Press Release from Bacup And Rawtenstall Grammar School: A level Results - 2007

• Students at BRGS continued to produce excellent results at A level this year.

• 248 students passed 746 A level exams out of 758 at grades A to E and, in addition, passed 306 exams at AS level. The pass rate was 98.4% and has remained constant for the last three years. BRGS Sixth Form attracts a large number of new students who have achieved GCSE qualifications elsewhere.
• 423 A level results were at grades A and B, a rate of 55.8% which is the highest in the school’s history and is a further improvement on last year’s excellent results.

• The average UCAS points per student was 401 which is 3 below the record set last year.

• 41 students achieved the excellent standard of three or more passes at grade A. This was 16.5% of the year group whereas nationally 5% achieve three passes at grade A.

Outstanding results came from the following; the numbers show how many grade A passes the students achieved, a half being at AS level:
7 Luke Bramwell in Art and Design, Critical Thinking, English Literature, General Studies, Further Maths, Maths and Physics. » Read article about Luke in Lancashire Telegraph 6½ Eleanor Cocker in Biology (AS), Critical Thinking, English Literature, General Studies, History, Psychology and RE. Jonathan Gledhill in Chemistry, Computing, Critical Thinking (AS), General Studies, Geography, Maths and Physics Tom Hyatt, in Art (AS), Critical Thinking, General Studies, Geography, Maths, Further Maths and Physics. 6 Samantha Challinor in Biology, Computing, Critical Thinking (AS), French, General Studies, German (AS) and Maths. Simon Warren in Critical Thinking, Computing, General Studies, Geography, Maths and Physics. 5½ Abigail Hughes in Biology, Chemistry, Critical Thinking (AS), General Studies, History and PE. 5 Katherine Andrews in Chemistry, English Literature (AS), General Studies, History, Maths and Further Maths (AS). Shannon Chamley in Biology, Chemistry, General Studies, Geography and French. Robert Whitworth in Biology, Critical Thinking, English Language, General Studies and History.
4½ Catherine Atkinson in Critical Thinking (AS), Dance, Drama, English Language and Literature and Psychology (AS). Sam Boaden in Critical Thinking, History(AS), English Literature, Maths and Further Maths. Victoria Bradshaw in Chemistry, Critical Thinking (AS), English Literature, General Studies and History. Katie Brown in Biology, Critical Thinking (AS), English Literature, Geography and RE. Annie Kelly in Biology, Chemistry, General Studies, Maths and Physics (AS). Victoria Lord in Art, Critical Thinking (AS), English Literature, General Studies and History. Tom Marsh in Economics, General Studies, Geography, Maths and PE (AS). Sam Stevens in Critical Thinking, Computing (AS), English Literature, History and Media Studies. Ismaeel Waseem in Computing (AS), Economics, General Studies, History and Maths. GCSE Results 2005 - read about what these students achieved at GCSE 2 years ago	4 Michael Giverin Claire Jackson in Biology, Chemistry, General Studies and Maths. Jonathan Peel in Geography, General Studies, Maths and Physics. Laura Proctor in Biology, Chemistry, General Studies and Psychology. Caroline Wilcock in Biology, Physics, Psychology and Maths. 3½ Edward Bishop Nicholas Daunt Lesley Davidson Andrew Green Simon Kroll Richard Sagar Olivia Sloss Rebecca Willis 3 Andrew Booth Susan Brownhill Simon Coates Peter Illingworth James Ingham Jamshaid Mansoor Daniel Surgeon John Wood Helen Young

• The results mean that six students will enter Oxbridge next year. There will be a further press release about them next week when the universities have confirmed their places.

The deputy headmaster, Dr Andrew Edwards, said “I should like to take this opportunity to congratulate the students and staff of BRGS who work in a very busy school in conditions that are at times far from ideal. However, the most important component of the learning and examination experience that our students undergo is the partnership that develops between students and teachers both in the teaching classroom and in our wide range of extra-curricular activities. It is very satisfying to see how both our own and students who join our sixth form from elsewhere, flourish in our school. These results today are just one part of the educational package that the school delivers. As our students leave to further their education and careers, we feel as if we are saying goodbye to some very good friends”.