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Posted on August 16th 2018
2018 Sixth Form Success
Harris Academy Chafford Hundred Students achieve excellent results once again at A Leveland BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma.
Students at Harris Academy Chafford Hundred are celebrating another year of excellent results. Progression has been very strong with four students going on to read medicine. Approximately 77% of the students graduating from the Sixth Form this year will go on to study at a range of universities, with over 30% of them securing places at the highly rated Russell Group universities.
Despite many changes to the curriculum A Level students achieved a 100% pass rate this year. 53% of grades received by Chafford Hundred students were B or above and 20% were the very top grades – A* and A.
There were a large number of notable individual successes, including:
Hannah Gardiner A* A A Oxford Spanish & Portuguese
Daniel Simms A* A* A* A* A* A* (Year 12) applying to University next year
Tahmid Ahmed: A*A*A A Kings Medicine
Harrison Boyle- Thomas A A A Kings Comp Sci
Prabh Devgun A A A
Chloe Knight A A A Birmingham Medicine
Madison Gittings A A A Loughborough Criminology with Psychology
Lamis Ali A* A* B Greenwich Psychology
Jasmine Collier A*A*B Southampton Law
In addition the new reformed Level 3 Extended Diploma saw the addition of externally assessed examinations and more rigorous and extensive content. Nevertheless, students achieved a 100% pass rate this year. 56% of grades received were Distinction/ Merit/ Merit (DMM) or above, the equivalent to ABB at A Level, and 16% were the very top grades of DDD, the equivalent to at least AAA at A Level.
Progression has been very strong with a number of students going on to read nursing, as well as midwifery, primary education and a range of business courses.
Amy Clayton DDD London South Bank University Adult Nursing
Dilani Indradas DDD Kings College London Adult Nursing
Samiat Ogunbadejo DDD University of Essex Business Management with placement year
Bethany Richardson DDD University of Essex Adult Nursing
Cara Wadwell DDD- Management role in retail
Robert Watts DDD – Business Apprenticeship
Warren Odukoya DDD Nottingham Trent University Business Management and Accounting & Finance
Callum Peterkin DDM Applying for apprenticeships in digital marketing
Manuela Quaye DDM De Montfort University Adult Nursing
Nicky Graham, Executive Principal of Harris Academy Chafford Hundred, said:
“All of the students have worked with great effort and energy throughout their time in the sixth form and are thoroughly deserving of their successes. It has been a pleasure to work with such a delightful group of committed students and I cannot wait to hear how they get on.”