Celebrating success stories across our Trust schools

This year, national headlines focused on a return to ‘pre pandemic’ grades for both Key Stage 5 and Key Stage 4 qualifications. This likely ment many students (and staff)  approached results day with a certain amount of trepidation. Despite this, Danes Educational Trust students continue to amaze in both their resilience and tenacity and we wish them all  well in their next steps of study or work. 

Below is a celebration of a variety of ‘success’ stories as shared from our schools. 

Onslow St Audrey’s were delighted that two-thirds of their students achieved grades A*-C in their A levels with 98% achieving passes at A*-E.  All students achieved at least a pass grade in their vocational qualifications with 100% achieving a Merit, Distinction or Distinction* in Business, Childcare and Sport. Individual successes include Ahmed Hamid (A*,A,A,A) and is taking up a place at Imperial College London to study Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Oliver Smith (A,A,B) and is taking up a degree level apprenticeship in Business with the transport company Alstom.  One of the outgoing Student Presidents, Ethan Pledge, achieved a double Distinction* and hoping to join the Royal Air Force.

Chancellor’s School shared a number of notable achievements by students whose progress was exceptional given their starting point including Will Fitch (A,B,B) who will read Business and Management at Reading, Zak Yianni (A*,A*,A) who will read Film and Literature at Warwick and Caleb Edwards (A*,A,B) who will read History at Loughborough. The highest attaining students included Andrew Achler (A*,A*,A*,A*), Luci Di Rubbo (A*,A*,A), Freddie Morrall (A*A*A), Joel Daniel (A*,A,A,A), Joseph Kleiner-Mann (A*,A,A,A), Harmony Turner (A*,A,A) and Kiera Hearn (A*,A,A). 

St Clement Danes School were thrilled that 70% of all A Level entries were at A* - B with an average grade of B overall. Notable successes include Sofiya Manji (A*,A*, A*,A), Henry Naughton (A*,A*,A,B), Amy-Rose Esposito A*,A*,A*,A), Livi Kaye (A*,A*,A,A), Will Price (A*,A,A), Lewis Patterson (A,A,Distinction), Sofia Latham (A*, A*,B).  

GCSE and Level 2 students are also to be congratulated. The following students achieved notable successes. Croxley Danes celebrated their second cohort of GCSE students with Francesca Clapinson and Bibibella Mistrella achieving seven ‘8’ and ‘9’ grades and achieving a good pass in all. Several other CDS students achieved an average grade across all subjects of between ‘7’ and ‘8’. From St Clement Danes Alex McDougall and Scarlett Prunty received ‘9’ grades in all subjects, with many students also achieving all ‘8’ and ‘9’ grades. At OSA Ibrahim Ahmad, John Curtain, Freya Manley, Pi Yarach Muenchana, Mark Ndoja and Samuel Payamps Taveras all achieved well.