Celebrating excellence at Springwood

Students were celebrating after achieving ‘excellent’ GCSE results, despite the challenges posed by the pandemic over the past two years of their studies.

Springwood High School’s deputy headteacher, Sally Ashfield, said: “This has been a fantastic year group who have worked so hard. It is great to see that their hard work paid off.”

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Top performers at the school, which is a member of the West Norfolk Academies Trust, included Mackenzie Whitehouse-Baker, who achieved grade 9s in all 11 subjects, along with an A in his additional maths qualification; Elizabeth Mathew with 10 grade 9s, a grade 8 and also an A in her additional maths qualification; and Lexie Ampomah and Finley Meeha, who each attained nine grade 9s.

Other success stories included Amelie Thompson, Ren Griffiths, Matthew Hawkes, Ahmad Farrukh, Vinethmi Kulasinghe, Freija Harvey, Louisa Walker, Jeeya Upadhyay, Nathan Taylor, Zyad Abdelwahed and Harley Donger, who all saw their efforts come to fruition.

“I am so proud of the achievements of these students,” said headteacher AndyJohnson. “They have had a tough few years, and these results have demonstrated the excellent working relationships between our students and their teachers.”

“These results are testament to the hard work and resilience of our students,” added Roger Livesey, Chair of Governors at Springwood. “It is great to see them progress to their first choice, post-16 futures.”