Students at East Leake Academy – part of Diverse Academies Trust – were eagerly anticipating their results this morning as GCSEs were revealed.
With some impressive achievements and a strong set of results across the board, staff joined students to celebrate their hard work as they reached this milestone day.
Overall, 72% of all grades were a grade 4 or above, with 63% of students achieving five or more GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including maths and English. 4% of grades were at grade 9 with almost 10% at grade 8+.
These excellent results will allow many students to continue their studies at East Leake Academy’s sixth form centre, or to go on to apprenticeships and further education.
There were a number of notable individual successes this year. There were smiles all round for Georgia Simpson, who achieved brilliant results of nine grade 9s in her core subjects, plus geography, German, history and triple science. Georgia will now go on to study maths, further maths and chemistry at East Leake Academy sixth form and said: “I’m over the moon with my results and I want to thank all of my subject teachers.”
Another happy student today was James Slack, who achieved eight grade 9s including computer science, French, geography and triple science, with a grade 8 in English language. He will be continuing A level studies in maths, further maths, economics and business at East Leake Academy sixth form, and said: “I couldn’t be happier right now.”
After collecting her results today, Madeleine Hallett will also be heading to East Leake’s sixth form this autumn to study maths, further maths, economics and chemistry. Madeleine achieved six grade 9s including English language and literature, geography, history and media studies, and three grade 8s including art, maths and science. She commented: “I wish to thank all of my subject teachers – I am delighted with my results.”
Congratulations were also in order for Molly Garrett-Robinson, who made excellent progress during her time at East Leake Academy. Molly is moving on to study politics and business and said: “I am really happy with my results.”
Principal, Tom Reid, commented: “We are immensely proud of this group of year 11 students – they thoroughly deserve this recognition for their hard work and resilience. This year’s results are the best we have ever achieved and are a testament to the incredible effort of both our students and staff throughout the year.
“It has been a pleasure for myself and everyone in the ELA team to celebrate with them today. We also want to thank our parents and carers for their unwavering support, as without them, today’s celebrations wouldn’t have been possible. We cannot wait to welcome back many of our students in the autumn as they continue their A level studies with us and wish each and every one of our students the very best for the future.”
