22 Aug 2024

Outstanding GCSE Results for Burgess Hill Girls

With 68% of all entries graded 9-7, 46% of entries graded 9-8, 28% graded 9 and well over half the cohort gaining at least seven or more grades 9-7, top Sussex independent school Burgess Hill Girls is celebrating another year of GCSE success.

This cohort have shown great determination and resilience with following disruption to their learning in Year 7. The way grade boundaries are decided has returned to normal this year so the improvement in the percentages of these top grades confirms that Burgess Hill Girls continues to deliver.

Students achieved highly across a wide range of subjects. In STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths), 65% of all entries were graded 9-7 with 85% graded 9-6. Art and Music retain their unbroken 100% 9-7 record. This is a supremely talented Year 11 cohort which boasts stunning lead performers in the school musical, Les Misérables, a national level equestrian, those who play county level sport, medalled and record-breaking athletes, powerful leaders and changemakers both within the school and beyond, in the wider community.

Top student Fait Sun gained 11 Grade 9s. Burgess Hill Girls congratulates Fait for this fine achievement. A further 13 students gained 100% Grades 9-7: Catherine Bi, Lilia Cole, Lena Contreras, Annie Gallagher, Emilia Gleghorn, Poppy Green, Clara Lam, Tiffany Lee, Bronwen Llewellyn, Emily Meyer, Amelie Pendleton, Alice Tegerdine and Susie Ying.

“Burgess Hill Girls have always sought to demonstrate that success at school can be achieved in many different ways,” said Assistant Head Academic, Rohaise Flint. “We strive, above all else, to cultivate an atmosphere and environment where each pupil is celebrated for being her unique and individual self, where each pupil feels safe and welcome in our community so that she comes to school each day ready to learn. We are extraordinarily proud of those who achieved academically outstanding results this week. But we have equal pride in those students who have achieved grades in subjects that they find incredibly tough. They have shown themselves what can be done if you have a positive attitude and a willingness to put in the hard yards, life lessons that will endure long after the dust has settled on this year’s GCSE results.”

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15 Aug 2024

Exceptional A Level Results for Burgess Hill Girls

Burgess Hill Girls is celebrating an outstanding set of A Level results with 91% of outcomes graded A*-B and an impressive 61% graded A*-A. 84% of the cohort gained three A*-B grades, the essential requirement for admission to the most competitive universities.

The rise in top grades is particularly remarkable because this cohort is the first to have taken both their GCSEs and A Levels post-pandemic. With grading set to return this year to pre-pandemic levels, these headline figures confirm that Burgess Hill Girls consistently maximises the aspirations of all its pupils.

Upper Sixth pupils’ diverse interests and aspirations together with expert, individually tailored university and futures preparation means the majority will take up places at their first-choice university. They applied for 55 different courses ranging from Law to Bioveterinary Sciences, Medicine, English Literature, Musical Theatre and Performance, Politics and International Relations, Philosophy and Economics, Media and Communications, Psychology, Costume for Theatre and Screen, History, International Journalism, Chemistry with Industrial Experience, Business Management and Marketing, Sociology and Hispanic Studies, Classics and Modern Languages with a year abroad.

Assistant Head Academic, Rohaise Flint said: “These exceptional outcomes are a testament to the outstanding efforts, skills, determination and perseverance of the talented Upper Sixth of 2024. They have flourished under the expertise and encouragement of their dedicated teachers who ensure that every pupil is challenged and supported to achieve their very best. Burgess Hill Girls is uniquely placed to deliver a personal, bespoke Sixth Form experience which leads to the strongest university applications. The variety and richness of the experiences and opportunities on offer here and the lengths the teachers will go to – academically and more widely – mean that girls go out into the wider world as fulfilled, balanced, confident and independent young women of tomorrow.”

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18 Jul 2024

Sanaya Makes National Athletics Finals

Sanaya, who is also an enthusiastic cricketer, qualified for the National Championships via the Sussex heats at K2 in Crawley placing second in the final. At the 50th National Preparatory School Athletics Championships, held at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium on the 3rd of July, she came second in her one hundred metres heat with a time of 14.53 seconds. In the final she placed sixth with a time of 14.66 seconds.

Earlier this year, with her strong performances in sprint events, Sanaya helped her local team, Crawley Athletics Club, win the South region of the indoor Sportshall competition. Her performances qualified her to represent the Sussex team. She also recently competed in the Under 13 Sussex Athletic Championships, winning Gold with her team in the 4 x 100 metres relay.

Sanaya was delighted to have made it to the National finals:

“I was very nervous before my races but at the same time I felt proud of myself to be performing at the Nationals with the best athletes in the country at the prestigious Alexander stadium. I was able to channel my nerves into my races and truly enjoy myself.”

Heather Cavanagh, Head of Burgess Hill Girls Prep School added:

“I know that Sanaya has been injured for a lot of this season. She has always been a talented athlete, but I am particularly impressed with her resilience and determination to succeed despite the challenges she has faced. These qualities will serve her well in the future.”

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