Congratulations to Club 1541 newest members on their A-level results with over 50% of the grades A*, A or B.

Headmaster, Mr David Morton, was delighted by the results; ‘Despite the challenging new A Level exam papers, our students have performed extremely well. Not only have they worked hard to gain such good academic results, they are also talented all-rounders who offer many other skills as well. Many of our Upper Sixth pupils spent their summer in India or China on school expeditions, or are about to embark on exciting Gap year programmes and apprenticeships.’

Specific highlights include Amira Nandhla and Edward Chan.  Amira achieved A*, A, A, A grades and will read History at Cambridge, she was also voted ‘Young Ambassador of the Year’ at the 2018 Believe in Gloucester awards. Ed achieved A*, A, A grades and will read Classics and Oriental Studies at Oxford, as well as holding a Choral Scholarship.

As well as A-levels, pupils received BTEC results with 100% of the pupils studying BTEC Sport Science achieveing D*D*D* - the equivalent of three A*s at A Level.

Subjects which are being dropped in the maintained sector still flourish at King’s. There were superb results with all pupils achieving B grades or better in Modern Languages, Art, Photography, Music and Theatre Studies, as well as Classical Civilisations, Greek and Latin.

Students will move on to a wide range of post-18 pathways, ranging from Classics, Biological Sciences and Geography to Policing, Midwifery. In a unique move the very talented Rebecca Hamilton, will go on to study Blacksmithing and Metalwork, becoming one of a small number of female blacksmiths in the UK.