The future looking bright for grammar school pass masters
50 PER CENT OF EXAM ENTRIES AWARDED A*
CELEBRATIONS were in full swing at Stockport Grammar School on A-level results day.
More than 50 per cent of all exam entries were awarded A* and A grades, with 80pc of results at A*-B.
Nine pupils at the grammar school managed to secure their places at Oxford and Cambridge.
Headteacher Andrew Chicken said: “Congratulations to our girls and boys. I hope they will enjoy celebrating their welldeserved success with their families.
“With the support of their parents and teachers, their hard work and dedication has brought them outstanding results and I wish them well as they go on to challenging courses at the country’s most competitive universities.
“In their commitment to school life and involvement in a wide range of co-curricular and voluntary activities they have become role models for the younger pupils. I am sure that they will continue to excel and that their future will hold many exciting opportunities.”
Six pupils scored a clean sweep of A*s, including head boy, Sam Howard, who is heading to Oxford to study maths, and head girl Emma Crook, who will study philosophy at Cambridge.
Cambridge also beckons for Nathan Kingsley and Beatrice Asquith who will study natural sciences; Paarbrahm Singh, who will study maths; and Millie Johnson, who will study architecture.
Hard work has brought them outstanding results and I wish them well Andrew Chicken, headteacher