Highflyers Heathfield
2013
Congratulations from Mrs Heywood This newsletter aims to give an overview of the achievements accomplished by Heathfield’s community throughout academic year 2012/2013 and during the summer. As you read the newsletter you will learn of Heathfield’s public examination success, the university destinations of our leavers and the accomplishments of our Old Girls who have recently graduated. The newsletter further demonstrates the girls’ feats in their co-curricular activities.
We are all extremely proud of everyone who has achieved in our community and give thanks to all those who have helped our girls and Old Girls to be so successful. As our school motto says, ‘the merit of one is the honour of all’ and this certainly rings true today.
Mrs Jo Heywood Headmistress
Mrs Jo Heywood
University Destinations - 2013 Leavers Arts University Bournemouth Arts and Event Management* Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design Foundation Diploma in Art and Design City University Accounting and Finance King’s College, University of London Philosophy London College of Fashion Creative Direction for Fashion
Heathfield’s Public Examination Success At A Level nine in ten girls at Heathfield gained an A*-A grade with an impressive clean sweep of A*-A grades in seven subjects which included German, Japanese and Art and Design. In addition seven in ten girls achieved A*-B grades in all their A Levels, with 40% achieving at least two A grades in their tally of A Levels. Over half of the school’s A Level candidates sat a Science or Mathematics A Level, which was significantly above the national average. The school’s excellence in the Arts was confirmed with more than 60% of A Level candidates sitting an Art A Level with 100% achieving A*-A grades. Three girls gained a rare perfect score of 400 out of 400 in their Art A Level, two in Art and Design Photography and one in Art and Design. More than four in ten of GCSE exams taken at Heathfield were awarded the highest A*-A grades while 97% of girls achieved at least five A*-C passes. Over a third of girls achieved at least 2 A* grades in their impressive tally of passes with a quarter of candidates scoring at least six A*-A passes. Top-performing GCSE subjects include Religious Studies (79% A*-A), History (93% A*-B), English Literature (83% A*-B), Geography (78% A*-B) and Latin (100% A-B). One in four girls sat Chemistry, Physics and Biology as separate sciences and they achieved impressive results: 86% A*-A grades in Biology, 100% A-B grades in Chemistry and 86% in A-B in Physics while 86% of the school’s candidates passed Science as a Single Award.
Loughborough College Sports Coaching Loughborough University Politics; Product Design and Technology Newcastle University Combined Honours – Philosophy and Sociology; Physical Geography* Oxford Brookes University Publishing Media/Communications; Media and Culture* RADA Acting Shanghai Jiao Tong University Chinese Trinity College, Ireland History (2012 Leaver) Universidad CEU San Pablo, Madrid Law and European Law & International Law University of Bristol Politics and Sociology; History University of Edinburgh Economics and Accounting; History of Art; History of Art and English Literature; Architecture University of Exeter Film Studies*; Philosophy and History*; Philosophy and Sociology* University of Kent Law and Business Administration University of Leeds Graphic and Communication Design University of Nottingham Philosophy University of Westminster Photographic Arts* Course will begin in 2014
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