Churcher's College hails 'exceptional' A-level results

Churcher's College has again achieved exceptional A-level results this year, with 13 students achieving three A* grades or more with 81% of students who applied to university being accepted onto their first choice.

After the torrid years of Covid, with exam uncertainties and consequential grade inflations, the A-level results grade profile this year has returned closer to those experienced during preCovid times. For those taking their A-levels this year, this was their first experience of public examinations because Covid cancelled their GCSE exams. As such, there has inevitably been uncertainty and trepidation, but the Churcher’s students have proved once again quite how exceptional they are.

Comparisons with results from the immediately preceding year are less valid because of the Covid adjustments that were made to grades. For non-Covid adjusted years, this year we have our highest ever percentage at the top A* grade, with thirteen students achieving an exceptional three A* grades or more.

With four off to Oxbridge and five medics, the top academic echelons are very positive indeed but it is not just about the academically able. A Level grades are a passport to the next stage and for any school the most important statistic is that students have the necessary grades to follow their aspirations, whatever, wherever they be.

With universities oversubscribed, and therefore offers harder to come by and often at a higher than ever level, the assumption was that there would be a great deal more disappointment this summer, but not for the Churcher’s students despite their ambitions being particularly high. Of those who have applied and holding offers: 81% made their first choice, with a further 12% their second.

One has to admire the resilience and determination of all A-level students countrywide, but there is clearly something quite extra special about this year’s, largest-ever, cohort from Churcher’s College who have accomplished extraordinary things in exam halls, on the stage, in studios, on the sport pitches, on expedition; in fact, in all areas. What a delight it has been to be associated with their remarkable success story!