Students at King Alfred’s are celebrating the highest A level results in the school’s history. Headteacher Mr Andy Owen said “we are delighted that the hard work of the students, staff and parents has been reflected in our results which are up on average from last year by over a grade per student”.

Special mention must go to Year 13 student Nathan Bird who achieved fantastic grades, A*s in Geography and Sociology and an A grade in Music. Nathan will be having a gap year during which he will be working with the Music department before going to university to study a degree in Music.

This is the first year that A* grades have been awarded at A level. To achieve this higher grade students have to achieve over 80% across the two year course with a score of over 90% in the final examination. Despite concerns in the national press over shortages in university places the Head of VIth Form Mr Jonathan Gaskell reported that “we are very pleased that the over-whelming majority of our students have secured places at their chosen universities”.

Andy Owen - Headteacher

Year 11 students at The King Alfred School are celebrating a huge rise in the top grades with an increase of over 6% in A*/As and Distinction/Distinctions*. This, coupled with a headline figure of 76% with 5 or more GCSE grades at A*-C means that the school has achieved its highest ever points scores. The figure for 5 or more GCSE grades at A*-C including English and Maths is 50%.

Four students, Alex Aylward, David Jarvis, Robyn Marsh and Cleo Stead scored A*/As and/or Distinction/Distinction* in all of their subjects, a tremendous achievement. In addition, Tom Bugden (7A*/As and a Distinction), Alannah Frost (9 A*/As and a Distinction), Jessica Greg (9A*/As), Jessica Simpson (7A*/As), Robbie Hughes (7A*/As and a Distinction), Stjohn Peters (6A*/As and a Distinction), Ben Robertson (8A*/As), Rebecca Scott (8A*/As and a Distinction), Naomi Plummer (3A*/As) and Jack Sergison (3A*/As and a Distinction*) also achieved fantastic results.

As well as paying tribute to the hard work of students, staff and parents headteacher, Andy Owen also recognised the important role of the local primary schools “We are delighted that once again our students have achieved excellent results across the full range of abilities. I would like to congratulate all those involved in their success; the parents, the staff of King Alfred School and our local partner primary schools who play such an important role in the education of our young people”.

Andy further commented that with the record number of students staying on into the VIth Form at King Alfred’s, with the vast majority of the GCSE performance indicators above target and with the best ever A level results last week that the school is moving from strength to strength.

Andy Owen - Headteacher