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I am <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">excited to get back to school and start my A Levels in Maths, Physics and Biology, carry on with my Hockey and be part of the Swing Band where I play trombone. I am interested in pursuing a career in mechanical engineering after university. \u201c<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Emelia Batty,<\/strong> who <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recently completed a sky dive from 10, 000 feet, has both feet on the ground with her future plans. \u201c I am really pleased with my GCSE results. After working hard alongside my teachers, I managed to get these good grades !\u00a0 I am going to study Product Design, Geography, Physics and Maths at A Level as,\u00a0 looking ahead, I think I would like to be an architectural engineer. \u201c<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Amelia Parkin<\/strong> also collected top GCSE grades and said: \u201cI\u2019m pleased with my grades which take me where I hoped to be - studying History, Classical Civilisation, English Language and Textiles at A Level.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking to the future I would like to study and work in a career related to History or Classics. 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