Camden students celebrate another strong year of results

Across the borough, success stories have emerged from students securing places at top universities, apprenticeships, and competitive creative and vocational programmes.

Maisy Zagar, 18, from Parliament Hill School and LaSWAP Sixth Form, achieved two A*s and an A, and will study philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford University.

Ms Zagar said: “I would like to work for a policy think tank to put some pressure on the slowcoaches.”

A-level and vocational students at LaSWAP Sixth Form with staff and Cllr Francis (Image: Camden Council) Mary McGinn, also 18 and from the same school, is heading to the University of East Anglia to study creative writing after earning an A* in drama and As in English literature and religious studies.

Ms McGinn said: “I want to be a writer, maybe a playwright and a novelist – just writing in general would be great.”

Kerrie Abrey, another LaSWAP student from Parliament Hill School, will study paramedic science at St George’s University of London after receiving three Cs.

Ms Abrey said she was inspired to become a paramedic through a mentoring programme.

William Ellis and LaSWAP A-level student Alec Imamovic, 17, with WES headteacher Izzy Jones (Image: Camden Council)

Alec Imamovic, 17, from William Ellis School and LaSWAP, secured a place at the Royal College of Music to study composition after achieving an A* in music and As in maths and music technology.

Other high achievers include An Thien Pham, 18, from La Sainte Union Catholic School and LaSWAP, who earned A*s in maths and further maths and an A in computer science.

She will study computer science at the University of Warwick.

Ella Latter, 18, from Acland Burghley School and LaSWAP, achieved three As and will study history at Bristol University.

Izzy Jones, headteacher at William Ellis School, said: “It’s superb to see so many students not only achieve the highest grades but also go onto destinations such as Oxford University, Russell Group universities, higher apprenticeships or other competitive vocational and creative routes, whether that is civil engineering, neuroscience or studying at a prestigious music conservatoire.”

More than 70 per cent of LaSWAP students secured their first or second choice of university, industry-based course, or apprenticeship.

At Haverstock School Sixth Form, 22 per cent of all A-level grades were A* to A, and 45 per cent were A* to B.

Nejwa Seid will study dentistry at King’s College after achieving three A*s.

Shaquil Leurs earned two A*s and an A, securing a place at Cambridge University to study human, social, and political sciences.

Katie Metselaar, head of school at Haverstock, said: “This year group and the team have delivered the best results this school has ever delivered at sixth form.”

Camden School for Girls saw 19 per cent of A-level grades at A* and 53 per cent at A* to A.

Twenty-five students from the school will go on to Oxford or Cambridge.

Headteacher Kateryna Law said: “We are incredibly proud of the achievements of every one of our students, which include one student attaining the highest mark in the country in English literature.”

The borough’s overall performance was also strong.

The average point score per A-level entry in Camden was 35.4, compared to 34.5 last year, with 78.1 per cent of A-level entries awarded grades A* to C, above the national average of 77.7 per cent.