Brilliant King's School A level students are celebrating their best set of independently assessed A Level results since 2014.
A stunning 52% of all grades are A* or A, with 84% at A* - B and 95% at A* - C. Over a third of students achieved an A* in at least one subject with a third also achieving AAA or better. In an increasingly competitive admissions process, their success means 77% will now go up to their first choice of university.
King's Head of Foundation, Jason Slack, welcomed the return to standard examinations this year, with grades having been assessed by teachers over the last two years of the COVID crisis.
He said: "I'm extremely proud of our students who have been exceptional in their work ethic to gain success in their A Levels despite the disruption to their studies in the last two years. Coping with uncertainty over how grades would be awarded from one year to the next and even the confusion over what might be included in exams through the provision of 'advanced information' from Exam Boards has required tenacity and patience and it's all paid off in the end."
"This has been an amazing year group and we are immensely proud of their achievements in all aspects of school life. They are leaving us with the confidence, skills and academic achievements to join the best universities across the country to study a diverse range of courses. Some have chosen equally exciting apprenticeships and we wish them all the very best for their future success."
A fabulous four students achieved at least three A stars. From left to right Ellis Budd, 18, from Wilmslow, got three A*s in Politics, Psychology and Art and Design and will now read Applied Psychology (Clinical) at Exeter University.
Talented pianist Abi Breese-Tovey, 18, from Goostrey achieved her three A*s in Psychology Maths and Further Maths with another A in Maths and will now read Politics and Sociology at Sheffield and hopes to have a career in Politics.
Double Olympiad gold medallist, Oliver Hall, 18, from Sutton was seeing stars with four straight A stars. Oliver who got his gold medals in the national Physics and Chemistry Olympiads unsurprisingly aced in both those subject and also in Maths and Further Maths. He will now read Physics at St. Cuthbert's College, Durham.
Ella Barlett, 18, from Alderley Edge, got her straight A stars in English Literature, Psychology and Applied Business. The winner of the school's poetry competition, Ella will now read English Literature at Glasgow University.
Two top scholars also confirmed their places at Oxford University. Musician Rosie Ibberson, 18, from Glossop, got two A* and two As and will read French at Pembroke College. While next to her Duke of Edinburgh gold award holder and hockey captain holder Euan Usher, 18, also got two A*s and two As and will read Biochemistry at St. Hilda's.