Pupils at schools and sixth form colleges across Oxford are jubilantly celebrating after a set of amazing A-level results.
Students headed straight to their respective schools early on Thursday morning to learn of their educational fate as results were released in the city.
Teens had high hopes of attending universities, gaining apprenticeships or going straight into employment all riding on a few letters printed on a page in the all-important letter.
At Magdalen College School, as many as five people attained five A* grades which led to several Oxbridge admissions.
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Isaac Eason will study Mathematics at the University of Cambridge alongside Sam Trajtenberg who will take on Computer Science at the same institution.
Sandy Hudson will read Chemistry at the University of Oxford, Robert Carver-Escritt will study Engineering at Imperial College London and Siddharth Guru Murphy will take on Mathematics at the University of Warwick.
Other top performers included Joe Conway with A*A*A*A* and a place to read Natural Sciences at Cambridge while Sacha Willans also attained A*A*A*A*.
There were hugs and smiles all around at Headington School’s Sixth Form on Headington Road as girls returned to school to collect their A Level results.
Among those Oxford bound are head of boarding Alexandra Cutmore and head of day Zara Jones.
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Between them, they achieved four A*s and three As, along with an A in the EPQ.
Zara, whose surname has not been revealed and has been a Headington student since the age of eight-years-old, will take up her place to study English at Corpus Christi College.
She said: “I am so excited, just really thrilled. It has been such a long journey, I’m so excited to finally be going to Oxford and also so pleased to be sticking around in my home town.
“It’s mind-blowing to think that I’m walking into school for the last time. I genuinely don’t think I would be able to even have gone through the application process without the support of everyone, it has been absolutely incredible. I’m going to miss it."
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Esther at Oxford High School on Belbroughton Road achieved four A*s and is already an accomplished poet, having won the Tower Poetry Competition in 2023.
She will be studying English at the University of Cambridge and formed part of the 30 per cent of pupils who achieved A* grades at the school.
At Oxford Spires Academy on Glanville Road, there were a pair of best friends who attained matching results.
Anna Mullett received an A* for English Literature as well as two As for Drama and History leaving her ecstatic when she chatted to the Oxford Mail.
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“I’m a bit thrown in the loop now for what to do next because I think I got higher than I expected,” she said.
“I’m taking a year out and I think I’m just going to reapply and maybe switch my course around a bit so yeah, exciting.”
Flo Hadfield also received an A* and two A grades which saw the pair become two of the highest-performing students on the day at the school.
Stand-out Sixth Form students at Gosford Hill School on Oxford Road in Kidlington included Alys who achieved three A* grades as well as Barnaby who received an A* and three A grades.
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Other notable results include Annabelle, Zoe and Samara, who all achieved an A* and two A grades from their two years in the sixth form.
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