A Level Success at HGS

Handsworth Grammar School has enjoyed an excellent set of A level results despite the national volatility surrounding new courses, with some outstanding individual results achieved by our hard working students. Nearly 60% of all entries were at A* to B grade and the overall pass rate was 99.6%. Nearly 30% of all entries were at the top grades of A*/A. Nineteen students attained the top grades of A* and A in all their subjects. Two students, Rahul Patel and Zayd Saleh achieved the maximum 3 A* grades. Rahul has decided to work in a Chemical Engineering firm this year to gain work experience and will be applying to the University of Cambridge for September 2018. Zayd will be studying Mathematics at the University of Birmingham.

Mohsin Gandhi, Qasim Mushtaq and Hussein Said all gained 2 A* grades and 1 A grade and they too will be studying at the University of Birmingham. Mohsin will be studying Mathematics, and Hussein and Qasim will both be studying Medicine.

Hung Nguyen who achieved 1 A* and 2 A grades will be studying Law at the University of Birmingham, and Deepak Dhaliwall who attained 1 A* and 2 A grades will be taking a gap year in preparation for University in September 2018.

Mathematics is also the choice of Maninder Bansal and Nathan Bell who are off to Warwick University and Bristol University respectively, after their superb results. We also have a number of students who have successfully gained places to study Dentistry, with Sushanto Chanda off to the University of Sheffield and Amario Chander going to the University of Leeds.

Arjun Borhara will be studying Accounting and Finance at the University of Warwick and Chandan Patel will be studying Optometry at Aston University following their 3 straight A grades.

There are a number of other high achieving students who are still considering their options after superb results. Ayyan Satter who gained 2 A* grades and 1 A grade, Isaac Rafiq who achieved 3 A grades and brothers Harvinder Bhambra and Jasdeep Bhambra who both secured 3 A grades may choose to go to university this year, or re-apply for September 2018.

Bobby Bola, Rafayeth Mustafa and Jas Randhawa all attained 3 A grades and they are also still thinking about where their future lies. Finally, Jason Lee who attained an A*, an A and 2 Bs will be attending the University of Nottingham to study Computer Science.

We congratulate all of our students for their hard work and dedication to their studies, and wish them every success at university and in their future careers. We also congratulate and thank our dedicated staff who have supported their students every step of the way.