Plymouth College students celebrate outstanding GCSE results

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Posted: Thursday, August 24, 2017 - 10:23

An emotional day at Plymouth College, with students receiving their impressive results. Students have much to celebrate with 43% of all GCSE results graded at A* or A. Plymouth College has an enviable reputation for academic excellence, and this year’s performance consolidates that position.

The school is proud of all the achievements of all of its pupils.

Top performers this year really demonstrate the holistic education offered by Plymouth College.

Kaushal Kothand achieves an impressive 9A*s and 2As with George Spencer, a 1 XI cricketer and swimmer, close behind with 9A*s and one A.

Dizzy Leman, a regional hockey player and Grade 8 musician achieves 8 A*, 1 A and 1 B, a result echoed by Jonah Foley.

Diploma level musician Thalia Tzokas and Kate Fitton gained 7A*s, 2 As and 1 B.

Congratulations must also go to Will Cane, George Hadjiyiannakis, Jazz Harbour and Tommy Osrin, who all achieved 5 or more A*s, with Tommy completing his GCSEs in one year.

The school’s performance athletes, familiar with success at the highest level, have received their results today.

Tom Beagley achieves 10 A*s, combining academic success with swimming British Championships this summer.

Sam Dailey, who represented Great Britain at the recent European Youth Olympics was awarded 7 GCSES including 2 A*s and 1 A.

Victoria Vincent, a diver, following in Tom Daley’s footsteps, and the youngest ever Commonwealth Games athlete, achieved an impressive 8 A* and 1 A.

Georgina Mitchell, the GB Modern Pentathlon U19 Champion, completes a busy summer after competing in the U19 World Championships, with a fantastic set of results, 7A*s and 3 As. Her succes was followed by fellow international pentathlete, Tomas Maksimovic who achieved 5 A*s, 2 As and 1 B.

Ben Andrews, the GB U16 Fencing Epee Champion achieves 1 A*, 6 As and 2 Bs.

Phil Mutlow, Plymouth College Director of Sport, says: “I am delighted to see such excellent results from our Performance Athletes; the dedication required to both compete at the highest level and to achieve so well in their studies is impressive. Thanks must go to the teaching staff, who go that extra mile to ensure these athletes get all the support they need.”

“Congratulations to all our students receiving their results today,” said Headmaster Jonathan Standen. “These are extremely impressive and once again, we have seen a significant number of students achieving at the highest level. Plymouth College is a non-selective school, but still regularly delivers the very best results, only possible with our small class sizes, dedicated teachers and hard-working students. Very well done to all our students.”

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