Students and staff celebrate fantastic A Level results

SIR John Deane’s College is celebrating a fantastic year with over 600 Upper Sixth students achieving a 98% A Level pass rate.

The College, which recently completed the development of its new £28million building, saw hundreds of students flooding through the doors to collect their results early on Thursday, August 18.

Andrew Jones, Principal of Sir John Deane’s College, said: “Our students have worked extremely hard and are once again celebrating an excellent set of results.

“It is rewarding for everyone to see so many smiling faces around College today, especially as there is so much competition for University places this year.

“I would like to thank the students for their dedication and also pay tribute to the hard work of the teaching staff, as well as the support we receive from parents and carers.”

Some 620 Upper Sixth students received their A Level results from SJD which is Cheshire West’s Sixth Form College and is attended by well over 1,300 students from across the county and beyond.

The College has delivered outstanding results for many years and this year over 20 subjects obtained a 100% pass rate.

The overall pass rate was 98% - with 9% of Upper Sixth students achieving the A star grade.

Over 1,900 A Levels were taken by students, and 30% of results were at A or A star grade.

Students who achieved four A star grades included: Catherine Edwards, Tom Adams, Doug Cragg and Alex Rowland.

High-flying Tom Adams is heading to Oxford University to study maths after achieving four A* grades in his A Levels at Sir John Deane’s College in Northwich. Former Weaverham High School student Tom, 18, from Hartford, scored the top grades in Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Chemistry.

Former Lymm High School student Catherine Edwards is heading to the prestigious University of Oxford after achieving top marks in her A Levels at Sir John Deane’s College. Catherine, 18, achieved four A* grades in English, History, French and an extended project in French Literature, and an A in German. She will study German and Italian at university.

Sir John Deane’s student Doug Cragg, 18, from Holmes Chapel, achieved four A* grades in Chemistry, Physics, Maths and Further Maths. The former Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School student now plans to study Physics at Birmingham University.

Josh Butler, from Kingsley, is heading to the prestigious University of Oxford to study Law after picking up top grades in his A Levels at Sir John Deane’s College. Former Helsby High School student Josh, 18, achieved three A* grades in Maths, History and English Literature and an A in Further Maths at the Northwich college.

Nick Cunniffe, 18, from Frodsham achieved three A* grades in Economics, Geography and Maths, and an A in French, at Sir John Deane’s College in Northwich. The former Helsby High School pupil will head to Bristol University to study economics.

Sir John Deane’s student Richard Hormbrey, from Barnton, achieved three A* grades in Electronics, Maths and Physics and an A grade in Further Maths. The former Weaverham High School student now plans to study Engineering at Surrey University.