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Nower Hill is delighted to announce another year of excellent A Level results! In a year where standards were expected to return to the levels achieved in 2019 following the ‘Covid years’, we are very pleased to report that our results show a significant improvement on 2019 results. We could not be more proud of our young people and send them our heartfelt congratulations.

We salute the determination, hard work and resilience of our students who, in spite of not previously having sat externally assessed examinations, have excelled. Just over 30% of all grades were at A*/A and just over 66% of all grades at A* to B; that really is a remarkable achievement for a cohort of students sitting public examinations for the first time. The best possible outcome is that our young people leave us so well equipped to take their next steps, with them all going on to a variety of exciting university and apprenticeship courses.

Building the skills and confidence to ensure excellence and success is of course, very much a community effort and we feel very fortunate indeed to have such a strong school community, where everyone is invested in the success and achievement of our young people. I would like to extend the most sincere thanks to our very hard working staff, both those in the classroom and all the support staff who help to create such a positive and welcoming environment for our students and enable the school to run so smoothly. A huge thank you as well to all of our wonderful parents and carers, who work so collaboratively with us in the best interests of their children and have offered their unconditional support over the past 7 years. Finally, thank you to the students themselves who have been an absolute joy to work with and have kept their ‘eyes on the prize’, rather than succumbing to much of the negative reporting around the difficulties that this particular cohort of students have faced. They have learned the very important life lesson that hard work really pays off, whatever the circumstances!

Each and every one of our young people should be proud of what they have achieved and I hope there will be many joyous family celebrations tonight! Our very best wishes to them all as they progress to the next stage of their lives.

We would like to share with you just a few of our many individual success stories…

“I am so excited to study Chemistry at Southampton and I am thankful for the endless support Nower Hill has given me.” Shreya.

 “Thank you to all of the teachers who helped me to get to here. I’ve had a great time at Nower Hill and look forward to the future,” Nikhil who is going on to study Maths at Cambridge University.

“I’m very happy that I got in but I feel that it’s more important that I did the best I could and I would have been proud no matter what,” Lucia who is going to study Sustainable Fashion at Southampton University.

“I’ve been at this school since Y7 and I’ve received so much support, I couldn’t have achieved my grades without it,” Sumedha who is going on to study Chemistry.

 “I’m thrilled and relieved to have got a place at Oxford but equally sad to leave a school which has so thoroughly nurtured me both academically and personally,” Caiden who will be studying English Literature and Language.

 “I am extremely happy with my grades as I had a much lower expectation so it has been a great surprise. I am excited for the next steps,” Aleena who is taking a Content Producer Apprenticeship at Amazon.

“Don’t be overly confident but give yourself the credit for any hard work that you do. Everything falls into place at the end, the reward is worth all the hardship,” Safia who will be going to Reading University.

“Very elated to get into Swansea, sounds cheesy but hard work really does pay off. Thank you to all my teachers who supported me through these last 2 years! No clue what’s going to happen now but let's see…” Thomas who will be going onto Swansea University.