Ellesmere College students celebrate fantastic GCSE results

Ellesmere College students are celebrating fantastic GCSE results which saw a 90% pass rate with 30% of grades in the top 9-7 range (A*/A equivalent).

Particularly notable performances include Cameron Davies from Wrexham who achieved four 9s and two 8s.

In addition, Oscar Dodds from St. Helier achieved two 9s and five 8s, Wendy Tam from Shrewsbury achieved four 9s and three 8s and Ewan Tulloch from Llanymynech achieved three 9s and four 8s.

Many of the current Ellesmere College students will now return back to the College in September to continue into Sixth Form and study their choice of A Levels, International Baccalaureate (IB) or BTEC courses for the next two years.

Further to these results, a number of younger pupils sat a GCSE early in Mathematics and a range of languages.

The youngest of the early year entrants, Natt Kritchanarat, currently in year nine, completed her GCSE Mathematics and was delighted to achieve a top score with a level 9, she will go on to study A Level mathematics through year 10 and 11.

Headmaster Brendan Wignall said: “It is a pleasure to see how well pupils have achieved. They are commended for their positive approach to the examinations this summer.

“With two years of disruption to their education their achievements are even more impressive. Our swift move to teaching online as soon as the country went into lockdown, delivering our full timetable using Microsoft Teams for remote learning, ensured that little time was lost but nevertheless, being online rather than in school has been a difficult experience to adjust to and it is a testament to our pupils determination and resilience that they have risen to the challenge, their results today have been hard earned.

“They are now very well prepared to embark on their Sixth Form programme with us and we look forward to seeing them in September.”