BARNSLEY Sixth Form College students were celebrating yesterday following a staggering 99 per cent pass rate with their A Level results.
The college described the results as ‘excellent’ – and they helped a record number of their students head to either Oxford or Cambridge University.
A total of 18 out of the 25 subjects on offer at the sixth form – including business, English language and literature, physics, law and politics – celebrated students achieving a 100 per cent pass rate.
Many students are now looking forward to starting higher education courses at elite universities throughout the country, including Durham, Leeds and Nottingham – with two students achieving the grades needed to take up a place at Oxford and Cambridge.
A number of students also picked up their T Level grades yesterday morning.
T Levels were introduced in September 2020 and are two-year courses, taken after GCSEs, and offer students practical and knowledge-based learning at a school or college and on-the-job experience through an industry placement of at least 315 hours approximately 45 days.
The college’s T Level students achieved an 87 per cent pass rate overall.
A college spokesperson told the Chronicle: “Students studying accounting; design, surveying and planning for construction; digital business services; and maintenance, installation and repair for engineering and manufacturing subjects all achieving a 100 per cent pass rate, as Barnsley College students continue to buck the national trend to achieve some of the strongest T Level results in the country.”
