KINGSBRIDGE Community College students celebrated their A-Level results last Thursday, with Principal Roger Pope calling them ‘an inspiration’.

This year’s results were the second best ever achieved at KCC, with 64 per cent of the grades being A*, A or B.

Four of the students gained places at Oxford and Cambridge, the highest ever achieved. Daisy Hughes and Zoe Weeks are both reading Biological Sciences at Oxford, both achieving a clean sweep of four A* grades. Anna Valentine gained A* grades in Geography, English Literature and Biology and is going to read Geography at Oxford, and Elin Falla gained two A*s and two A grades to secure her place at Cambridge in Natural Sciences.

Aidan Saxon gained three A*s in the challenging subjects of Chemistry, Further Maths and Maths, and an A in Physics. He is going to read Computing Science and Maths at Bath. Jack Finbow, Tegan Lamble, Kerstin McCammont and Joe Tapper all gained at least two A*s.

A starred distinction in vocational subjects is the equivalent of an A grade at A level. Marc Alen gained two D*s and an A; Sorcha Alford a D* and two As; Helena Dore gained an A*, A and B; Tilly Durant two As and a D*.

Dom Blount, Luke Lane Prokopiou, Matt Makepiece, Alex Pears, Max Perez Garcia, Tom Pilling, Henry Singer, Jordan Wallace and Olivia White all gained at least three D*s.

Emma Noyce and James Pearsall both gained an A* and two As; Elvina Smith an A*, A and B; Eden Ingoe and Joe Hughes Johnson an A*, A and B. Alice Soul-West, Jacob Seldon, Rhiannon Chadwick, Annabelle Perry and George Lee all gained three As. Jamie Soul-West gained two D*s, and A and B and Maddie Usher an A*, D* and A.

Principal Roger Pope praised the phenomenal hard work and effort that lies behind these results: ‘We are very proud of the achievements of our students. They will go on to achieve great things for themselves and our society. Their approach and attitude is an inspiration to us all.’