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2023 leavers reflect on results day, life at Hills and their ambitions for the future.
Last week, the class of 2023 bid farewell to Hills Road after receiving their A level results. We sat down with some of these students to ask them about their time at the College and what plans they have for the future.
Published on 21/08/2023
Excited for their next steps
Each student that we spoke to was excited about their next step. Whether this was going to university, moving to a new city to start an apprenticeship or having plans to visit another country during a gap year, everyone certainly had something to look forward to.
Maria, Rowan, Katherine, Archie, Emily, Bee and Robert, we want to thank each of you for taking the time out of your very special day to chat with us. It was fantastic to hear about your successes and plans. We wish all of you, and the rest of our students, the very best moving forward.
Maria McLoughlin
- A Level Subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Maths and Further Maths
- Destination: Medicine at the University of Cambridge
Find out more about Maria's journey
Watch on InstagramRowan Briggs Smith
- A Level Subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Maths and Art
- Destination: Art Foundation course at The Prince’s Foundation, London
Find out more about Rowan's journey
Watch on InstagramKatherine Swarbrick
- A Level Subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Maths
- Destination: Medicine at the University of Newcastle
Find out more about Katherine's journey
Watch on InstagramArchie Hayes
- A Level Subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Maths
- Destination: Medicine at the University of Durham
Find out more about Archie's journey
Watch on InstagramEmily Dulgarn
- A Level Subjects: English Literature, Classical Civilisation and History
- Destination: Gap Year
Find out more about Emily's journey
Watch on InstagramRose Coggins
- A Level Subjects: Biology, English and Maths
- Destination: Marine Biology t the University of Plymouth
Find out more about Rose's journey
Watch on InstagramBee Philips
- A Level Subjects: Biology, Chemistry and Business
- Destination: Apprenticeship with BAM Nuttall, Bristol
Find out more about Bee's journey
Watch on InstagramReturning to 'normal' examination
This year’s results day brought a fantastic set of A level results, which were achieved during the first return to a ‘normal’ examination series since 2019. This set of A level exams is the first external exam series that this cohort of students has sat following three years of unprecedented Covid disruption to public examinations.
With gloomy headlines predicting lower grades and poorer outcomes, Hills Road students have done triumphantly well, defying predictions to achieve a fantastic set of grades, with just under half of all grades at A or A*.
