King’s School students embrace the Olympic spirit and achieve winning A Level results

In an Olympic year, the A Level students at the King’s School in Gloucester have been inspired to achieve some of the school’s best results and, appropriately, there are very strong results from some of the school’s strongest athletes.  

Over 66% of the grades are at A*-B level, with over a third of all grades being A/A* or equivalent. In the increasingly popular BTEC Sport course, all students achieved Distinction or starred Distinction in every part of the course, which equates to a clean sweep of A*/A grades at A Level. 

Our high achieving athletes include; Raph (D*D*D* in BTEC Sport), Tom (B,B,C,C), Harry (D,D,D in BTEC Sport) and Leo (D,D,D in BTEC Sport) who all played rugby at Academy level; Patrick (A,A,B), Lucy (A*,A*,A) and Charlie B,B,C) who have all had successful years in cross-country running; Lottie (B,B,C) who has played National League Hockey for Gloucester Hockey Club and James (B,B,C) who has a Porsche Scholarship and has raced at Silverstone and Abu Dhabi whilst studying for his A Levels. 

The Headmaster, Mr David Morton, commented,

“I am very pleased indeed with this year’s A Level and BTEC Sport results. King's has always been a school that recognises success beyond academic results alone. However, this year it is excellent to see that positive results have been achieved by the pupils alongside their sport, music and drama activities too. This cohort has such a rich and varied set of interests: it is clear that they will thrive in their next stage of education or work. Additionally, as strong team players with kind natures, we are proud to see them move on to exciting new challenges in work, university or training: I know they will add great value wherever they go next”.    

The varied university destinations include students reading Chinese at Oxford University; Linguistics at UCL; Medicine at Plymouth; Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology at Manchester; and International Relations at Durham. Students are also off to study courses ranging from Practical Film Making to Sports Therapy.   

Along with the academic achievements of the year group, David Morton also paid tribute to the skills of the students beyond the classroom,

“It is important to stress that these students represent far more than purely the excellent results that have been achieved today. At King’s, academic excellence goes hand in hand with values such as kindness and compassion for our community, as well as a vibrant co-curricular life. This year group raised money for House Charities by running in the Gloucester 10K, performed in the school production of ‘Wendy and Peter Pan’, had a linguistic Olympiad National Finalist, fundraised for our sister school in India, including sponsoring children, volunteering with a Japanese School, as well as with the Gloucester City HAF through the summer holidays and much more. This year group has shown a positive approach to school life and have shown confidence in being able to follow their own path.”   

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