More academicsuccess for pupils

TWO year 13 students at Wallace High School earned places on prestigious courses offered by leading UK universities.
By The Newsroom
Published 6th May 2012, 08:00 BST
The Wallace High School pupils Rachel Barnes and Beth Doherty who have enjoyed recent academic successes.The Wallace High School pupils Rachel Barnes and Beth Doherty who have enjoyed recent academic successes.
The Wallace High School pupils Rachel Barnes and Beth Doherty who have enjoyed recent academic successes.

Beth Doherty, who has already attended a residential offered by the Villiers Park organisation for potential Oxbridge students this year, has been chosen to attend an open weekend offered by Oxford University’s UNIQ programme for potential medical students.

Rachel Barnes, has earned a place on the highly competitive Sutton Trust Summer School at Bristol University where she will enjoy a week long placement, experiencing university style teaching and learning about academics in social sciences.

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This follows on from two more students, Gemma Rooney and Jack Roach earning places on Villiers Park residential courses, bringing to six the number of sixth form students who have earned places on the Oxbridge orientated courses this year.

Attendance at courses such as this provide students with an opportunity to experience university education which they can then refer to when applying for places at top universities in the UK and Ireland at a time when the application process is highly competitive.

The students are supported by their applications for these courses by their subject teachers, careers staff, Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator and the Co-ordinator of Gifted and Talented provision.