Bedales Students celebrate A Level Success on Results day

Bedales Students celebrate A Level Success on Results day

20/08/2010

Students at Bedales school are celebrating after receiving their A level results confirming University places that are particularly sought after this year.
Including AS levels, 37% of all grades were A or A* (with 13% being the new A*). 66% of all grades were A* or B.

Commenting on the students’ achievements, Keith Budge, Headmaster Bedales Schools said: “I am full of admiration  for what these students have achieved. Their academic abilities and hard work have been rewarded with strong results. As a cohort they were the first to take our Bedales Assessed courses; in addition they have been extremely talented – especially in drama, music and art – and great fun to work with.”

Bedales also achieved top grades in the first year of the new extended project qualification with 14 A* grades and 4 A grades. Worth half an A level this course is regarded as an additional advantage for University entrance. Students take ownership of the course and independently manage the project with minimal input from tutors.

Bedales successes include:

• Luke Bacon from Steep (the school’s village) achieved 5 A* grades in Biology, Chemistry, Further Mathematics, Mathematics and Physics; to read Maths at Imperial College London
• Charlotte Knowles from Liphook achieved 3 A* grades in Art, Design and Mathematics; to start an Art Foundation at Kingston 
• Charles Pitman from Petersfield achieved 3 A* grades in Mathematics, Further Mathematics and Physics; to read Mathematics at Durham
• Calvin Duff from London achieved 2 A* grades in English Literature and Physics and 2 A grades in Mathematics and Chemistry; to read Logic and Philosophy of Physics at St Andrews (has spent this summer on an expedition to the Himalayas)
• Tom Duthie from Petersfield achieved 2 A* grades in English Literature and Religious Studies and 1 A grade in History and has a place on the English Literature with Creative Writing course that has produced many famous authors at UEA
• Dani Trew from London achieved 2 A* grades in Art and English Literature and 1 A grade in Drama and Theatre Studies and is one of the few to get a place at Central St Martins to study an Art Foundation
• Victoria Fox from Arundel achieved 2 A* grades in Further Mathematics and Mathematics and 1 A grade in French; to read Mathematics at Leeds
• Florence Robson from Wiltshire achieved 2 A* grades in English Literature and Spanish and 1 A grade in Drama and Theatre Studies; to read English and Spanish at Oxford 
• Josephine Carr from Polegate, East Sussex achieved 1 A* grade in Economics and 2 A grades in English Literature and History. Josephine will be taking a gap year
• Nathalie Mares from London achieved 1 A* grade in Religious Studies and 2 A grades in English Literature and History; to read Divinity and Philosophy at Aberdeen
• Daisy Wetherill (head girl) from Midhurst achieved 1 A* grade in English Literature and 2 A grades in French and Spanish; to read Modern European Languages at Edinburgh
• Jakub Kowalewski from Poland (HMC Central and Eastern European Scholar) achieved 1 A* grade in History and 2 A grades in Polish and Religious Studies; to read Philosophy at Sussex
• Jack Norman from London achieved 1 A* grade in Religious Studies and 2 A grades in Mathematics and History. Jack will be taking a gap year
• William Nott from London achieved 1 A* grade in English Literature and 2 A grades in Religious Studies and Mathematics. William will be taking a gap year
• Naomi Pauling from Switzerland achieved 1 A* grade in Mathematics and 2 A grades in Chemistry and Biology. Naomi will be going to Medical School in Switzerland
• Sophie Rasbash from France achieved 1 A* grade in Spanish and 2 A grades in English Literature and German; to read Scandinavian Studies at UCL
• Alice Wadsworth from London achieved 1 A* grade in Psychology and 2 A grades in English Literature and History; to read English and History at Sussex
• Rianna Hemmings from Headley Down achieved 3 A grades in English Literature, French and Spanish; to read French and Spanish at Exeter
• Lucy Johnson from Petersfield achieved 3 A grades in English Literature, History and Religious Studies; to read English at Exeter
• Tom Kingsley-Jones from Farnham achieved 3 A grades in Classical Civilisation, English Literature and Religious Studies; to read Theology at Durham
• Christabel Reed from London achieved 3 A grades in Art, History and Religious Studies; to read History at Manchester
• Peter Mabe from Petersfield won a highly-competitive scholarship to study on the Kirishima International Music Festival as well as securing 2 A grades in English Literature and History

Bedales arts students have also secured highly-competitive places at leading Art institutions with 3 students (Ella Clayton-bell, Marika Hackman and Emily Stuart-Smith) accepted to Camberwell school of Art and 3 students (Sophie le Roux, Dani Trew and Mimi Wade) accepted to Central St Martins.

Leavers Destinations – Notes of interest

• Joshua Feign Brown achieved an A in art and, although a very talented artist, has decided to pursue a career in Osteopathy with a place at the College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Ed Fitzgerald will be going to Southampton University so that he can continue his ambitions to sail at the 2012 Olympics and train on the Solent when he is not studying.
• Jakub Kowalewski is a student from the HMC Central and Eastern European scholarly programme and has achieved excellent grades to secure his place at Sussex University.

The full statistics are as follows (these include AS Level subjects):
- A* - A passes: 37%
- A* - B passes: 66% (63% 2009)
- A* – E passes: 98% (99.5% 2009)

Click here to view video records of A Level results from some of the students.

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