The highest grades at Doncaster’s independent school saw a new record, with 47% of exams at A* or A grades. Another record 79% of exams were graded at A* to B, and 93% at grade C and above.

Star performers who both achieved A*A*A*A* include Zayd Ul-Hassan and Eleanor Case, who will join Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge to read Natural Sciences, while Layla Ducker with A*A*A will join Trinity College, Oxford to read Law.

A third of the school’s Upper Sixth earned straight A grades or better.

Headmaster, Mr David Holland was delighted, saying ‘it is great to see our students doing so well, and I congratulate them, their parents and our staff on a wonderful set of results. Not only are this cohort bright and hard-working, but they are also great all-rounders. This is a year group of highly talented actors, musicians and sports stars, who have thrived in the holistic education provided at Hill House.

These include musician and Head Boy, Alfie Atack, whose A*A*A*A takes him to Sheffield University to study Dentistry, while fellow orchestra leader Olivia Willis heads to St.Andrew’s, with the same grades, to study Art History and Spanish. 

Captain of Cricket and Hockey and stalwart of Tickhill Cricket Club, Nathaniel Wilkes, heads off with A*A*A to Sheffield to study History, while Doncaster Rugby star Harrison Brown has won a place at Exeter to study Economics and Finance. Head Girl and Doncaster Ladies Hockey Goalkeeper Maisie Ayton Nicholls secured a place to study Education at Durham.

Head of Senior School, Mrs Caroline Rogerson, observed ‘it is interesting that not all of our very capable students necessarily want a university education at this point, preferring other, very credible, avenues for their futures.’ Renowned Doncaster musician Jon Thorpe heads to the Royal Northern College of Music, while cricket stars Jak Hotchkiss and Nathan Ellam are looking to head to Australia to further their cricket careers. Hockey star Lucy Hucknall and mainstay of the Boys’ Choir and Cricket and Rugby teams, Henry Holland, both embark on prestigious degree apprenticeships.