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Howell’s School, Llandaff GCSE results for 2008

Howell’s School Llandaff entered 85 candidates for GCSE and was delighted that 44% of all results were at the top A* grade, 69% were A* and A combined, and 89% A*- B. Thirty-three girls gained ten or more passes at A* and A, and fifteen gained straight A*. The overall A*- C pass rate was 97.4%.
Those who gained a clean sweep of A* grades are Ellen Brookes, Francesca Capel, Rashmi D’Souza, Anju George, Nikki Gill, Kiryn Howard, Alice Johnston, Calan Jones, Deepshikha Kumar, Anusha Manjunath, Alice Ojeda, Rachel Patel, Anna Sambrook, Bronwen Warner and Chloe Wright.

Dr Sara Southern, Head of the Senior School, said, “We are thrilled with these outstanding results, which reflect the hard work on the part of the students and the excellent teaching by the staff.” The Principal, Mrs Sally Davis, commented, “I am extremely pleased with the results. Howell’s consistently achieves very high standards. Although we are a selective school, we take average to very able students. It is quite clear that the value added achieved by Howell’s enables them to maximise every possible learning opportunity so that their final results are outstanding.”