Students from West Bromwich, Stourbridge and Stafford open their exam results!

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Students from West Bromwich, Stourbridge and Stafford open their A Levels and BTEC results!

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00:00Well, welcome to Central St Michael's. Obviously, this is a very, very exciting day.

00:04It's a day of great celebration of our students and our students have done really, really well.

00:0899% of our students have successfully passed their A-levels, which we're so proud about.

00:13It's a fitting testament to the hard work of students and the hard work of staff, so it's

00:17brilliant. Okay, Yara, so you've received Student of the Year. How does it feel to get that?

00:23I'm really happy and grateful because I faced a lot of adversities this year and I think

00:28being valued and appreciated for your hard work in an environment where you've come in

00:32for the past two years, it feels really good. Fantastic. And what have your friends said

00:37about your achievement? Well, I haven't had the chance to call all of them, but they're

00:41really happy and proud of me and that's what's most important to me because they're my village.

00:47Hi, I'm Holly. I'm the Principal at King Ed's College in Stourbridge. So we've got A-level

00:52results going on today. Lots of students coming in. It's very busy. They're delighted with their

00:58results. They've done really well this year. I'm so proud of them. I'm proud of the staff

01:03and the students. We've got much greater rates of A-stars, A's, B's, all the higher grades.

01:10So we've got about 60% of our students have got an A-star to B, which is a fantastic achievement

01:17above a 99% pass rate. So they are feeling great and then they're going off collecting

01:22their results, going to some great destinations. We've got more than 20 students accepted offers

01:27for Oxbridge this morning. So yeah, I'm very happy, very proud. Students are happy too.

01:33That's the important thing. Okay then, so A-level results today. How have you got on? How do you feel

01:38you got on? Really good. I'm really pleased with my results. And it's what you wanted? Yeah.

01:42So what are the plans now for the future? I'm going to dance school in September. Oh, are you? Fantastic.

01:47Where are you going? It's called Rhombeth. Right. It's a school of ballet and contemporary.

01:51Fantastic. How about yourself? I'm going to Worcester Uni to do teaching, primary school.

01:55To where, sorry? Worcester. All right. Fantastic. Brilliant. Okay. And how about you? I'm going to

02:01take a gap year. Yeah. Chill out. But how were your results? Good. Yeah, I'm happy with them.

02:05Fantastic. And how about you? Mine were really good as well. Fantastic. I'm going to Northern

02:11Contemporary Dance School as well. Brilliant. And you got the results you wanted to? Yeah.

02:15Fantastic. Well done everybody. So my name is Mark Kent. I'm the Assistant Director of Curriculum.

02:22I head up Professional Studies here at Stafford Campus. It's just been a fantastic day seeing so

02:26many students leave here with such smiles on their face, really chuffed with their results.

02:31Having worked so hard over the last 12 to 24 months, they thoroughly deserve it. And a big

02:36congratulations to our staff team who again have worked so wonderfully well again for this year.

02:40Well done all. Okay then Rob, so we're at Stafford College today. You've just picked up your BTEC

02:46results. How have you got on? I got a Triple Distinction Star. Fantastic. Film and TV and

02:51Creative Media Production. And the what, sorry? Film, TV and Creative Media Production. Superb. That's great.

02:57Obviously you're really chuffed with that. Yeah. You couldn't do any better.

03:02Fantastic. So what are the plans for the future? Off to uni this year. I'm going to Leeds.

03:08I'm going to do illustration, which is different to film, but I can use it anyway.

03:13Just see where the wind takes me really. Yeah, absolutely. Well the doors are

03:17open for you now on that. Yeah, for sure. So what's the big goal for the future?

03:22I still have to figure that out. I'm still not entirely sure, but something that makes me happy.

03:26Yeah, fantastic. Well that's the important thing isn't it? Well congratulations anyway. Very well done.

03:31Okay Katie, so you've opened your results. How have you got on? Really well. I've got a Triple

03:35Distinction. You've got what, sorry? I've got a Triple Distinction. Fantastic. Well done. Yeah.

03:40And mom and dad, how do you feel? Absolutely amazing. Really proud of her. Yeah. Yeah.

03:46So what are the plans now? Off to Worcester University to study Occupational Therapy.

03:50Superb. That's brilliant. And what's the big goal at the end of it all?

03:54Hopefully to become an Occupational Therapist. Yeah, yeah. Brilliant. Well congratulations anyway.

04:00Well done. Okay then, so Dan, you've opened your results. How have you got on?

04:04Distinction Star, Distinction Distinction. Wow, that's incredible. And your mom on the end here,

04:09how do you feel? Brilliant. You must be really chuffed. Very proud of it, yeah. Fantastic.

04:14So what are the plans now then, Dan? Going to Staffs Uni. Brilliant, brilliant. Superb.

04:19And what's the long term plans? See how things go. Hopefully a career that goes well. Yeah,

04:26fantastic. Has a good ladder. And were they expected, your results, or is it a shock?

04:33Not really a shock. Somewhat expected, but happy. Yeah, fantastic. Pleasantly happy.

04:37Well, congratulations. It's nice to have it confirmed. Absolutely, absolutely. Well,

04:43congratulations anyway. Thank you. All the best for the future. Thank you.

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