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CONSISTENT SUCCESS
FOR MORE THAN A DECADE
As the region’s leading inclusive college, Priestley is proud of its reputation of
consistently delivering excellence for all students.
Priestley students continue to make excellent progress
at college that allows them to secure top university
placements, excellent jobs and apprenticeships.
Every year around 500 students progress to university
and specialist colleges. This regularly includes around
100 moving on to Russell Group universities.
We are equally proud of those students who progress to
specialist degrees and of those who gain a place on the
most prestigious apprenticeships or employment with
leading employers.
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS
FROM THE CLASS OF 2017
• 100% pass rate in 37 subjects
• 68% of A-Level results were high grades, including
scores of A*s and As
• 100% pass rate in all BTEC/OCR Extended Diplomas
• 70% BTEC/OCR grades awarded at Distinction* or
Distinction
Other highlights include
• Excellent A* to B A-Level pass rates in Science and
Maths, Art and Design, Languages, Media and
Performing Arts.
• A remarkable 68 students achieved a triple
Distinction*.
• 142 students achieved at least a triple Distinction
• Sophie Burrows was awarded a prestigious DaDA
scholarship.
• Emma Lavens and Thomas Quormby received merit
awards worth £1,000 by Aberystwyth University.
• Students taking Level 2 BTEC / OCRs secured a 97%
pass rate in 2017.
• Amongst those who resat key GCSEs at Priestley an
incredible 53% secured A* to Cs and in English that
figure rose to 70%.
*Read about more of our individual success stories on
pages 14 and 15.
Priestley students make
excellent progress
Value added measures track the progress students
make based on their GCSE results and Priestley
students make very positive progress.
The national value added measures show that students
make significantly above average progress in many A-
Levels, AS and on all BTEC/OCR programmes.
The ALPs value added measures of student progress
show that in many subjects and courses Priestley is in
the top 10% of all providers.
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