Fantastic results at Central Sussex College
18/08/2011
Students celebrate fantastic results Credit: Nick Ball
With diggers poised to start the final phase of redevelopment at Central Sussex College's Sixth Form Haywards Heath campus in Harlands Road later this month, students are celebrating fantastic A Level results today, after achieving a pass rate of 98.1% - placing them 0.3% above the national average, with 51.4% of students achieving grades A*-B. A Level candidates sat 1069 examination papers in 36 subjects at the College this year. A 100% pass rate was recorded for 22 of the subjects.
Twenty seven students achieved 3 or more A* and A grades at the campus, which is the largest sixth form centre in Mid Sussex.
Students studying on vocational courses at the College are also celebrating excellent results with BTEC Business, Music,Performing Arts and Sport courses achieving a 93.7% pass rate. Three subjects achived a 100% pass rate.
Very able and talented students who studied the Pre-U in Global Perspectives and Independent Research Cambridge Certificate also achieved a 100% pass rate with 83.3% achieving a Distinction (equivalent to an A or A* grade).
Many students achieved extra AS levels in their first or second year in addition to this year's results, and overall students studying AS Levels achieved an 84.7% pass rate, with 33.5% of passes an A-B grade. Art and Craft & Design AS Level students achieved exceptional A-B pass rates of 87.9% and 94.6% respectively.
Several College students attained outstanding results, and will be heading off to top universities across the country later this year. Hannah Bower from Burgess Hill achieved an outstanding four A*s in English Literature, English Language, German and History, and in the autumn will be going to Churchill College at Cambridge University. Anna Collier achieved an A* in Spanish and two As in German and English Literature. She is heading to Bristol University to study Spanish and German.
Students Harriet Jackson achieved the grades she needs to go to Lancaster University to study English Literature and Language, and Hannah Mackeith was also delighted with her results achieving an impressive A* in English Literature, two As in German and History and a D2 (equivalent to an A*) for her Pre-U course. David Lewis from Hassocks was delighted to achieve an A* in Sociology, two As in English Literature and History plus an M1 for his Pre-U course; he is looking forward to taking up his place at Leeds to study English and History.
Retiring Vice Principal of the Haywards Heath Sixth Form campus, Dr Alex Burford said, "I'd like to express my congratulations to all students and staff at the College, as they've worked extremely hard to achieve these results. College staff are immensely proud of their students' achievements and would like to wish them all every success for the future."
College Principal, Dr Russell Strutt said: "It is an exciting time for both our students and our staff. The redevelopment of the Haywards Heath campus has been a key priority for Central Sussex College, since it was created in 2005. When government funding support for phase 3 was unexpectedly removed as a result of the Learning and Skills Council capital crisis, it was a real blow. We have been working tirelessly since then to plan and agree, independently, the investment needed for this final phase of work. It has not been an easy process, but we are absolutely delighted that we are finally in a position to start work at the end of this month. I know everyone is really looking forward to the transformation of the campus being completed during the 2012/13 academic year."
