Dedication equals success

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JOY . . . for Danielle Crompton and Robyn Smith

A-level stories of the day

IT was A for amazing for two Blue Coat pupils who managed to sweep the board at A-level while juggling a host of demanding extra-curricular activities.

Danielle Crompton (18) juggled representing her school as the head girl with hard study to achieve five grade As at A-level and an A grade in AS level further maths. She heads to Durham to study modern languages.

Danielle, from Middleton, said: “I am really relieved by my results because I genuinely didn’t think I would do so well. I took on quite a lot of activities and there were times when I didn’t think I could manage it all, so I’m glad it all worked out.”

As well as raising money for a host of local charities at school events, Danielle was a leading light in the shared futures programme, which sees volunteers like Danielle bring young people from different communities together for dialogue workshops and activities.

Another youngster with a bright future ahead of her is Robyn Smith, who will take up a place on a masters maths degree course at Birmingham University after scooping four A grades at A-level and an A grade in further maths at AS level. She also gained a perfect 100 per cent in nine of her exam papers across the four A-level subjects.

County netball star Robyn (18), from Uppermill, said: “I trained twice a week with the netball and played matches on the weekends, so I had to use my time really wisely to get all my school work done.”

Head of Sixth Form, Caroline Woolfe, said: “Not only have they excelled academically, they have also contributed a lot to the life of the school as a whole.”

Also celebrating was Heather Fitton, who gained one of the top five marks in the country for fine art.


Sixth Form delight

Emma Loker, from Royton, is off to be a legal eagle after securing four grade As at Oldham Sixth Form College.

The 18-year-old has gained one of the top five marks in the country for her law exam, and also gained A grades in government and politics, history and philosophy.

She is off to Nottingham University to study law and said: “I needed three As so I’m really surprised with four but really pleased.”

Fellow student Jonathan Hughes, from Moorside, was one of seven college students who got four As and he is off to study cinema and photography at Leeds.

Oxford beckons for Rebecca Creamer, of Failsworth, who will study politics, philosophy and economics after gaining three As.

Lloyd Crowther, of Grasscroft, will take biological sciences after also scooping three As.

Natalie Bailey, from Royton, scored three As and is off to Manchester University to study law and criminology, as did Rebecca Massey, from Failsworth, who will study law at Warwick.

Diggle student Holly MacGregor is off to Sheffield to study philosophy after gaining two As.

Principal Nick Brown said the college’s overall A-level pass rate was 99 per cent, above the national average, with an A-B pass rate of 48 per cent.

He added: “We are delighted.

“It just shows what Oldham’s young people are capable of doing given the chance.”