{"id":343502,"date":"2025-08-14T09:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T09:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/343502\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T09:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T09:29:11","slug":"sixth-form-at-horsforth-celebrates-outstanding-a-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/343502\/","title":{"rendered":"Sixth Form at Horsforth celebrates outstanding A Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The Sixth Form at Horsforth has maintained a longstanding record of success over the past few years, having achieved the highest state school A Level results in Leeds in 2022, 2023 and 2024 \u2013 and staff are hopeful that this winning streak will continue for 2025.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWe\u2019ve had another incredible morning,\u201d said Oliver Watkins, Director of The Sixth Form at Horsforth. \u201cWe don\u2019t yet know how we rank city-wide this year, but with 39% of our results at A*-A, it\u2019s clear our students have once again risen to the challenge. I couldn\u2019t be prouder of the hard work they\u2019ve put in, and the fantastic team of staff who supported them every step of the way.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Students will be heading off to top academic destinations across the UK and beyond, with places secured at Oxford, LSE, Warwick, Manchester and many more, as well as highly competitive apprenticeships with leading household brands including Amazon and Hovis.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Standout student stories include:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mara Cook, who has achieved A*A*A* and will go on to study Medicine at Oxford.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Abdullah Sheikh, who has achieved A*A*A*A* and will go on to study Maths at Leeds University.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Laraib Shah, who has achieved A*A*A and will go on to study Medicine at Leeds University.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Libby Carey, who has achieved A*A*AA and will go on to study Law at Liverpool University.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Martha Morgan, who has achieved A*A*A and will go on to study Politics and International Relations at Bristol University.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ciara Evans, who has achieved A*A*AA and will go on to study Psychology at Durham University.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Will Danks-Tatham, who has achieved A*D*AA and will go on to take up an Automation Apprenticeship at Amazon.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"Will Danks-Tatham (left) and friend \" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Will Danks-Tatham (left) and friend (Image: submitted)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Another student, Riccardo Iodice, will be taking his studies even further afield, pursuing his dreams of studying Marine Biology in Naples, Italy.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Watkins added: \u201cWhether they\u2019re off to a Russell Group university, starting a hands-on apprenticeship, or studying overseas, our students leave us with the confidence, ambition and skills to succeed.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Sixth Form at Horsforth is committed to helping students excel in areas they are passionate about, be that academic or extracurricular. With a modern campus, strong academic results and a commitment to student wellbeing and enrichment, The Sixth Form at Horsforth continues to attract ambitious young people from across the region.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsforthschool.org\/sixthform\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.horsforthschool.org\/sixthform<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sixth Form at Horsforth has maintained a longstanding record of success over the past few years, having&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-343502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115026419043366487","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}