Plymouth College is celebrating this morning after more than a quarter of its students achieved at least one of the new elite A* grades at A Level - two students, Ed Knight and Tom Li, secured three A* grades each.
Other high achievers included James Goldney and Jon Hall, who both walked away with 1 A* and 3 As, Guy Walker with 4 As and Susannah Kellagher with 2 A*s and 1 A. Head Boy, Alex Smith, gained 2 As and 1 A* while Head Girl, Grace Singh, was awarded 3 As.
Alex achieved maximum marks (400/400) and the top score in the country, in the Edexcel Economics and Business Studies A Level. This is the fourth consecutive year Plymouth College has clinched the top mark and out of the nine years the school has offered this subject at A Level, it has produced the top student in the country an incredible seven times!
The overall pass rate remains strong at 98% with an impressive A* to B grade pass rate of 61%.
Headmaster, Dr Simon Wormleighton, said: "My warmest congratulations to all our students on their examination success. I am delighted to see such an excellent set of results and I would like to pass on my thanks to the teaching staff for their continued commitment and hard work, which has helped our students to reach such a high level of achievement. I am particularly pleased with our results for the new A* grade, which are about double that of the predicted national average. "
