Cromwell Community College at Chatteris secures year-on-year improvements

Cromwell Community College in Chatteris is celebrating another strong set of A-level results this morning (Thursday) with improvements in all key headlines and 100 per cent pass rate in some courses.

The college, part of the Active Learning Trust saw a fifth (21 per cent) of all A-level results were at the highest A* or A grades, and almost half (48per cent) were awarded as a B grade or higher.

Seventy-four per cent of grades were A*-C, a five per cent improvement on last year, and the school secured an overall pass rate of 98per cent.

Twelve of the 15 A-Level subjects offered at the college secured more than 50 per cent of grades at A*-B.

The college also achieved a 100 per cent pass rate across all vocational courses, with 50 per cent returning as the highest Distinction or Distinction* grades, while 90 per cent of the grades were awarded as a Merit or higher.

Jane Horn, executive principal of Cromwell Community College, said: “We are delighted with these results which show continued year-on-year improvements at the college. We are very proud of the students who can now rightly celebrate and reap the rewards of hard work and efforts over the past two years.”

Mrs Heather Paul, head of sixth form, said: “I am very proud of every student for achieving another excellent set of results. We are very grateful for the continued support from our excellent A Level teaching team and families of our students throughout this important period in their lives. We wish all our students the very best of luck for the future.”

Clive Bush, Acting CEO of The Active Learning Trust, commented: “The staff, students and parents should be very pleased with their results this year. We have seen some outstanding A-Level results across the Trust this year, and I want to congratulate everyone for the dedication they have put in over the past two years to make this possible.”

* Photos and interviews with students will follow later today.