Bishop Luffa Students Are Unstoppable!

Students at Bishop Luffa School were jumping for joy as they received their A-level results today!

For Caitlin Foyn and Aoife Van Niekerk, it means that they have secured highly prestigious degree apprenticeships. Caitlin will be training with Bentley Motors, while Aoife will be joining Mercedes Benz. They have been through a long application process, competing against hundreds of other students from across the country.

In 2022, Veronika Zavarzina joined Bishop Luffa school directly from Ukraine. Her dream was to become a doctor, but it now seemed impossible, as she would have to sit her exams in a language that she barely knew. After four years of hard work, Veronika achieved AABC in her A-levels and will be studying Medicine at Keele University.

James Morrow was the school’s top achiever. James studied for 5 A-levels and achieved three A*s and two As! James is now off to Warwick University to study Computer Science.

Grace Zheng also took more than the usual three A-levels, and achieved three A* and one A. She will be studying Biological Sciences at Imperial College, London.

Fae Parr will be reading Natural Sciences at Cambridge, having secured two A*s and two As.

Ben Webster will be studying Music at Christchurch, Oxford, having achieved an A* and three As.

Many of the successes this year were in the Arts. Head of Sixth Form, Jamie Saunders, said: ‘Bishop Luffa is well-known for Maths and Science, but we have a thriving Arts faculty. There are so many opportunities for students who succeed in these subjects. As well as many students going into Architecture and Marketing, Asha Christie-Verma will be studying Theatre Writing/Directing/Performing at York and Sam Cooke will be taking Film Production at Salford University. Also, Scarlette Guilfoyle, one of our School Captains, has her first paid role as an actor at the Festival Theatre.’

Head Teacher Austen Hindman praised the whole year group. ‘Every grade tells a story, and for all of the students that involves eighteen months of disruption from Covid, right at their start of their time at secondary school. What they have all achieved is a tribute to them, their families and their supporters at school. They are an exceptional group of young people and I look forward to hearing about the next chapter in their lives.’