Students have collected their A-Level results at the Samworth Church Academy today in a year which has seen more top grades achieved than last year.

Principal Lisa McVeigh said: “With memories of lock downs and social distancing fading, it is easy to forget the class of 2024 also suffered huge disruption to their education.

“However, yet again, our students have shown such character and resilience, and have done fantastically well this year showing solid improvement from last year for the academy, especially at the top end of the grades.

“This reflects two years of hard work and strong support from home and from our great people here at the academy, especially our dedicated sixth-form team. We are beyond proud of our students, they are simply fantastic young people and we can’t wait to see what they achieve next!

“As we state every year, today’s results are fantastic and a great cause for celebration. However, we continue to have a long term and ambitious wide-ranging vision to help all our students have fantastic lives after they leave us, and we will do everything we can to continue to build on today’s successes in the years ahead.”

Notable results include:

Connor Summerell (pictured below with George Yardley), who achieved AABB and is going on to study politics and Spanish at university.

Zoe Orzechowska (below) achieved A*A*C and is looking forward to studying graphic design at Leeds University.

Ellie Harrison (pictured below on the right with Lillie Gilliat) achieved AAA and says she is ‘so happy’ with her results and is now looking forward to studying medicine at Nottingham University.