Top of The Class For St Augustine's Priory Students

37% get A* or A at A-Level

St Augustine’s Priory, Ealing Catholic independent day school for girls, has enjoyed a record year for A Level results.

37% of A Level grades were A* or A and nearly 20% of all A Level candidates achieved at least 2 A*s, with 60% of all candidates achieving grades A* - B. 71% of the total grades achieved in A Levels were A* to B.

Ridhi Thukral and Jasleen Deu between them achieved 7 straight A*s. Ridhi Thukral, Jasleen Deu, Jessica Francois-Davis, Katarina Krneta, Alexia Kirov, Aoife-Jane Moss, Shivali Sharma and Ririko Yoshie, who between them achieved 15 A*s and 8 A grades, also scored full marks in a total of eighteen A Level papers across English, History, Government and Politics, Economics, Mathematics, Russian and Creative Writing.

Ririko Yoshie, arrived at St Augustine’s Priory in 2014 from Japan, determined to study Maths and Physics but had limited English. She mastered English in two years and leaves the school with A*s in Maths and Japanese, grade A in Further Maths, A in Physics and a B in Economics – as well as with prodigious musical accomplishments.

Headteacher, Mrs Sarah Raffray, commented, “These are phenomenal achievements and I am very proud of all our girls and of our staff. Our exceptional A Level results are a testament to the hard work of our students and the outstanding teaching of our talented staff.”

In a wide range of subjects including Further Maths, Economics, History, Art, French, Drama, Creative Writing, Music and Russian candidates scored only A* - B  grades . Among other notable results, in Chemistry, Biology and Physics 66% of grades were A* - B, 60% of Economics candidates scored A* or A and 62% of History candidates accomplished A* or A and 66% of Creative Writing candidates scored A* or A. 100% of grades achieved in the EPQ (the Extended Project Qualification) were A* or A.

Students will move on to study a variety of subjects including History and English at UCL, PPE at LSE, Russian at Edinburgh, Politics and also English at Bristol, Music at the Royal Academy and Mechanical Engineering at Liverpool.

19th August 2016