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A Level Results 2024
28th August 2024
Students, parents, and staff in our schools were celebrating today following achievements on A Level Results Day 2024.
Over two-thirds of the students in our Sixth Forms, part of the Wakefield Grammar School Foundation, achieved A*-B grades at A Level.
Once again we are delighted to see the vast majority of our students head off to study at their first choice university, attaining places of the most prestigious courses. Their courses and destinations include Medicine, Law, Veterinary Medicine, Dentistry, Architecture, English Literature, Mathematics, Journalism, Geography, Engineering, History, Modern Languages, Economics, Physics, Rural Enterprise & Land Management, Business Management, Classics, Psychology and Science at Cambridge, King’s College London, Bristol, Newcastle, Birmingham, Liverpool, Nottingham, Loughborough, Edinburgh, Warwick, York and Exeter.
We also have students with career end goals such as Physiotherapy, early-childhood education, professional policing and nursing and students beginning apprenticeships in the Financial, Retail and Engineering sectors and with companies like A-Eon, Bevan Brittan (800 applicants and only 1 place!), Morrisons and Nestle, following rigorous and highly competitive selection processes.
While we subscribe to the view that academic achievement is only one aspect of life in our Sixth Forms, we are incredibly proud of our students and the way their results consistently compete with the very best in Yorkshire. Our accomplished Year 13 pupils include:
Head Girl Clara Elliott has been awarded A*A, A in her A Levels and a place to study at Norland, world famous for their exceptional early years degree training, Clara will build on the leadership, empathy and determination she has demonstrated at Wakefield Girls’.
Deputy Head Girl Amina attained A, A, A in her A levels results and is taking a gap year to develop a wider experience base before moving onto study dentistry.
Bayan earned 3 A*’s and an A and will now study medicine at Leeds University.
Anna celebrates success in her A Levels with grades A*, A, A and appointment to a highly competitive law apprenticeship at Bevan Brittan, after multiple rounds of selection.
Emily, having attained A*, A* A, is eschewing the traditional university pathway, and is looking forward to applying her exceptional understanding of chemistry and nutrition to her food science apprenticeship at Nestle, York.
Lucy’s inquisitive nature and drive to understand the most challenging of concepts has enabled her to achieve A*, A, A in her A Levels and Lucy is now preparing study dentistry at Liverpool University
Holly Bestwick secured 2 x A*, 1 x A in her A Levels and is looking forward to exploring Economics and Finance at Newcastle university.
Abigail Gatenby will be heading to study physiotherapy at Birmingham University after attaining 3 x A.
Esmé Randall proudly takes up her place to study Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Warwick after attaining 2 x A*, 1 x A.
Head Boy Will will be going to Liverpool to study Medicine, having attained A* in Chemistry and A grades in Maths and Biology.
Deputy Head Boy and National Essay Competition winner Arthur will be going to Girton College, Cambridge University to study History having attained A*AAA in Geography, History, Politics and EPQ.
“Pleased the wait is over!” James will be going to study History at Peterhouse College, Cambridge University having attained 3 A* grades in Economics, History and Maths, complemented by an A grade in his EPQ.
Congratulations to Janik, who will be studying English & German at Hertford College, University of Oxford having achieved 2 A* and 2 A grades, with an A* in EPQ.
Deputy Head Boy Tim also heads to Imperial College to study Design Engineering, taking with him 3 A*s in Design Technology, Maths and Physics along with an A* in his EPQ for which he was awarded full marks. Tim also found the time to gain an A in AS Further Maths – the highest grade possible.
Following in the footsteps of his hero Brian Cox, Max will be studying Physics at Manchester – he is justifiably proud of his 2 A* grades and 2 A grades in Physics, Maths, Further Maths and French.
Architecture is growing in popularity amongst our students and this year, Roman leaves us to take up his place to study in Manchester following top grades in Design Technology and his EPQ on the filming techniques used in the Star Wars franchise. He was also awarded grade As in Maths and Physics.
Sri achieved A* in Maths (and in his EPQ) and As in Further Maths, Economics and Physics and will be taking up a place at Nottingham to study Economics.
Ollie achieved AAB in Economics, Psychology and English Literature and will be reading Business Management at Liverpool University.
Rahul will be taking up a place at Leeds University Medical School, having secured A*s in Biology and in his EPQ and grade As in Chemistry and Maths.
Dr Richard Brookes, Head, said:
“We are incredibly proud of our Year 13 students. In addition to their outstanding results today, I know they are well-prepared to move on from school with a wealth of personal and professional skills that will set them up for exceptional futures. We celebrate not only their results but their determination and resilience which will ensure they continue to strive for the highest possible standards in all their endeavours. I wish each of them great success in their future paths.
As highlighted in the Sunday Times Parent Power Schools Guide 2023, Wakefield Girls’ and QEGS A Level results consistently rank among the best in the North for independent schools.
