A Level results day at Tavistock College

Tavistock College is delighted to be celebrating a raft of positive results and success stories following this year's publication of the A level results.

99% of the Colleges' year 13 leavers passed their A Level courses and 75% of students achieved a pass at an A*-C grade.  48% gained A*-B grades and 23% gained A*/A grades.

The Principal, Helen Salmon, said: "These results continue to demonstrate the College's strong performance at A Level.

"This is a testament to students' and staffs' hard work. It is also wonderful to see so many of our students going on to study degrees at prestigious universities."

There has been Oxbridge success again this year, with Robin Jones gaining four As at A2 and one A at AS to win a place at Oxford university to study Medicine. After opening his results, Robin stated: "I am really happy and really surprised. I'm very excited about the future".

In addition, Matthew Havron gained an A* and two As at A2 to gain a place to study Engineering at Southampton;  Mia Thomas gained three A grades at A2 and one A grade at AS to study Medicine at Bristol University; Kit Tigwell achieved two A*s and an A at A2 to study Medicine at Nottingham; Sebastian Reid gained three A*s at A2 and an A at AS to win a place at Birmingham to study Physics with Astrophysics; Hannah Stones achieved three As at A2 and an A at AS and will take up a place to study law at Southampton.

Dan Young gained an A* and two As at A2 and an A and a B at AS and is hoping to go to Japan on a gap year before going to university; George Rodgers gained one A* and two As at A2 and one A at AS and is also planning to take a gap year. When asked how he felt about his success, George commented: "Thanks to Tavistock College for a great 7 years and helping me on my way to an exciting future."

Thomas Ball attained two A* grades and a B at A2 and has a place to study Mathematics at Bath; Nicholas Cunningham achieved three A grades at A2 and an A at AS and will study Bio Engineering at Sheffield; and Daniel Cunningham achieved an A* and two As at A2 and a B at AS level and will study History at Cardiff.

Mrs Salmon added: "These excellent results demonstrate very clearly that students at the college can do very well indeed. This has given us a great platform to build on for further success in the future with the students coming through."

Massive congratulations to everyone who worked so hard for their results :-)

Did you receive your A Level results today? Were they the grades you were expecting? How will you be celebrating/commisterating tonight?

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