SCHOOL NEWS: Congratulations to Westfield’s GCSE students

PRINCIPAL Chris Hunt has congratulated all the students at Westfield Academy in Yeovil on their GCSE results.

Students have been along to Westfield this morning (Thursday, August 25, 2016) to receive their results and it looks as if 71 per cent of them got a C-grade in English and 67 per cent in Maths.

Mr Hunt said: “Congratulations to all the students this year who worked so hard and really deserve the results they have achieved.

“On their behalf I would also like to thanks the very talented and dedicated team of staff who have worked so hard with them over the years. Staff and governors are very proud of the students and wish them all the very best with their studies and training beyond Westfield.”

Top academic performers at Westfield Academy include Harry Stallard 10A*, 0A, 0B; Chloe Duncan 8-0-1; Louis Davies 6-2-1; Emily Tracey 5-3-1; George Matthews 4-4-0; Emily Godfrey 4-1-4; Matthew Hooper 4-1-4; Sam Jeffreys 3-4-2; Sandra Oomen 3-3-3; Christina Layzell 3-3-3; Rose Cairns 2-5-2; Emmalia Moorhouse 2-5-2; Maisy Carver 2-4-3; Adam Gummer 2-2-2; Charlie Lewis 2-2-0.

PHOTO - TOP: Some Westfield students after receiving their results.

PHOTO - RIGHT: Harry Stallard - 10A* passes.

Harry Stallard, commenting on his remarkable achievement of ten straight A* grades, said: “I'm really happy with my results. I'd like to study Law at University in the future but from here I am going on to Strode College to study Spanish, Chemistry, History and Law.

Chloe Duncan and Louis Davies will both be joining Harry at Strode. Chloe has chosen to study A Levels in Literature, History, Biology and Phycology and hopes to later progress on to University, whilst Louis has taken Maths, Further Maths, Chemistry and Physics; with a degree and career in Physics as the long term goal.

Huish Sixth Form is also a popular choice for some of Westfield’s top achievers which George Matthews and Emily Godfrey, both of whom gained four A* grades in their GCSEs, continuing their education at Huish.

Emily has dreams of becoming a secondary school teacher after finishing her A Levels, with George also planning to continue on the University after completing A Levels in Maths, Further Maths, Geography and Spanish.  

This year saw the first cohort of students in Somerset taking a GCSE in Mandarin Chinese.

The course was delivered in conjunction with Southampton University’s “Confucius Classroom” sponsored by the Chinese government and calling on the skills of teacher Lia Yu.

The class of ten students between them achieved 1A* grade, 1 A, 2B grades and 4 Cs. After this very strong start, Mandarin is set to continue as a permanent fixture of the curriculum at Westfield.

The school is very grateful to Adrian Ash for his work in securing the services of Lia Yu for students in Somerset.   

PHOTOS: Courtesy of Westfield Academy. 

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