Private School News

Excellent A Level results at Mount St Mary’s College

Mount St Mary’s College, the Jesuit Boarding and Day school in Derbyshire, achieved its best ever A Level results this summer. 73.1% of results were awarded A-C grades, reflecting the school’s continuing academic success. Oliver Burkinshaw (18) achieved 5 As, and is off to Cambridge to study Natural Sciences. He achieved success in Chemistry, Maths, Further Maths, Physics and French. Meanwhile, Rotherham boy Adam Foster’s 3 As in Biology, Chemistry and Physics see him setting off for dentistry at Leeds, while Paul Andrzejowski, from Woodhouse, Sheffield, won his place for Medicine at Nottingham.
Boarder Charles Gregor MacGregor from Matlock also achieved 3 As and will be starting at Durham in October. Nottingham-based boarder Sophie Strongman is having a gap year then taking up her place to study Biological Sciences at Exeter.
Octavia McGlashan, who was Head Girl this year, will be studying music in London, having delighted audiences throughout her time at the Mount with her singing. Mr Laurence McKell, the headmaster, said: “I am delighted with the achievement and success of all the Mount St Mary’s pupils, in particular the increase in the number of A grades and A-C grades, which gives us our best ever performance.”
“What is even more pleasing is our value-added score,which reflects the wide ability level of our pupils.”