Gresford and Chirk students secure top grades at Ellesmere College

Students from Gresford and Chirk are amongst those at Shropshire’s Ellesmere College celebrating their exam results.

The college has recorded an overall pass rate of 98% with students securing places at top universities across the UK and overseas.

It follows on from the excellent results achieved by students who completed the IB Diploma course and BTEC Diploma.

The 2023 results saw 66% of IB students achieving 30 or more points, the gold standard for the IB Diploma and the top performing student this year, Iris Grigoras from Bucharest achieved 44 points out of a maximum of 45 which equates to four A*s and one A grade at A-level and places her in the top 1% of IB students worldwide.

She will be taking up her place at the University of Miami, USA to study Law.

The BTEC Diploma results continue to impress with students celebrating another year of 100% pass results that included several Distinctions (A* at A-level).

Another student off to study in the USA includes BTEC Diploma students, Jemimah Choi from Gresford, who secured distinction/merit in her diploma and a tennis scholarship in Ohio to study Global Sports and Culture.

Places have been secured at universities that cover the length and breadth of the UK and around the world.

Aditi Chezhian from Chirk, is both a talented tennis player, representing Wales and a high achieving academic, securing three A* grades in Biology, Maths and Chemistry to secure her place at Girton College, Cambridge to read Medicine.

Tessa O’Brien from Llangollen, achieved an impressive set of four A-level grades A*, A, A and B in Art and Design, Maths, Chemistry and Physics securing her place at Durham to read Chemistry.

Carmen Kilgannon from Ellesmere, is also off to Durham University having secured A*, A and an A in Religious Studies, History and Politics and will read Religion, Society and Culture.

Alex Norris from Ellesmere, secured three A’s in Maths, Further Maths and Physics and a B in Chemistry to read Computer Science at Exeter.

Lili Harvey Hemming, also from Ellesmere, secured A’s in Biology and Psychology and a B in Chemistry to secure her place at University of Surrey to read Veterinary Medicine and Science.

Molly Fry from Whitchurch, achieved A’s in Latin and Music and a B in Spanish and will be reading Classics at the University of Birmingham.

Brendan Wignall, Headmaster at Ellesmere College said: “It is a pleasure to see how well pupils have achieved and they are commended for their positive approach to the examination experience, having had the GCSEs interrupted by the pandemic.

“These results are a testament to their hard work and determination, to the diligence of their teachers and the constant support of parents.

“These pleasing A-level results follow the excellent results in July for IB Diploma and BTEC.

“The breadth of courses and destinations that our students move onto is particularly pleasing to see as an outworking of being a school with a global focus and in keeping with our high-performance learning (HPL) philosophy.”