Rochdale hits the high marks in A-Level results

Students at the College celebrated passing their A-level exams

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Rochdale students have bucked the national trend with their top marks in A-Level results.

747 students across the borough took a total of 1,976 A-Levels in 2017, with provisional results showing 98.3% of students achieved grades A*-E, up 3.5% on last year.

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Rochdale has performed better that the national pass rate (97.9%) which went down 0.2% on the previous year.

The percentage of students gaining grades A* and A also went up this year, with 22.6% achieving the top two marks, an increase of 1.1% on 2016.

The percentage of students gaining three or more A-Levels at grades A*-E in 2017 was more than two-thirds of the borough’s students at 69.4%.

Councillor Donna Martin, portfolio holder for children’s services praised the achievements of the students: “These are fantastic results for our students and they should be very proud of all their hard work.

"To be bucking the national trend is a great achievement for the borough so a huge thanks to the students, staff at our colleges and sixth forms, parents and guardians who all work hard to support students in their A-Levels.”

For those students where results weren’t as expected there is help and options out there.

Contact UCAS who are there to support all students and provide options to everyone.

Call them on 03714680 468 or visit their website www.ucas.com