Improvements in the percentage of A Levels awarded the top grades
Students at Landau Forte College Derby are celebrating their A Level successes today, with high-achieving students also securing places at Russell Group institutions.
This continues the trend of top red brick university success at the school, following last year’s considerable success.
Across the school there were also wider improvements seen, with 65% of entries achieving the top A* to B grades. This is a significant increase of 15 percentage points on 2017’s results.
The percentage of entries achieving the top grades of A* or A also increased from 28% in 2017 to 33%.
Top performers from the College include:
- Maryam Barkat, who achieved A*s in Spanish, religious education and the EPQ (extended project qualification) as well as an A in business studies and will readModern Languages with Translation at the University of Nottingham;
- Isabel Askey, who achieved straight As in biology, chemistry and maths and will read medicine at Newcastle University;
- Harleen Dhadli, who achieved A*s in maths and biology and an A in chemistry and will read medicine at the University of Leeds;
- Aporva Varshney, who achieved A*s in maths, further maths, physics and the EPQ (extended project qualification) and will read computing at Imperial College, London;
- Dinda Harmanto, who achieved an A* in biology and As in maths and chemistry and will read medicine at University of Birmingham.
Alison Brannick, Principal of Landau Forte College, said:
“We are delighted for all our Sixth Formers celebrating their A Level results today. Yet again, students’ dedication, ambition and effort has been rewarded with some excellent results and I hope they all take pride in what they have achieved.
“Most importantly, these results have enabled our students to take up the university, training and apprenticeship offers of their choice. Once again, I am particularly pleased that students have continued in their Russell Group success – proving that our young people can confidently compete for the country’s top university courses.
“I would also like to thank our excellent team of staff at the College for continuing to go above and beyond to support our students – their efforts show in what our Sixth Formers have achieved throughout their time with us.”