Stourport students celebrate GCSE success
Pic cap: Stourport High School students (from left) Dylan Patel, Will Chater and Drew Pagett celebrate their GCSE results
Students at The Stourport High School and Vlth Form College are celebrating their GCSE results today and looking forward to a bright future.
Top GCSE students include Jess Shaw, Jenson Preece, Elizabeth Davis, Dylan Patel, Will Chater and Rebecca Senior.
Principal Jon Sheers said: “We are incredibly proud, as always, of our students’ achievements. Our year 11 have shown resilience and dignity during this challenging time.
“These results are a testament to their hard work over the years and will provide the foundations for the next stage of their learning journey.
“As well as students choosing to stay on at our sixth form, many are venturing further afield. These include military placements at Harrogate, the RAF and some truly interesting apprenticeships.”
“We are proud to celebrate these achievements with our students today and wish them the very best of luck for the future.”
Stourport students celebrate A-level success
Pic cap: A-level success for Stourport High School students (from left) Jasmine Edge, Jonty Monk and Jasmine Simpson
Students at The Stourport High School and Vlth Form College are among those celebrating their A-level results today – the first time grades have been based on classroom assessment and mocks.
Top students include Jasmine Edge who will read law at Birmingham University, Bella Grove who will study civil and structural engineering at Sheffield University and Jasmine Simpson who will take geography at Keele University.
The first graduates of Stourport’s Achieving Academic and Sporting Excellence (Rugby) squad with Worcester Warriors include Jack Lewis who will play for Ealing Trailfinders in their Senior Academy, whilst taking a business degree at Brunel University.
Principal Jon Sheers said: “We are very proud of our students’ achievements and hard work, as well as their resilience during these uncertain and challenging times. I would also like to thank and pay tribute to our dedicated staff and the fantastic support of parents.
"There are a number of our students who have also secured some fantastic apprenticeships, including Jonty Monk who will be starting an apprenticeship in civil engineering at Montel Civil Engineering.
“This is the first year through for the AASE programme and we are glad so many of the boys are continuing to play rugby in some form alongside higher education, apprenticeships or employment.
“Our international student Karoline Johanson, from Denmark, came to us for just one year of studies. However, she enjoyed her education with us so much she decided to stay with us to complete here A-levels in mathematics, further mathematics and physics and will now be completing her studies back in her home city of Copenhagen, despite her numerous offers from UK universities.
“The school is a member of the Severn Academies Educational Trust and chief executive Chris King said the students could be “justifiably proud” of their grades.
He added: “Our students were prevented from taking their exams because of the very necessary restrictions needed to tackle the global pandemic and their sacrifice will have saved lives.
"Our staff at Stourport High worked tirelessly - as I'm certain all teachers everywhere did - to ensure the calculated grades are a true reflection of the students' ability and effort.
"They can be just as proud of their achievements as students who have gained their grades through sitting exams, a method of judging, itself, not without flaws.
“We are certainly very proud of them and delighted that all students from both schools have secured places at their chosen higher education or apprenticeship destinations.”
Due to the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on schools, the government is not publishing school level data this year and a joint statement from Worcestershire County Council and the Worcestershire Association of Secondary Heads re-affirmed that individual school level data will not be collated or published.
The grades submitted by schools were statistically moderated by the exam boards, factoring in expected grade distribution nationally, results in previous years at individual schools and colleges and the prior attainment profile of the students.
