Newcastle High School for Girls celebrates a fabulous set of A Level results

There were jubilant scenes as Newcastle High School for Girls once again celebrates a fabulous set of A Level results. Among them were some outstanding individual achievements for the Class of 23 at the school and which will see these young female trailblazers take up a range of exciting higher education courses at the country’s top universities.

For the cohort who, due to Covid-19 restrictions, were unable to sit formal GCSE examinations in 2021, it was time to put the past behind them and move onto the next stage of their life as the school reported a 100% pass rate and that over 40% of pupils achieved all top grades.

“A Levels are possibly the most challenging exams any student will sit – but this is especially true for a cohort who were impacted so heavily during the pandemic when studying for their GCSEs.” — Michael Tippett, Head, Newcastle High School for Girls

Newcastle High’s Head,  said: “A Levels are possibly the most challenging exams any student will sit – but this is especially true for a cohort who were impacted so heavily during the pandemic when studying for their GCSEs. I applaud their hard work and resilience and am so proud of everything they have achieved.”

Mr Tippett, who is concluding his 28 years’ service to the school at the end of August, added:

“This year’s students will always be particularly special for me as they are the last A Level cohort I will see complete their education at NHSG, and I could not be more delighted to be spending my final NHSG A Level results day surrounded by the Class of 2023. I wish each and every pupil so much success for the future.  I would also like to extend my heartfelt thanks to our dedicated teachers who have supported the girls so brilliantly to achieve these results. They really are second to none.”

Pupils at the leading all-girl school will be taking up a raft of top flight university and higher education places including Oxford, Edinburgh, London School of Economics and Leeds Conservatoire.  Reflective of the school’s clear ability to nurture skills across a breadth of subjects, they’ll be studying subjects stretching from Environmental Sciences, Medicine and Zoology to Film, Theatre and Music.

“You simply can’t deny the benefits of an all-girl education – a productive environment that empowers girls to learn without limits and be the girl they want to be.” — Amanda Hardie, Deputy Head Academic, and Acting Head of Newcastle High School for Girls

Amanda Hardie, Deputy Head Academic, and Acting Head of NHSG from this September, is also delighted with the results. She said: “It’s been an excellent morning and wonderful to see the results of the girls’ hard work.”

“You simply can’t deny the benefits of an all-girl education – a productive environment that empowers girls to learn without limits and be the girl they want to be. Ambitions are always strong amongst the NHSG student community, and I am sure we will hear this cohort’s names mentioned in the years to come as they go on to achieve great things in their chosen field and blaze a trail of success.”

A Levels results at other GDST schools

A GDST girls only Sixth Form offers the very best of independent learning, supercharged by our powerful network of schools and alumnae. Find out how other GDST girls from across our 25 all girls, independent schools have done in their A Levels 2023.