Top Marks For A Level Students In Croydon Borough

This year the A Level pass rate rose to over 97%, which is very encouraging, although the number of students getting the highest grades remained, unchanged from last year at only 27%.

Results from sixth form schools and colleges in Croydon borough were excellent overall, with an 85% average grades of A*, A or B pass rate for all A Level exams taken, some of the top scorers are below:

Coulsdon Sixth Form College - 95% pass rate, 100% pass rate for BTec Vocational Dopliomas. 77 students attained triple distinctions - the equivilent of three A grades at A Level.

Royal Russell School - 72% of young people got either an A*, A or B grade at A Level.

Croydon High School For Girls - 100% pass rate for A Levels, with 85% achieving A*, A and B grades.

Croydon College - 95% A Level pass rate.

Harris City Academy, Crystal Palace - 99% A Level pass rate, with 27% of grades either A* or A.

John Ruskin College  - Top results in BTec and VQ qualifications.

Virgo Fidelis Convent Senior School - 95% pass rate at A Level, with 56% scoring A* to C grades. 100% of pupils taking level 3 vocational courses passed.

The Brit School - 86% of students passed with A - C grades.

The scramble for places in clearing has kicked off, the Guardian reported that according to UCAS 'over 185,000 candidates are chasing 29,000 unfilled places on degree courses, with the number of applicants to UK universities rising to a record high of 673,570.'

With the increase in tuition fees now playing a major deciding role for most students, those with an A* grade are in a much better position, as the A* grade is being used to discriminate between the best candidates at an increased number of universities across London and many are even offering incentives to students with the highest pass results, in order to help sway their decision, but demand is still high and places limited so even if you have passed with flying colours, you might still have to go through clearing.

There is now even an iphone app which allows students to search a list of suitable vacancies at universities, live from UCAS, whilst on the move.

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