A-LEVEL RESULTS: HOW DID YOUR SCHOOL DO?
JEWISH SCHOOLS have maintained their academic momentum with another set of A-level results to delight pupils, parents and teachers.
Yavneh College will be sending a record eight students to Oxford and Cambridge— nearly 10 per cent of its sixth form — while JFS went one better than its previous Oxbridge best with 17.
Hollie Berman, from Bushey, who is off to Cambridge to study English after gaining two A* grades in history and art and an A in English at Yavneh, said, after opening her envelope last Thursday, “I don’t really believe that it’s actually happened.”
Other top performers at the Hertfordshire school included Adam Steinberg with 4 A*s; Elliot Goldberg 3 A*s and an A; Oliver Boyne and Zac Galibov with 3 A*s apiece; and Daniel Braun, Adam Freedman, Gilad Gur-Harosh, Luke Levy, Joe Massias, Josh Newington, Gideon Rudolph, Josh Tray and Leah Winton, each landing two A*s and an A.
Nearly half — 49 per cent — of Yavneh’s A-levels were at A grade or above. Rebecca Seamark, head of it s si xt h for m, said t he results were “a testament to the hard work the students put into their studies — and also the exceptional teaching staff we have”. High fliers at JFS included Daniel Marchant and Joseph
Moss Moses Makin with 4 A*s; Zohar Mendzelvski-Steinberg with 3A*s and an A; Rachel Rubinsohn and Zachary Bevan each with 3A*s; and Boaz Francis and Eytan Merkier, each with 2A*s and 2As . The school increased its proportion of A* to B grades from 77 per cent last year to 81 per cent this year. It was also pleased by the outcome of its vocational programmes with all achieving A*s or As in Council for Awards in Care, He a l t h an d Ed u c a t i o n courses and 80 per cent o f th o s e who opted Leah Ezekiel for the new Hospitality and Catering course gaining a double distinction. Hasmonean High School maintained its success in achieving more than 40 per cent of its grades at A or above for the past 10 years, with 41 per cent this year. Its brightest exam sparks were Joel Lefkowitz with four A*S and an A: Ariel Chazan, four A*s and a B: Elisheva Greenberg, 2A*s and 2As: Deena Sinclair and Leah Ezekiel, 2A*s and an A each. Joshua Rowe, the chairman of King David High School in Manchester, saluted another crop of “excellent” results with 80 per cent of grades at B or above. Dana Kirsh and Matthew Demby each achieved four A*s: Samuel Pliener and Joel Levy 3A*s each; and Danielle Crawshaw, Natasha Jacobs and Moses Makin each with 2A*s and an A. I n th e ye a r below, Mr Rowe said “Our most outstanding student is Ryan Grossman, who despite his medical condition and spending many months in hospital achieved 5As at A-S level.”
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