NEW ROUND OF EXCELLENT RESULTS
AS and A2 students were celebrating at BSix as the excellent run of A2 results of recent years was continued and a dramatic rise at AS was recorded.
14 of the College’s A2 subjects recorded 100% pass rates. The best results were posted by Art & Design, a department gaining a growing reputation for success and innovation. All students passed and 78% of them achieved grades A-C. This was equalled by Government & Politics, a subject with an outstanding record for value-added, with 83% achieving A-C.
The individual star student was undoubtedly Allum Bokhari. He achieved three A*s, the new highest possible grade, in Philosophy, Government & Politics and History. Allum arrived at the College with no qualifications, taking a combination of AS Levels and GCSEs in his first year. He also took part in the College’s Pem-Brooke scheme, a unique collaboration with Pembroke College University of Oxford intended to encourage young people in the East End to apply to one of the best universities in the world. Allum’s three A*s means that he now takes up his place to study History & Politics at Queens College Oxford.
“This represents a big breakthrough for BSix”, says Philip Elliott, the College’s Deputy Principal. “Allum is not only a product of our Pem-Brooke scheme. He is the first ever BSix student to go to Oxford University. Our AS results this year suggest that he will be the first of many.”
Mr Elliott is referring to the dramatic rise in the performance of BSix students in the AS exams, taken at the end of the first year of an A Level course and notoriously difficult to negotiate. The pass rate has risen by 20% (from 70% to 90%) and the A-C rate by 16% (33% to 49%). One particularly successful student was Shirley Tetteh,having gained two As and two Bs, who has had a good week because she has just returned from a week long summer school at Pembroke College Oxford and was awarded a Scholar’s prize for her performance on the course.
“Our AS results are such an encouragement to all staff and students. Last year for example, we achieved 102 A-C grades at AS but, this year, it tripled to 307. This augurs well for when our AS students go on to take their A2 exams next year. Our success is now in-built and that means that our students and staff can look to the future with confidence and optimism.”
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