- 71.5% of all results achieved A*, A or B grades
- 46.7% of all entries achieved A* or A grades
- 94% of all entries achieved C grade or better
- Every student exceeded the state school benchmark of five grade C passes as a minimum
An impressive 28 students achieved all A* or A grades across eight or more subjects, with 18 of these achieving either ten or eleven A* and A grades. Stephanie Byrne achieved the astonishing feat of eleven A* grades with the other 17 pupils gaining only one or two As in a row of A*s.
The following top performers all achieved eleven A* and A grades:
Stephanie Byrne, from Lt Baddow, Essex
Thomas Coleby, from Stansted, Essex
Adam Jones, from Chelmsford
Rebecca Mansfield, from Hoddeson, Herts
Leanne McCallum, from Chelmsford
Sophie Nehammer, from Braintree
Alexander Rorison, from Gt.Leighs
Madeleine Seacombe, from Saffron Walden
Toby Seers, from High Roding
Andrea Smith-Valls, from Felsted
Lucy Stuchfield, from Felsted
Alec Young, from Terling
These results were up on the previous year and the Headmaster, Dr Mike Walker, commented: ‘Our students have worked very hard and accepted the challenge of aiming high as well taking advantage of such a rich range of extra-curricular opportunities in sport, music, the arts and other areas. They deserve genuine congratulations for these excellent results. It is a team effort and they and the teaching staff have worked collaboratively and to great effect over the last year in particular. We are very proud of their performance. Things are happening at Felsted and our students are also playing their part in a dynamic phase of development for the school. Well done to all of them!’
Felsted’s top performer was Stephanie Byrne, who achieved 11 A*’s. Stephanie will be taking A Levels in Geography, History, Spanish and Chemistry and will be part of Felsted’s Oxbridge programme next year. Her dream is to read History at Cambridge. ‘I am so pleased to get an A* in History as I found the exam really tough’. Steve Jones, Head of Science at Felsted commented; ‘Stephanie scored 1185 out of a maximum of 1200 in Biology, Chemistry and Physics combined. This is more than exceptional and an extremely tough result to achieve’.
Thomas Coleby, was delighted with his results, gaining 7 A*’s and 4 A grades. He will be taking A Levels in Geography, History, Economics, and Chemistry at Felsted with the aim to possibly read Law at university. Thomas has been at Felsted since the age of nine and has fully immersed himself in all the sporting opportunities available. ‘I did so much better than I thought I would and will certainly be celebrating with my family and friends later’.
Andrea Smith-Valls was over the moon to gain 6 A*’s and 5 A grades. A talented linguist and thespian, Andrea dreams of gaining a place at RADA in London. But first, she will be taking five A Levels in Theatre Studies, French, Spanish, English and History. Andrea recently gained a place with the National Youth Theatre to take part in a Stadium Arts performance in Greenwich as an experiment for the London 2012 Olympics. She commented ‘It was an amazing experience’.
Toby Seers will also be celebrating his results. He gained 7 A*’s and 4 A grades. Toby has been at Felsted since the age of four and has been involved in all areas of the School – he is about to embark on his Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award and also will be performing in the School production of Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat this term. He will be taking A Levels in Geography, History, Economics and French with a view to reading History at university.