STUDENTS at the West Coast Sixth Form students received their 2022 A-Level results today with staff praising all the pupils for their stellar efforts in what has been a very trying year.
Headteacher of the WCSF Mark Bedford said “Cumbrian schools are proud to serve our children, their families and the communities they come from. Over the last two years due to the Covid 19 pandemic this, for sustained periods has been a trying time, for both students and staff. The achievements of the students are all the more special given the challenges they faced while studying over the last two years. We congratulate them all on the manner in which they have coped in these quite extraordinary times.”
Pleasing-results were achieved by many including:
Headgirl Carenza Curwen: B (English Language) B (Geography) Distinction (Performing Arts) Northumbria University to study Geography
Carenza,18, from Whitehaven said: "It was wierd going through the whole process of exams and knowing I cant muck these up these are the proper ones.
"It was stressful and the jurney down here was really stressful, but we have had so much support from all the teachers this school has become like a second home to me."
Lucy Wilson A* (Maths) A* (German) A* (History) A (Further Maths)
University of St Andrews to study German and International Relation
Lucy, from Seaton said: "I really don't know what I want to do in the future, I am just going to see where my degree takes me.
"I'm really happy with my results it feels different then when we were just given out GCSE results, it feeels a lot better that I have had to put the work in to these ones."
Lily Wright: A* (Art) A (English Literature) Distinction*(Media)
Leeds Art University to study Fine Art
Lily, from Workington was overwhelmed by the results that she received, she said: "I feel like it hasn't even hit me yet, my mam has been more emotional than me I just don't know how to think, I'm completely in shock.
"This was obviously a lot of pressure because these are the first official exams that we have ever done, but the hard work has all paid off."
Lily said the sixth form had been 'amazing' with support being given to her whenever se needed.
The vast majority of students achieved the grades required for their first-choice university or apprenticeship scheme
Mr Bedford said: “The adaptations to the exam series this year has allowed for the students to take their exams in a manner as close to a normal year as possible. Whilst these changes were not always ideal, the students should be rightly proud of their grades and should in no way think they are diminished by the small number of changes they were afforded.”
“We congratulate all the young people on their achievements today and wish them all every success in the future.”
Marie McMurdo Head of Sixth Form at the Whitehaven Campus and Andrea McAllister Head of Sixth Form at the Workington Campus said: “Our students reflect our ethos of ‘Be the Best You Can Be’ with each student striving for their own personal success. We are incredibly proud of the students who have achieved the results required to move on to university, apprenticeships or into employment and we wish them well for the future. More so than ever, students have been faced with adversity, the challenge of level 3 study is never easy, but the skills and strategies our young people have developed during their time in sixth form will ensure that they continue to be successful and resilient throughout their life.”
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