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"Stars in their As" at Sheffield High!

We’re celebrating the first year of the new A*grade at A-level (awarded to around only 8% of candidates in the country) with an amazing 20% of our results coming in at this new top grade!

The breakdown of our results shows that, in the school’s unrivalled eighth year of a 100% pass rate, 93% of our students achieved grades A* to C, with 55% of them at grades A* or A. One student has gained five A* grades and 7 of the girls have three A* grades or more!

Once again, the girls at Sheffield High continue to buck the national trend, with large numbers of them achieving outstanding results in Maths, Further Maths and the Sciences, with Biology and Chemistry being the most popular choice for our sixth form students. All our Oxbridge candidates have secured places to study a wide range of subjects.

‘I would like to congratulate both the girls and the staff on these fantastic achievements in this exciting year of the new A* grade,’ said Headmistress Valerie Dunsford, ‘I am proud that our students regularly achieve over and above expectations.’

  • It’s an unrivalled five straight A* results for youngster Mollika Chakravorty from Greystones in Sheffield. The 17 year old is off to read Medicine at Sheffield University with her five star grades in Biology, Chemistry, Maths, Further Maths and Physics
  • Catherine Collett from Hackenthorpe has four star grades! These A*s in Chemistry, Maths, Further Maths and Physics, backed up by a grade A (the top AS grade) taken last year in history, have all helped her to gain a place to study Natural Sciences at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Along with her A-level certificates, Cathy will also be collecting the School’s prestigious Elliott Prize for services to the School for many things but, most notably, for writing a book which has been printed on the history of Sheffield High School following her work in the School’s archives
  • Emma McPhail from Pilsley in Derbyshire has a stunning collection of A-level results with all straight A*s. Emma passed her A-levels in Biology, Chemistry and German all at A*, with additional AS-levels in Maths and General Studies, both at the highest AS mark of grade A. She is moving on to read Medicine at Birmingham University
  • Miriam Poulsom is also off to study Medicine, but at Newcastle University. The Fulwood student gained her straight A*s in Biology, Chemistry and Physics with a grade A at AS-level in both General Studies and Maths
  • Sitara Kurian from Redmires has three A* grades in Business Studies, Maths and Further Maths with an additional grade A in Spanish. She is moving on to UCL to read Economics
  • Katie Vernon came to Sheffield High School on an Ogden Science Scholarship from Birley Community College and continued with her interest in science to pass all three A-levels at A Star! These were in Biology, Chemistry and English Literature with a grade A at AS-level in Physics taken last year.
  • Jennifer Durrant of Millhouses also came to Sheffield High School on a Sixth Form Scholarship from Silverdale School and she has achieved straight A stars in Geography, German and Maths with a grade A at AS-level in English Language taken last year. Jen did an enormous amount of work as Charity Prefect at the School and quickly became a fully integrated member of the sixth form. She has also won a GDST Travel Scholarship and a Soroptimist Prize for service to the School. Jen is off to study Geography at Sydney Sussex College, Cambridge

Two of our top Rotherham A-level students are celebrating their success from results day as both have straight A grades (one at the new top grade of A*)

  • Amandeep Bains from Rawmarsh, Rotherham gained her four straight A grade results with one A* in English Literature plus grade As in History and Maths at A-level and at AS-level in Psychology
  • Jessica Waring from Herringthorpe passed five subjects, all at grade A! They were Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry and Maths A-levels plus English Language at AS. Jessica is moving on to study accounting at Manchester University.
  • Ruth West from Newbold passed her Biology with the new A* grade along with an A in both History and Chemistry plus an AS in Physics taken last year. She is also off to read Medicine, but at Cardiff University.
  • Morgan Sykes joined the Derbyshire high fliers, not only by achieving success with four straight As in her A-level results, but also at National Finals in both gymnastics and trampolining with the school team this year. Morgan bounced her way to help the trampolining team achieve top place as National Champions! Morgan is also moving on to read Medicine at Leicester having passed Biology, Chemistry and Geology with Art AS-level – all at grade A!
  • Abigail Pierce of Clowne, Chesterfield is off to study Psychology at Durham, having gained one of the new prestigious A* grades, not surprisingly in Psychology, with additional grade A results in English Language, Religious Studies and an A in AS General Studies and B grade in AS-level Music taken last year
  • Grace Shepherd from Carlton-In-Lindrick also passed her A-levels with one of the new A star grades in Art and Design plus an A grade in Geology and a B in Geography. She also has an A in AS Biology and B in General Studies. Grace is moving on to read Geology at Leicester. Emily Norman from Worksop is off to study medicine at Leeds University following her results of a grade A in Chemistry, an A in Maths and a B in Biology. She also has a B grade at AS in Art and Design and a C in General Studies.

Young Advanced Language Achievements

Some of our younger pupils have also been celebrating their outstanding achievements at AS and A-level –

  • Youngest of the young ‘stars’ is Year 7 pupil Emily Hogg from Middlewood who, at the tender age of 12, now has a grade A in the full A-level in Japanese!
  • Sisters 13 year old Mazarine and fifteen year old Camelia Yousefpour from Millhouses have both passed AS-level French and both with a grade A!
  • Anastasia Paschali, aged 15, from Broomhill passed her AS-level in Modern Greek at grade A and classmate Emily Jia from Ecclesall has also gained a grade A in AS-level Chinese
  • Year 11 pupils taking AS languages early include Panayiota Soutis from Ecclesall, Georgia Azzi in Italian and Verity Bridge from Moorgate in Rotherham in French