This year saw an excellent crop of results at Samuel Whitbread.

There were a record number of candidates entering exams in the Upper Sixth with nearly 600 exams being sat this year.

• Sophie Adams and Kirstie Biggs both achieved straight A*s in their ‘A’ Levels. Having achieved excellent ‘A’ Level results these two students are off to Cambridge University this year.
• Rob Plummer achieved 2 A*s and 2 A grades and will read Mathematics at Churchill College.
• Chris Greer got 2 A*s and an A and will read Medicine at Trinity College.
• Caitlin Gardner, Hannah Hucklesby and Vanessa White all achieved an A* and 2 A grades.
• Portia Hill-Chalmers achieved 3 A grades.
• Anneka Channa, Natasha Finney, Chris Grange, Jamie Marshall, Daniel Panico all achieved 2 As and a B grade.
• Gemma Ballard achieved an A*, an A and a B.
• Ten students in the Lower sixth achieved at least 3 ‘A’ grades in their AS exams.
• The following students achieved double distinctions in the Level 3 BTEC courses: Charlotte Altham Moss, Tom Phillips, Alex Buckley, Amy Dales, Carl Gordon, Jack Legate, Connor McMurray, Tom Phillips, Matt Rimmer, Josh Smith and Josh Street.

Principal, Robert Robson said:
“I am delighted by the results this year. Our sixth form has grown massively in the last few years and in September we will have 500 students. I am very pleased that our results have not diminished with our growth and in fact have improved on last year’s set. I congratulate every one of our students; their hard work has paid off. Behind each set of grades are hundreds of individual stories of achievement and the students and staff have worked very hard to gain so much success. It has been a hugely competitive year for students to get into university and I am really pleased for all the students who set their sights on a university place and have achieved it. A number of our students have already got themselves fantastic career paths worked out and their grades will really help them to succeed in the future.”