After a tumultuous two years due to the pandemic, our Upper Sixth students opened their A Level results this morning. With 80% of all grades awarded A* to B, there was much cause for celebration after so much uncertainty and upheaval. Head Master, Ben McCarey, said:

“There will be much written about how these grades compare to previous years however, for the young people receiving their results today, these comparisons are meaningless. No cohort of young people has ever had to be more adaptable, resilient or hard working as those who have received their results today and they should be hugely proud of all they have achieved. These results are not only the reward for their exceptional work in the most adverse of circumstances but, more importantly, they are the passport to the next steps of their education. Holyport College Sixth Form was set up to support academically aspirational young people in gaining places on the best courses at the best universities in the country and I’m delighted that we continue to make this a reality for so many young people.

I would also like to pay tribute to the professionalism, dedication and flexibility of the staff team without whom these results would just not have been possible. The manner in which they so quickly adapted to online teaching in March 2020 and continued to develop and improve their practice over the months which followed before creating rigorous yet fair processes for assessment has paved the way for these excellent results and I am extremely grateful to them all for all that they have done.”

Our Upper Sixth students will be moving on to a hugely impressive array of destinations again this year including:

• Sera who will be studying Veterinary Science at Cambridge University with A*A*A
• Lewis who will be studying Computer Science at King’s College London with A*A*A*
• Eric who will be studying PPE at Oxford University with A*A*A*A* and an A* in his EPQ
• Kate who will be studying Medicine at Oxford University with A*A*A*A
• Harvey who will be studying Maths at Southampton with A*A*AA
• Beth who will be studying Maths at Warwick with A*A*A*
• Daniella who will be studying History at Oxford University with A*A*A
• Rebecca who will be studying Theoretical Physics at Bristol with A*AA
• Micheala who will be studying Pharmacy at Nottingham with AAA
• Chiedza who will be studying Medicine at Queen Mary’s with A*A*A
• Jess who will be studying Economics at Nottingham with A*A*A
• Louis who will be studying Zoology at Bristol with A*A*A
• Fiona who will be studying Medicine at King’s College London with A*A*A
• Millie who will be studying Religion, Society and Culture at Durham with A*A*B
• James who will be studying Geography at Kings’ College London with AAA
• Simian who will be studying law at Bristol with A*AA
• Harry who will be studying Economics and Politics at Exeter with A*A*A*

We look forward to publishing our destination data in full later this week once all places are confirmed.