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Shropshire's class of 2020 hailed for resilience on historic results day

Shropshire's A-Level class of 2020 has been hailed for its resilience and achievement in an unprecedented year of disrupted education.

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Results day at Telford College. Sitting is Megan Davenport from Telford; behind her are, from left: Faye Oliver (Telford), Tom Ollivier (Newport), Yuki Tanaka (Shrewsbury), Fiona Robinson (Telford) and Matthew Thomas (Telford)

Pupils are receiving results today but many of them have been told to keep away from their schools in the interest of social distancing. It follows a year in which their classes have been stopped and their exams cancelled due to coronavirus.

Telford College is celebrating another good set of A-Level results, with an increase in both pass rates and high grades.

The college’s 'seventh form' has seen an overall 5 per cent rise in pass rates this year, with 100 per cent successes in several curriculum areas, including further maths, economics, sociology, media studies, film studies, and English literature.

Graham Guest, principal and chief executive, said: “These results are a reflection of two years of really hard work and dedication by our students.

“They are also testament to the high quality of teaching here at the college, and the way both tutors and students have adapted brilliantly to the different ways of learning over the past few months, since the Covid-19 lockdown.

The results are the first for students who have completed a full two-year study programme at Telford College’s new seventh form, which blends traditional sixth form activities with direct links to universities and partnerships with business mentors.