A-level results: Herts & Essex High School's 'record-breaking' cohort
Herts & Essex High School A-level students have once again kept the school motto close to their hearts and 'reached for the stars', achieving a record-breaking set of results.
Although there are no details, a school statement mentioned a “significant” proportion of the 2017-18 Year 13 students achieving the top A* to B grades and an “exceptional” number of A* grades.
The Warwick Road secondary is also celebrating the fact that “so many” of its students have achieved at least three A-levels at A* or A and that a “large majority” will now be heading for their university or other destination of choice.
Headteacher Cathy Tooze said: “I am delighted with this fantastic set of results; we are incredibly proud of our students, who have worked tremendously hard.
“The results illustrate the dedication, energy and commitment of students and staff over the last two years.
“The combination of outstanding teaching and learning, superb pastoral support and an extensive extra-curricular programme means that Herts & Essex students leave us as well-rounded young people who have the ability to aim high, embrace new opportunities and with the knowledge that they can achieve so much.”
Caroline Lewis, the school’s acting director of sixth form, said: “I have really enjoyed working with this cohort of sixth formers and am thrilled by today’s results.
“Congratulations and thanks go to both the students and the staff for all their hard work, which is the basis of such achievements.
“This year’s Year 13 cohort has secured some fantastic destinations, including many of the best universities in the world, as well as apprenticeships at Harrods, Arcadia and PWC. This range and diversity is impressive.
Herts & Essex students' university destinations
Engineering at Cambridge
Philosophy, politics and economics at London School of Economics
Law at Durham
Psychology and linguistics at Oxford
Music at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London
French and English Literature at Edinburgh
Modern foreign languages at University College London
Costume at University of Arts London
Classics at Durham
Japanese and economics at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), London
Politics and French at Warwick
Medicine at Sheffield, Nottingham and Barts
Professional dance and musical theatre at Bird College London
Veterinary science at Royal Veterinary College
English and theatre studies at Warwick
Architecture at Westminster
Television production at Bournemouth
“We are delighted for all our students; they should be very proud, as indeed, we are.
“We congratulate all of them and wish them the very best of luck and every success in whatever they have chosen to do in the future.”
* Secondary schools in Bishop’s Stortford and Sawbridgeworth have agreed not to release comparative statistics because of GDPR and because each school has different sixth form entry criteria, making pure attainment headlines difficult to compare. Value Added scores are the only valid comparator and these are not published by the Department for Education until November.
