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Sixth Form Success at BHSG

20 August 2009

Today's 100% pass rate at A Level, hot on the heels of last month's impressive International Baccalaureate (IB) results, provides further evidence of the academic success of Sixth Form pupils at Bedford High School for Girls. 

A 52% A grade equivalent (combining the IB and A Level results) and 74% A and B grade equivalent combined is impressive by any standards, and it should be remembered that these girls are also very active in a wide range of extra-curricular activities.

"I am so proud," said Julie Eldridge, Head of the school, "there have been so many individual successes and the overall performance is most impressive.  The girls here are amazing as they do so much in addition to what they achieve academically."

All seven girls with offers from Oxbridge have also received confirmation of having secured their places.  Charlotte McClean, Frankie Hill, Didi Ogede, Ellie Piggott, Chein Lim, Yoyo Zhou and Rachel Chen will now study subjects as wide ranging as Medicine, Politics Philosophy and Economics (PPE), Theology, Languages, Education, Maths and Materials Science. 

A third of the girls achieved three or more straight As and Agatha Chzhou excelled with 5 A grades in Economics, Physics, Maths, Chemistry and Chinese. 

With the 100% pass rate at A Level and IB, the girls have demonstrated their ability across the curriculum.  Outstanding results in Sciences, Maths, Modern Languages and Economics mean that BHSG students are fully equipped to move on to their first choice university places around the world. 

 

GCSE Results

Girls have once again achieved some truly excellent results in their GCSE examinations this summer. 29% of all results were at A* grade, 57% A*-A and 80% A*-B.

 Carla Barberio, Rebecca Murray, Hannah Short and Surina Taneja all achieved 10A* grades, Tessa Forbes and Chloe Scott 9A* grades, Connie Fan, Yasmin Jamil and Frances Whittaker-Wood 8A* and Emily Myrtle, Lauren Roberts and Georgia Austin Greenall 7 A* grades.

Eighteen girls were sitting their examinations having spent, in most cases, only 3 years studying in English, and yet between them they amassed results which closely mirrored the overall percentages: 21% A*, 54% A*-A and 76% A*-B.

Although I am sad that our boarders are unable to progress to Bedford Girls' School for their Sixth Form studies, I am delighted that most of our very top achievers will be going on to take A level or IB courses there.

I wish every girl who left Bedford High School at the end of Upper 5 the very best of luck for their future studies.                       

Julie Eldridge 

 
Dahs Bedford High School for Girls
Bromham Road, Bedford MK40 2BS UK
Tel: +44(0)1234 360221
Fax:+44(0)1234 353552
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