Students and staff at Alderley Edge School for Girls are celebrating another fantastic set of results at A-level. Once again, the overall pass rate was 100percent, with 40pc of grades either A* or A. One fifth of the girls achieved straight A* and A grades including four girls with 2 or more A* grades.

Macclesfield's Evie Hughes, Tanya Wilson and Clarissa Tyson are among the students who did exceptionally well.

Tanya Wilson from Gawsworth achieved A*, A*, A, A and a D3 in Cambridge Pre-U, she is off to Oxford University to study Biochemistry

Evie Hughes from achieved A*, A, A results and will be studying Civil and Structural Engineering at Sheffield University

Clarissa Tyson from Macclesfield, Head Girl at Alderley Edge School for Girls is going to the University of Surrey to read Law with International Studies.

Other congratulations to Iona Morphet who achieved the equivalent of 3A* grades and an A to secure her place to study Classics at Newnham College, Cambridge, and to Alexandra Glover and Fiona Smith each gained 2 A* grades and an A grade and will study Biological Sciences at Durham University and Geography at Leeds University respectively.

Over 80pc of students obtained a place at their first choice university; some have chosen to stay close to home and to study at one of Manchester’s Universities, whereas others will go further afield including to Aberystwyth, Birmingham, Nottingham, Brighton and York. A high proportion of girls have chosen to study STEM courses at University, including Civil and Structural Engineering, Computer Science, Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy. As always, our girls have chosen a wide variety of courses, from traditional academic courses such as Law, Geography and Languages to more vocational courses including Business Management and Marketing, Rural Land Management and Fashion Design.

In addition to gaining excellent results in their A-level subjects, many girls found time to achieve other notable successes during their time in the Sixth Form including six girls who obtained their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award, seven girls who passed the EPQ (including 2 with A* grades) and two girls who were finalists in the Young Fashion Designer UK competition.

Headmistress Mrs Sue Goff said: “These are yet again stunning results for the girls and I am so pleased for them. This morning has been very rewarding for teachers, parents and girls as we have celebrated the girls’ successes and confirmed the university places with them. We wish them all well on the next exciting stage of their academic career”.

Anyone interested in knowing more about the Sixth Form at Alderley Edge School for Girls should come along to the Sixth Form Information Evening on Thursday 13 October from 6.00pm or contact the School Registrar, Julie Bedigan on 01625 583028 for more details.

Alderley Edge School for Girls Results

E BATES 3 (2) G CHARLESWORTH 3 (1) L CROWTHER 3 (2) S DISS 3 (0) A GLOVER 3 (3) A HASAN 3 (1) A HUDSON 2 (2) E HUGHES 3 (1) L HUGHES 3 (2) J JOHNSON 3 (2) M JONES 3 (1) A KAMALI 3 (2) H KHAN 3 (2) R KHAN 3 (1) Z KINSELLA 4 (0) E MACLEOD 3 (1) G MEDLICOTT 3 (4) K MELLO BARON 3 (2) C METCALFE 3 (3) K MOORE 3 (2) P MOORE 3 (2) I MORPHET 4 (2) S MOSTAAN 3 (2) K MURPHY 4 (1) T MUTAMBA 3 (2) G NAZIR 3 (2) V PARTHIBAN 3 (1) I PATERSON 3 (1) M PIMLOTT 3 (1) L POWELL 3 (2) H RATCHFORD 3 (2) B REDGRAVE-SCOTT 3 (2) A RHODES 3 (1) F SMITH 3 (2) I SUMMERFIELD 3 (1) N TERAIFI 4 (1) N THOMPSON 3 (3) C THORNBER 3 (4) C TYSON 3 (3) B VAN BRUYGOM 3 (1) D WALLACE 3 (1) E WALTON 3 (2) T WILSON 5 (2)