Yarm School
MORE THAN 60% OF ALL A LEVEL GRADES AT A*/A FOR YARM SCHOOL STUDENTS
18/08/22
Yarm School is celebrating its students' strongest set of A Level public examination results.
Sixty-two per cent of all A Level grades were A* or A, with a remarkable 29 per cent reaching the top A* grade.
The vast majority of Yarm students are now heading off to their first choice university in the most competitive year for university admissions.
Despite the disruption caused by Covid over the course of their A Level studies, 45 per cent of pupils at Yarm achieved straight A* and A grades with a remarkable 18 per cent getting three or more A* grades.
Budding scientists, Rebecca Keetley and Charlotte Rutter, achieved a full house of A* grades whilst also competing in high level sport.
Rebecca currently holds club records at Middlesbrough Amateur Swimming Club whilst securing her place at the University of Cambridge to read Natural Sciences. Charlotte has juggled her studies with competition at elite level in athletics, recently finishing in the top 10 for the heptathlon and sprint hurdles in the English Schools’ Championships. Charlotte heads to Newcastle to study Chemical Engineering.
Durham County Academy cricketer, Abhinav Ramisetty achieved 3 A*s and 1 A to secure his place to read Economics at the University of Cambridge.
All students studying Art at Yarm achieved the impressive feat of an A* or A grade. Artist, Mia Mack, is off to Loughborough University to study Fine Art after achieving 3 A* grades. Last year, Mia won the prestigious Sworders Art Prize for young talent aged 16 – 18 as well as coming second in the 2021 New College of the Humanities essay competition for her essay on Art History.
Dr Huw Williams, Headmaster at Yarm, said: “I am absolutely delighted that despite all the challenges this remarkable cohort of students had to face, they have secured such outstanding results.
“I am incredibly proud of our students who all worked tirelessly during long periods of remote learning, remaining focussed and committed to their studies and looking out for each other throughout. They were magnificently supported by their passionate and committed teachers. This personal and collective endeavour is evident in these ‘best ever’ public examination results.
“After the restrictions imposed during their Lower Sixth year, this year’s students have also made the most of opportunities outside the classroom since restrictions were lifted, demonstrating to our younger pupils the benefits of being fully engaged in the wider life of school from drama and music to sport and outdoor education, and more.
“I am delighted with the diversity of subjects our students are moving on to study, and the wide range of destinations, with most students moving to universities right across the UK and as far afield as the US. Others are starting apprenticeships including one with PwC, joining the armed forces and one student is starting a career in the Merchant Navy.”
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Editor’s Notes:
Yarm School, a co-educational day school, is situated in the attractive and historic town of Yarm on a beautiful stretch of the River Tees. It was established in 1978 to provide high quality education for pupils aged 11 to 18. It has its own Preparatory School for boys and girls aged 7 to 10, a Pre-Prep for boys and girls aged four to six years and a Nursery for three-year-olds.
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