Staff and students at Southmoor Academy Sixth Form have every reason to celebrate after receiving superb results today, making exceptional rates of progress from their starting points. An Impressive 76% of students achieved grades AAB with 86% of our students managing a A* – C grade in their subjects. There have been many happy faces and our students have some very exciting future destinations.
Our students are now heading to some truly amazing destinations at the UK’s top universities to embark on studying a wonderful variety of subjects including: Law, Pharmacy, Mathematics, Physics, Architecture, Chemical Engineering, Economics and Finance, Fine Art, Sports Journalism, Primary Education and Archaeology.
Watch the video below as our students enjoy receiving their results!
Headteacher of Southmoor and CEO of Aspire North East, Mrs Joanne Maw Commented:
‘Congratulations to our Year 13 students on your examination accomplishments; you have been a remarkable year group and you deserve to be very proud. I have no doubt that your commitment to excellence will continue to serve you well in the future. On behalf of everyone here at Southmoor, I wish you continued success and happiness for the future as you venture into Higher Education, employment, or training. Such excellent outcomes occur only as a result of the hard work from students, commitment from staff and support from parents and carers. I am grateful to everyone who has worked tirelessly to support you on the road to success. We look forward to hearing about your future achievements!’
More images from an emotional morning at the Sixth Form.
Some of our Standout Performances and Destinations this Year:
Our Year 13 students have secured a range of fantastic university places today following publication of their A-level results. Many have places to study at Russell Group institutions.
Charlie Harrison will be studying Mathematics having achieved A*A*A*A in his A-levels. Several students are heading to Durham including Joseph Darby and Luke Rutter to study Accounting and Finance, Rosie Greenwood to study English Literature, Samantha Hope to study Primary Education and Jay Lewis to study Anthropology and Sociology. Eva Grewal has accepted a place at UCL for History and Ben Scott will go to Glasgow to do Archaeology.
Some students are beginning competitive health care related courses including Holly Murtha who will be studying Pharmacy at Sunderland and Lucy Parker and Madison Jardine who will be studying Paramedic Science, also at Sunderland.
A large number of students have secured places at Newcastle for a wide range of courses including Ben Anderson who will study Law, Adam Armitage who will study Physics, Joshua Brown who will study Biochemistry, Amber Clough who will study Sociology, Bailey Edwards who will study Biomedical Genetics and Matthew Simmons who will be studying Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry.
Three students are heading to York to study Law (Guy Harris), Physical Geography and Environment (Anneka Liddle) and History (Erin Miller). We wish them all every success.
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- Lucy Parker & Holly Murtha who will be studying at Sunderland University
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- Guy & Marcus Harris who will be studying at York and Newcastle Universities respectively
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- Eva Grewal who is on her way to UCL
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- Charlie Harrison who managed an incredible A*A*A*A
Headline Figures for 2024:
Pass rate 99.6 %
A*-C 86%
A*-B 59%
A*-A 24%
Average grade B –
If you’re receiving your GCSE results soon, you can join us and begin your journey to similar amazing destinations and fantastic life opportunities. Enrolment for this September is still open so don’t miss out!
Well done to every single one of our students on receiving their results today.