More Exam Success For Guildford Students

Published on: 21 Aug, 2014
Updated on: 26 Aug, 2014

Pupils from Guildford High School celebrate as they receive their GCSE results. (Photo ©Lee Irvine www.pelicanimages.com )

Delight on the faces of Guildford High School girls as they receive their GCSE results. (Photo ©Lee Irvine www.pelicanimages.com )

By Victoria Lazarevic

Anther week in August and another set of good results for many Guildford pupils receiving their GCSE results this morning (August 21).

Guildford High School celebrates 72% of GCSEs awarded A* grades, with 96% being A* or A. in a year group of 116 girls, 91 girls achieved straight A*/As and 100% of grades achieved were A*-C.

Happy, smiling faces – High School girls pose still clutching their long awaited results. (Photo ©Lee Irvine www.pelicanimages.com )

Headmistress Fiona Boulton said: “We are delighted – the consistency of our very strong results reflects both the hard work our pupils and our exceptional teaching staff.

And one happy mum too. (Photo ©Lee Irvine www.pelicanimages.co)

“Every year we are impressed by our pupils’ ability to combine tremendous academic performance with a rich array of extra-curricular interests encompassing sport, drama, music and art. We hope all our pupils enjoy the end of their summer holiday and look forward to seeing them, and welcoming our new sxth-form students, in September.” Guildford High School is an academically selective independent school for girls aged four to 18.

Thumbs are also firmly up at Tormead Girls School. (Photo supplied by Tormead School)

Tormead Girls School also celebrated ‘a great morning with lots of very happy girls’ and an equally impressive set of GCSE/IGCSE results. 94% of all exams taken were awarded A*-B, with six departments achieving 100% A*-B grades.

Group hug everybody? (Photo supplied by Tormead School)

Headmistress Christina Foord said: “I would like to congratulate all of our girls on their superb GCSE results. I am delighted that 60% of the year group achieved 8 or more A*/A grades. Special mention must go to English with 91% A*-A in the IGCSE and Classics (Latin and Greek) who obtained 98% A*-A. In fact twelve departments gained over 85% A*- A grades.

That ‘on top of the world’ feeling. (Photo supplied by Tormead School)

“Such results are the culmination of hard-work, skilled teaching, active learning and a determination to succeed. The careful support and guidance which all of our girls have received, both from their teachers and parents, have allowed them the opportunity to flourish.

“A close partnership between parents and school, we believe, strongly underpins our academic excellence. We look forward to welcoming the girls back in the next couple of weeks to start their A-level studies”. Tormead is an academically selective independent school in Guildford for girls aged four to 18

The Guildford Dragon News looks forward to featuring all other Guildford schools results as soon as we receive them. If you represent a Guildford school and you would like your results to be added to this article please contact Victoria Lazarevic by email: vlazarevicdragon@gmail.com.