The results come at the end of a great year for the academy and reflect the hard work and dedication of students and staff.
Individual successes included:
Aleeyah Quadri joined Ark Evelyn Grace Academy in Year 10 after being abroad. Despite the challenges of settling into a new school, she secured an impressive two grade 9s, two grade 8s, four grade 7s, and one grade 6, demonstrating her remarkable academic ability and resilience. Aleeyah is going on to study Biology, Chemistry and Maths at Charter North, with the ambition of becoming a Medical Doctor. Offering advice to younger students, Aleeyah said: “Don’t base your life on others’ expectations, set the high standards for yourself.”
Aleeyah Quadri
Connor Ives-Blair balanced his studies with basketball commitments with London Legends outside of school. He even collected his results after fresh from a summer basketball tournament in Pennsylvania. Connor will move on to study PE, Sociology and Politics at St Thomas the Apostle College. His advice to other students was, “Balance what you want to do with what you need to do.”
Connor Ives-Blair
Abdullay Sulaiman has shown extraordinary perseverance, making huge progress over the course of his GCSEs – moving from grades 3s to securing grade 7s and 8s. He will be going to Charter North to study Maths, Psychology and Applied Science, with aspirations to become a Psychologist. Reflecting on his journey, Abdullay said, “No matter how many times you get knocked down, you must never give up. Keep striving because tough times don’t last.”
Abdullay Sulaiman
Ark Evelyn Grace Academy Principal Una Sookun said,
“A huge well done to our Year 11s! These results are testament to their hard work, mindset and support for one another. I look forward to seeing what they achieve next!”
The results come on the back of a successful year, in which Ofsted judged the school to be ‘good’ in all areas. Inspectors praised the school for being a “welcoming and happy” place where “staff care deeply that all pupils achieve both academically and personally.
Ofsted also said that the school’s values of community, ambition, integrity and perseverance are evident “in the way staff and pupils treat each other”, and that students “learn about the importance of differences” and “how to treat one another with respect”.