do next – further studies at a university or a college, an apprenticeship or venturing into the world of work – we’d like to wish them every success for the future.”
More to follow.