Sixth Form students celebrate excellent results
RGS Worcester had a wonderful morning in August, celebrating excellent results following the return to Public Exams being sat by the students for the first time since 2019. Almost every student achieved their chosen University place, so students looked forward to their next steps, whilst taking with them many fond memories of their time at School.
There were superb achievements at A Level with well over half of all grades at A*/A in such a wide range of subjects. In the BTECs on offer, 85% of all Grades were the top Distinction*/ Distinction and 100% A*-B Grades were achieved in the EPQ.
Amongst those celebrating was Katy Marsh who achieved a remarkable 5A* Grades at A Level, while also being a Senior Prefect, Senior Cadet in the CCF, a leading Debater and a 1st XI Hockey player. Katy is going on to study Engineering at Cambridge University.
Elizabeth McCabe achieved 4A* Grades and her place to study PPE at Oxford University and School Captain, James Preece achieved 3A* Grades and will be studying HSPS at Cambridge University – two of the most competitive University courses in the world. Both students are superb Debaters who performed exceptionally well in national Debating competitions.
Boys’ Rugby Captain, Ben Gaubert, achieved 3A* and 1A Grades and is going to study Mathematics at Bath University, fresh from the RGS Rugby Tour to Canada this summer. Netball Captain Georgia Hill achieved Distinction* Distinction in BTEC (National Diploma for Sport) and enjoyed leading the Girls’ Sports Tour to Barbados in July.
In the Creative Arts (Art, Design Technology, Drama, Music and Textiles), remarkably over 90% of all Grades were at A*-B. Isabella Hulbert achieved 3A* and 1A Grades and has accepted her place to study on the prestigious and highly-competitive Royal Academy of Music’s Gap Year Programme, to continue her studies in Music as a first study singer with enhanced second study violin. Isabella was selected for the National Youth Orchestra and has been performing in three events during August as part of the BBC Proms, culminating in a concert in the Royal Albert Hall. Isabella has also been working on education projects, visiting local state schools as an ambassador for the National Youth Orchestra. Isabella said:
“I’m so excited to be studying what I love this coming year. I am incredibly grateful for all the support RGS has given me as a musician over the last 11 years, and I am so proud of everything we have achieved together during my time here.”
Professional footballer, Seb Thompson, who pursued his professional career, leaving RGS at the end of Year Eleven, completed an A Level in Economics remotely while also playing for Derby County and has now joined Burnley FC.
Twins Ben and Casson Holland are both brilliant artists and achieved A* grades in Art with 4A*/A and 1B Grades between them. Twins Becky and Katie Saunders joined RGS Worcester in the Sixth Form. They achieved 4A*/ A Grades 2 B Grades at A Level and both have chosen to study Architecture at Nottingham and Sheffield Universities respectively.
Congratulations to these and all the other students at RGS who have done so well. They have bright futures ahead.
“Students this year, across the country, have faced an unprecedented challenge, we wanted to congratulate everyone.
It has been an incredibly difficult period, and they have had to show high levels of resilience, working very hard for these results, especially, as they have not had those Public Examinations at GCSE. It is a real credit to their endeavour and consistency of effort over their time in the Sixth Form.
We are really pleased with our students, how they have approached their academic studies, particularly as they manage this alongside a really wide and varied co-curricular offering, getting involved in lots of exciting activities. As a result of that, their success is all the more admirable and we are really proud of them.”
Mark Evetts, Head of Sixth Form.