Exceptional A-Level results at Hereford Cathedral School again!

Amongst Hereford Cathedral School’s highest achieving students was Ben D who achieved A*s in Classical Civilisation and Geography and an A in History and goes on to study Politics & International Relations at University of Bath. Alex C also had a fantastic set of results with A grades in Biology, Geography and Latin and an AS Level in Greek, and Kiera T achieved A grades in Biology, Chemistry and Maths, plus an A in Further Maths AS. She is excited to be taking up her place at Sheffield to study Material Science & Engineering and says she would sum up her experience of HCS in three words: “exciting, inspiring and memorable.”

Alongside their duties as Heads of School, Will MJ, Minnie A, Edward M (below L-R) and Olivia T (not pictured) have all won places at their impressive first-choice universities – Will goes on to read Engineering at the University of Durham, Olivia heads to Birmingham to study French, Ed’s 3 A*s and an A in AS Economics (plus a GCSE in Russian!) have won him a place at St Andrews to study Chemistry and Minnie is looking forward to starting at Bristol to read English Literature. She said: “I’ve absolutely loved studying at HCS. The support has been second to none; one-to-one whenever you need it and the teachers have been really supportive and understanding of any circumstance, and just really tried to make you thrive.”

Other outstanding subject achievements include BTEC Sport where close to 100% of students achieved distinction and starred distinctions. These are the equivalent of A*/A grades at A-Level and facilitate students’ paths to their universities of choice. Particularly strong results were seen in modern foreign languages this year too, with nearly two thirds of grades A*/A.

There was also an impressive set of results in the arts where over 71% of students achieved top A* and A grades in music, drama and art. Two leading ladies from the School’s hugely successful production of Chicago earlier in the year, have achieved A* grades in Drama. Ellie P (below left) who starred as Roxy on The Courtyard stage in February plans to study Civil Engineering at Sheffield, while Summer R who played Velma (below right) will be taking her drama to the next level at the University of Warwick.

Headmaster Dr Michael Gray said “These are a really encouraging set of public examination results and testament to the tremendous effort that our young people have put into their studies. The national picture is focusing a great deal on how this year’s results have now returned to the pre-Covid era. Compared with our 2019 results, this summer’s outcomes show a tremendous improvement, with the A* rate increasing by seven percentage points and the A*/A rate also increasing relative to 2019.

“This is a fantastic achievement and shows the ongoing academic trajectory on which the School is on.”