STUDENTS at Weaverham High School have been praised for their resilience and hard work as they celebrated their “remarkable” GCSE results.
Headteacher Clare Morgan paid tribute to the dedication and commitments the pupils, staff and parents, with one girl coming out with 9’s in each of the 10 subjects she sat exams for.
“These results are testament to the collaborative nature of how we work.
“The commitment and hard work of our pupils, teachers and parents show what can be achieved when skilled teachers with high expectations and ambition see each young person as individuals – recognising their strengths and individual barriers.
“When we work together, anything can be achieved.
“Today is proof.”
Among those students celebrating was 16-year-old Maddie Gillet who couldn’t have performed any better – achieving the perfect results of 9’s in 10 subjects.
She said: “I’m going to go to Sir John Deane’s next to study maths, further maths, English literature and history.
“I’m not sure what I want to do career-wise just yet but I do know I want to go to Oxbridge for university.
“I’d ultimately like to study philosophy, literature and maths.
“These past couple of years have been hard as the way we learn had to change.
“I also felt I was out of practice a little with writing, especially with English.”
She will be joined at Sir John Deane’s by Thomas Connolly who successfully achieved seven 9’s, two 8’s and one 7.
“I’m going to do English literature, maths and history,” he said.
“After that, I’ve got no idea at this stage – I’m just going to see where the next two years go.
“But I’m really happy with the results today as it has given me the options to do whatever I want.
“The school did a lot for us during Covid and I actually didn’t think it affected me too much.
“But perhaps I was quite lucky and that’s why I got the results I did.”
Beatrice Dorsche, was also on cloud nine, and she took five of the highest grades as well as four 8’s.
“I’m hoping I’m going to Sir John Deane’s,” she said.
“I don’t actually know what I’m going to be doing yet.
“I did much better than I expected, considering what we’ve all been through the last few years.”
Rugby Union playing star Isaac Millachip has secured a dream sporting scholarship at Kirkham Grammar School in Lanashire.
Already on the books at Sale Sharks, Isaac spoke of his delight at securing three 7’s and four 6’s.
“They were better than my mocks,” he said.
“I guess I should have revised more, but that’s obviously in the benefit of hindsight.
“Rugby is something I definitely want to pursue as a career.
“I play open-side and am currently at the academy at Sale Sharks.
“Getting good results obviously gives me a plan B so I’ll obviously work hard on my A-levels too.”
Joshua Lunt said he might ultimately consider a career in law after he achieved three 9’s and three 8’s.
“Other than getting a 6 and 7 in English, I’ve pretty much got what I hoped I would,” he said.
“I’m either going to Sir John Deane’s or The Grange next.
“I’d like to study politics, maths and history and maybe eventually doing something in law.
“I didn’t do much revision until pretty late on, but I’d like to say thanks to my history teacher as that was my favourite subject.”
Another of the students who did very well was Jude Roberts, who received seven 9’s and two 8’s.
“It was definitely better than I thought it would be,” he said.
“I was especially pleased with my English as I’d really worked hard on my mocks to improve on that.
“I’m going to Sir John Deane’s to study maths, physics and chemistry.
“I just really enjoy those three subjects and I’d like to go to uni to do some physics related course.
“Dealing with covid has definitely been an experience.
“But I think the school handled it very well – especially compared to other schools.
“They did their best and I didn’t really feel like I fell behind.
“The teachers have definitely helped and also pushed me to the limit, and it’s been brilliant.”
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