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17 April 2026

Tag: A-levels

Pupil premium student bags Cambridge university spot

Pupil premium student Teofil Aleksandrov (pictured), who arrived from Bulgaria aged 12, has scored two A*’s in maths and furthers maths and a B in physics, which sends him to Cambridge university. The Harris Academy Battersea student will study maths and physics at the prestigious institution which is thought to be beyond the reach of […]

Straight As for bone marrow transplant recipient Josie

Josie Stevens has triumphed over years of illness and a bone marrow transplant to receive three straight As in her A-levels. Josie, who attends Sir William Perkins school in Surrey, was ill for two years and had to take time off school. Ultimately she received a bone marrow transplant with help from the Antony Nolan […]

Be careful! This year’s AS results are tricky…

Some AS levels this year were exactly like ones last year. Others are nothing like AS levels in the past. Because of this, the results are difficult to disentangle. We can find some meaning in the results.  But we have to be very careful. Why are the new AS levels totally different? For the first […]

Resolute Sam battles through learning difficulties to achieve university dream

“Beloved” Sam Jones from Ash Green school in Coventry has secured a place at Harper Adams university despite suffering from learning difficulties. The 18-year-old was left disappointed with his AS results just a year ago but he didn’t let that falter him. With the help of Ash Green’s pastoral manager, Hannah Shuttleworth, Sam (pictured) selected […]

A-level results 2016: Figures suggest EBacc might not be driving drop in creative subjects

A drop in pupils studying some creative subjects has been linked to the government’s EBacc accountability measure squeezing students out of the arts – but data analysis by Schools Week suggests this may not be the driving the drop. A-level figures released today have revealed “worrying” decreases in the number of pupils across the UK taking […]

James reaches new heights

A student from Witham sixth form has bagged a place at university despite suffering from a tumour that kept him off school for seven weeks caused by his 7ft height. James Harrison has made good use of the height adjustable desks during his school years, but it’s not just his classroom comfort his above average […]

Refugee Haroon travels his way to university

Haroon Rashid made an unaccompanied three month journey to the UK at the age of 13 to escape war-torn Afghanistan not being able to speak a word of English, but is today off to Surrey university to read international tourism management. Haroon (pictured) was “busting with pride” as he received his grades from St Joseph’s Catholic […]

Young mum Heather proves her critics wrong

Teenage mum Heather Cartwright is giving her four-year-old son inspiration from a young age – by collecting the A-levels which will kick-start her career. Heather was just 15 when she became a mum to James. Instead of letting herself become a statistic, she returned to school after ten months and today picked up an A […]