HGS News Archive

Following their record breaking A-level results, staff and students at Heckmondwike Grammar School are now celebrating their best ever GCSE-level results. The school’s 155 year 11 students achieved 1888 passes, an average of more than 12 passes per student.  

• All students achieved the national benchmark of 5+ A*-C passes and 114 students achieved 5 or more passes at A* or A. 

• 114 students achieved 5 or more A*/A passes;

• 50 students achieved 5 or more A* grades;

• 14 students, Joel Stead, David Lukic, Jessica Gaunt, Philippa Gaunt, Aparna Ghosh, Vikram Nagarajan, Lauren Pickles, Fatima Zafar, Yajur Shah, Daniel Chambers, Lewis Bartlett, Danielle Bunting, Omar Asmar and Harneet Cheema each achieved 10 or more A* grades;

• Two students Fatima Zafar and Lauren Pickles each achieved 14 A* passes, a remarkable achievement;

• Congratulations to three students, Vikram Nagarajan, Danielle Bunting and Philippa Gaunt, who in addition to their excellent GCSE results also achieved an A grade in AS French.

• In Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Electronics, Graphics, Italian, Mathematics, Physics, Food Technology, Religious Studies, Science Textiles and Urdu over 70% of the grades were at A* or A.

May I bring to your attention the availability of instrumental lessons within the music department at the current time. We have a number of instruments (some brand new) currently available for student loan particularly in the areas of brass and strings. Lessons are either shared or individual and are timetabled within the school day on a rotational basis. It is assumed that all instrumentalists (except beginners) will attend either Big Band, Concert Band or Orchestra; similarly all vocalists receiving lessons should attend the Choir when it is ‘in session’. There will in addition be a String group for all string players and Brass group for brass players. In recent years bands and choirs have toured Florida, Barcelona and Paris as well as frequent visits to London. All groups are regularly featured in performances both in school and out.

Outstanding A-level Results for Heckmondwike Grammar School

• Forty-two students achieved 3 or more grade A passes;
• Fifteen students achieved five or more grade A passes;
• Timothy Dhir, Catherine Gordon, and Emma New achieved a remarkable 6 grade A passes
• Tom Ridley’s 7 grade A passes is probably one of the strongest A-level performances in the country this year;
• Tim Dhir and Niall Oddy were in the top five candidates in A-level General Studies;
• Kiri Gabriella Anderson was one of the top five students in A-level Art;

• Emma New will study medicine at Keble College Oxford;
• Maud Halstead is reading History at Magdalen College Oxford;
• April Cashin-Garbutt will study Biological Science at Pembroke College Cambridge;