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A level results hit a new high
12:48pm Friday 19th August 2011 in News
A level results hit a new high
RECORDS have tumbled as A level students across Hampshire posted best-ever results.
The national pass rate went up for the 29th year running, although the proportion of top A* and A grades stayed the same as last year.
Over the next five pages we round up the stories of success from schools and colleges.
But the delight for many teenagers was contrasted with anxiety for others, as the fiercest-ever fight for university places through the clearing system got underway.
A record number of higher education applications is blamed on the huge rise in tuition fees due to come into force next year, and meant thousands were set for disappointment.
Only a few places were being offered by Southampton Solent University and the University of Southampton, while the University of Winchester wasn’t expecting to enter clearing at all following a 20 per cent hike in applications.
Results at-a-glance
| The Arnewood School, New Milton | 99% (99%) |
| Barton Peveril College, Eastleigh | 99% (99%) |
| Brockenhurst College | 99% (98.9%) |
| The Burgate School, Fordingbridge | 96.2% (96%) |
| Fareham College | 99% (97%) |
| Hampshire Collegiate School, Romsey | 96% |
| Hardley School & Sixth Form, Holbury | 91% |
| Itchen College, Southampton | 98% (96%) |
| King Edward VI School, Southampton | 100% |
| Peter Symonds College, Winchester | 99.2% (99%) |
| Ringwood School | 100% |
| St Anne’s Sixth Form College, So’ton | 99.3% (99.3%) |
| Taunton’s College, Southampton | 98.4% (97%) |
| Totton College | 98% (97%) |
More from your college
• St. Anne's
• Barton Peveril College
• Brockenhurst College
• Arneood, Ringwood, Hardley and Burgate
• Totton College
• St. Swithun's
• Hampshire Collegiate
• Fareham College
• Peter Symonds
• Itchen College
• Taunton's College
• King Edward VI
Comments(7)
moulefanggoule
says...
2:13pm Fri 19 Aug 11
Shoong wrote:Why should this weekend be any different to any other?
Watch yourself for students rolling around in their own vomit this weekend then, could be a trip hazard.
freemantlegirl2
says...
3:24pm Fri 19 Aug 11
Congratulations to all these young people! outstanding results.
Shoong
says...
4:15pm Fri 19 Aug 11
freemantlegirl2 wrote:Lay off the Valium.
Just knew there'd be some negative comments from the usual suspects.......
Congratulations to all these young people! outstanding results.
BMWDellboy
says...
8:13am Sat 20 Aug 11
freemantlegirl2 wrote:Likewise .... that Shoong doughnut is a real pr@t.
Just knew there'd be some negative comments from the usual suspects.......
Congratulations to all these young people! outstanding results.
Shoong
says...
1:03pm Sun 21 Aug 11
BMWDellboy wrote:Only t055ers drive BMWs...
freemantlegirl2 wrote:Likewise .... that Shoong doughnut is a real pr@t.
Just knew there'd be some negative comments from the usual suspects.......
Congratulations to all these young people! outstanding results.
Condor Turd
says...
7:33pm Sun 21 Aug 11
Shoong wrote:Correction: only tossers BOAST about it. They're good, solid, reliable cars. They're just not the status symbol some people think they are.
BMWDellboy wrote:Only t055ers drive BMWs...
freemantlegirl2 wrote:Likewise .... that Shoong doughnut is a real pr@t.
Just knew there'd be some negative comments from the usual suspects.......
Congratulations to all these young people! outstanding results.
Shoong says...
1:38pm Fri 19 Aug 11