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Students at Harris Academy South Norwood Celebrate Exam Success

GCSE

Students and staff at Harris Academy South Norwood are today celebrating a very strong set of GCSE results.

Performance was very strong across the board with particular GCSE success in subjects such as English, French, Spanish, art, PE, chemistry and biology.  In the single sciences students achieved over 45% 7-9s. Vocational qualifications also received excellent results with most students achieving merits and distinctions.

Those celebrating include:

• Maggie Bell who achieved six grade 9s and 3 Grade 8s
• Cindy Lang who achieved six grade 9s, two grade 8s, and a grade 7
• Aatheesh Rambabu achieved four 9s, one 8s and three 7s
• Chante Dunbar who achieved two grade 9s, five grade 8s, and four grade 7s
• Emily Wareham who achieved two grade 9s, five grade 8s, and two year 7s
• Benjamin Oyewole achieved four 9s, five 8s and one 7

Aatheesh said, “I’m exhilarated, it was great to have such as a successful journey. The hours of work I put in have been worth it.”

Chante said, “I got the results for the work I put in. I’m really happy.”

Congratulating the students, the Principal of Harris Academy South Norwood, Rob Hitch said:

“We are delighted that our students have done so well after the challenges of the past two years. With these results, our students can take up places at colleges and sixth forms of their choice and study the subjects they wish to. It’s lovely that so many are choosing to stay with us at our Outstanding rated sixth form.

It is wonderful that, on days like this, all their hard work is shown to have paid off and they and their families can enjoy their success”.

 

Sixth Form

Students, parents and staff at Harris Academy South Norwood are today celebrating fantastic A Levels results with over 80% of students accepting places at top Universities.

Performance was strong with particular success in subjects such as English, History, Geography, ICT, Sport, Media and Art. Vocational qualifications received excellent results with students achieving an amazing average grade of Distinction.

Over 170 students will be going to University, including top Russell Group destinations such as Durham and Leeds. This is just one of the many reasons Ofsted rated the Sixth Form as Outstanding in 2022. Today’s results also explain the popularity and appeal of the Harris South Norwood Sixth Form, with over 200 applications from external candidates wanting to join this September.

Those celebrating include:

• Keerthanan Peratheepan – A*A*A in Maths, Chemistry and Biology

 

• Holly Saunders – AAB, going on to study English Literature and Language at University of Leeds

 

• Oscar Bowman – ABB,  going on to study History and Politics at Queen Mary University.

 

• Daria Balabantseva – ABBB, going on to study Biochemistry at Queen Mary University

 

• Sabrina Daud – D*D*D, going on to study Business and Marketing at City, University of London

 

• Henry Quartey – Dis Dis Dis, going to study Sport and Exercise Science at University of Portsmouth

 

Congratulating the students, the Principal of Harris Academy South Norwood, Rob Hitch said, “Our HASN students have done amazingly well. This is a cohort that had to deal with lockdown and the challenges of virtual learning, for them to then achieve such fabulous results shows incredible resilience and determination. We are so proud of them.”