Dallam School GCSE results: the Cumbrian school celebrates pupil success despite pandemic struggles

Headteacher Ms Williams, said, “Over the last two years due to the Covid19 pandemic this, for sustained periods, has been a trying time for both students and staff. The achievements of the students are all the more special given the challenges they faced while studying over the last two years. We congratulate them all on the manner in which they have coped in these quite extraordinary times.

“The majority of students will be pleased with their results and will have the keys to go onto to their anticipated destinations in September. Their results reflect their hard work, their dedication and the support they received from their teachers and families.

“It is only right that we recognise that the variability in how students and schools were affected by Covid19 means that any meaningful comparison between schools is simply inappropriate… [We] instead encourage everyone to focus on the success of our SEstudents and celebrate their achievements as individuals with their own story to tell.

“We congratulate all the young people on their achievements today and wish them all every success in the future.

“Our students, the children of our wonderful county and schools are also more than the sum of their grades and so today we want to celebrate the individuals who have shone for all sorts of reasons.”

Students who have demonstrated particular academic excellence include Charlie Allmond who achieved 10 top grades, including eight Grade 9s.

Luke Harrison and Ella Lowe also achieved 10 top grades, with Luke receiving five Grade 9s and Ella two.