Latymerians celebrate excellent GCSE results

• 92% of grades at 9/8/7
• 78% of grades at 9/8
• 47% of results were the highest possible score at a 9 grade  
• 16 pupils achieved a clean sweep of 9 grades in all their exams
• 105 pupils (64%) achieved a 9/8/7 in all of their exams
• 73 pupils (44%) achieved a 9 grade in Mathematics
• 97 pupils (59%) achieved a 9 grade in English Literature

There were plenty of smiles this morning as Latymer families celebrated excellent GCSE results, with many siblings having already received great A Level results last week, including:

• Rosella Gostelow achieved nine 9 grades. Her sister Melita celebrated her A Level results last week – 3A* grades, and is on her way to study Natural Sciences at Cambridge
• Mateus Porfirio scored ten 9 grades today – his brother Lucas achieved 3A*s at A Level last week and is off to Oxford to study Chemistry
• Melina Duer scored ten 9 grades today – her brother Nick achieved 4A*s at A Level last week and will study Maths and Computer Science at Imperial
• Morley twins Orlando and Josephine achieved eighteen 9 grades and two 8 grades between them

Bursary pupils achieved fantastic results, with eleven pupils achieving 9/8/7 grades including Hadeel Al Hasani who scored eleven 9 grades and whose brother Aos, also a Latymerian, is studying medicine at Imperial.

Pupils studying science and languages at GCSE had much to celebrate:

• Physics – 97% of results were 9/8/7 grades
• Biology – 97% of results were 9/8/7 grades
• Chemistry – 95% of results were 9/8/7 grades
• Mandarin – 100% of results were 9/8/7 grades
• Latin – 98% of results were 9/8/7 grades
• Greek – 100% of results were 9/8 grades

Latymer Upper School Head, David Goodhew said: “Congratulations to all our GCSE students for their terrific results. I am very proud that, as well as achieving top grades in the sciences, many of our students have become accomplished in arts subjects with 9/8/7 grades scored by 96% of our musicians and 91% of our drama students. We look forward to welcoming our Year 11 pupils to the Sixth Form, along with our new joiners, to pursue their academic and extra-curricular passions.”