A Level results 2010: Lady Margaret
Tuesday August 24, 2010
Headteacher Sally Whyte hands over results to Mei Ying Lim-Cooper
The girls at Lady Margaret School were celebrating glowing grades and looking ahead to university and beyond after receiving their A-levels marks.
The girls’ secondary school, in Parsons Green, achieved the newly-introduced ‘A-star’ mark for 11.89 per cent of overall grades, 32.97 per cent were As, and Bs for 22.16 per cent.
Among those celebrating was Rebecca Stevens, 18, of Putney, who notched up three A-stars in biology, chemistry and maths to guarantee passage into Oxford University where she will study chemistry. “I’m so pleased and a bit shocked!” she laughed. “I hoped to get As but I wasn’t expecting to get A-stars.”
Rebecca, who is still deciding what career to pursue after university, said simple hard work and dedicated teachers were the key to her academic success. “I just worked hard and revised as much as possible,” she said. “The school is very good and my teachers were very supportive.”
Meanwhile Helena Bickley, 18, of Acton said her marks were music to her ears after achieving three As in physics, chemistry and music, guaranteeing her a place studying music at Oxford.
The oboe player and singer, who was school music captain this year, said: “I’m very pleased and quite relieved, because I wasn’t quite sure whether I had done it. The school has been hugely important and the music department here is brilliant. They are very interested in musical pupils and they encourage you to be in choirs and other music groups.”
And Ioana Rugina, 18, of Putney has a law career in her sights after achieving an impressive three As in English, French and History. “I was really shocked about French because I didn’t think I would do that well,” she admitted. “History was also a bit of a struggle, and I only got a C in it last year, but this year I almost got maximum marks.”
Ioana, who has now been offered a place studying law at Southampton University, said her own determination had got her over the line. “I got there by being really ambitious and not losing it in the face of hard work and some setbacks,” she said. “If you really want to do something, you can.”
Headteacher Sally Whyte said: “This is also the first time a number of girls have joined us from outside for the sixth form and we are really delighted to help them get opportunities to get into university.”
