18 August 2017
It was celebration time at Headington School as girls picked up another fantastic set of A Level results. This year 60.7 per cent of all entries were rated at A* or A, and 86 per cent were graded at B or higher. Fourteen girls achieved three or more A*s, with three taking home four top grades. Girls collected a total of 221 A* and A grades between them, sitting a total of 364 A Levels.
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More than two-thirds of our chemists achieved an A or A* in Chemistry while in Maths, our most popular Sixth Form subject, 73 per cent achieved A/A* and 87 per cent in Further Maths. All those girls taking Law achieved an A or A*, with two-thirds achieving the top grade. It was also another excellent year for our artists, with 85 per cent achieving A or A* in Art A Level.
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Today’s results add to this year’s excellent set of IB results published in July, which saw one girl achieving a perfect score and an average points score of 39.6 out of 45.
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Among the individual success stories are Katie, part of our record-breaking Rowing 1st Eight, who will take up a place at Yale after securing A*AB. Head of Boarding Shirley Chiu will take up her place to study Medicine at UCL after achieving three A*s and an A. Seven of our sixth formers are now headed to Oxbridge, having secured their offers.
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Safiya is off to Queen’s College, Oxford, to study Philosophy and Spanish after recording three A*s.
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She said: “I was really excited and really shocked. I tried my best but I wasn’t expecting what I got.
“I’m really, really pleased, I’m so happy about it. It was my dream to go there, I am really pleased I have managed to get in.”
Head Girl Hannah Anson is off to Durham University to study English after securing A*AA.
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She said: “I felt incredibly emotional when I got the results – I was just a massive relief. I feel like my teachers put an enormous amount of effort in so it’s nice to give back to them and make it worth it for them.
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“I am really excited about the next chapter. I feel like Headington has given me the best preparation that I could have and I am ready for the world – but I will always be a Headingtonian.”
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Headmistress Mrs Caroline Jordan said: “There has been increased uncertainty over what this year’s results might look like after significant structural changes to the qualification so, for most, today will be a welcome relief. All our girls should be extremely proud of their results, as we are of all they have achieved.”