UNIVERSITY DESTINATION OF LEAVERS

2018:

Congratulations to the girls at St Mary’s Calne on an excellent set of A Level results, with 29% of the girls achieving straight A*s / As, among them Head Girl Farida Adewale (pictured), who secured her place to read Chemistry at Lincoln College, Oxford. Twins Alice and Clara Wade both secured their places at Oxford University – Alice to read Fine Art at Worcester College and Clara to read Biological Sciences at Jesus College. Special mention must go to Alexandra Tsylnitska who secured her place to read Economics at Cambridge University (Christ’s College) with 4 A*s and to Imogen Davis, who will be reading History at Newnham College, Cambridge.

St Mary’s Calne girls will be going on to study at a range of leading Russell Group universities including: Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Imperial, LSE, Newcastle, UCL and Warwick. The girls will be studying a diverse range of subjects, ranging from Architecture, Chemistry, Civil Engineering to Fine Art, Politics & Modern Languages, Law and Medicine.

Sixth Form pupil, Jean Cameron, won a coveted place at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, where famous alumni have included fashion designer Stella McCartney, sculptor Antony Gormley and the inventor and designer, Sir James Dyson. Also in the Arts, Alicia Whitaker has secured a place on the Foundation Course for Drama at the Oxford School of Drama. There were over 1,000 applicants for very few places at this prestigious Drama School.

In addition to their A Level results, 78% of the girls who took an Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) achieved A* grades, demonstrating an excellent ability to pursue independent study and research in their chosen fields.

St Mary’s Sixth Form students are highly successful in securing competitive places on an impressive range of courses at a wide range of leading universities, including the Russell Group and Oxbridge, as well as at leading American universities.

At St Mary's we pride ourselves on the fact that our university support is bespoke for every student.  Girls' needs and aspirations are all very different, but we will support them individually to find the right university path.  The most important issue is to ensure that the course they choose will ensure academic success and genuine enjoyment. The majority of our girls go directly to university after leaving St Mary's but a number will gain deferred entry on their course as they have exciting plans to widen their work experience, explore new cultures and broaden their outlook.  Others will decide to apply post A Level, once they have secured their grades, as they want to be sure of selecting the correct degree course.  In addition, several students each year will decide to study a Foundation Diploma in Art and Design before deciding which Higher Education path to follow. 

The destinations of our last seven cohorts of Leavers (2012 - 2018) are shown in the table below:

Overseas Universities in USA, Canada and Hong Kong