Hard work pays off for pupils

Staff and students at King David High School are celebrating the news that analysis of the A-level results indicate that 53% of grades awarded are at A*-B level with most students going into their first-choice university.

There are also many impressive individual achievements. Sophia Missaghian achieved A*A*A. She is an incredibly talented artist and will be studying art next year.

Gabriel Starkey and Jacob Glennon both achieved A*AA. Gabriel will take his place at the University of Bristol to study music, and Jacob is taking a gap year.

Ellesa Ahmad Nor Hisham and Rachil Dogolazky both achieved AAA and will study medicine at the University of Lancaster and physics at the University of Leeds respectively.

Abigail Sharples was awarded A*AB and will take up her place to study children’s nursing at the University of Birmingham in 2020. Michael Ross (AAAB) is an extremely able computer scientist and will be refining his craft at the University of Leeds in September. Rakesh Singh, with AAA, will study dentistry at the University of Liverpool and Sophie Bracegirdle (A*BB) plans to study English language and English literature at the University of Manchester.

Chloe Bayliss and Emilia Driver (both with ABB) will be taking up their places to study geography at the University of Liverpool and psychology at the University of Manchester respectively.

Ben Morris (A*ABC) will study chemistry at the University of Liverpool. Ekose Obaigbona (AAB) will take her place on an economics and mathematics joint honours course at the University of Leeds while Yasmin Safavifard who achieved a Distinction* in business alongside AB in her A-levels will study business management at the University of Leeds. Brogan Grugel was delighted to take up her place to study physiotherapy at the University of Liverpool.

Two students who joined the 6^th form from abroad have also impressed greatly with their grades. Katrina Fung very notably achieved A*AAB and has been offered a place to study architecture at the University of Liverpool. Ronald Godagandeni achieved AABB and will study mechanical engineering at the University of Edinburgh next year.

Other courses our students will be pursuing at university this year include primary education, pharmacology, biochemistry, geography, economics and accountancy (to name but a few!). 51% of the students who have confirmed their offers have been awarded places at Russell Group Universities.

Headteacher, Michael Sutton, said: “I would like to congratulate all of our students on their results today. The vast majority have achieved their first choice university and we wish them all a successful and happy future.

“The hard work of students and staff over the last two years has certainly paid off. It was particularly pleasing to see how some students had managed to exceed their own expectations and achieve some phenomenal results.”