Students at the Duke of York’s Royal Military School are celebrating success at A Level, with well over half of all of grades being A* - B, BTEC with an average of Distinction*, and 85% achieving A* - C grades.
Subsequently, most students now head off to university, attending elite institutions on highly competitive courses. Several students will begin military careers, while others have chosen apprenticeships, including Daniel Ibikunle who will begin an apprenticeship in Nuclear Engineering, whilst India Allen will begin her career at BAE Systems.
Outstanding individual successes include: Dara Boyejo A*, A*, A, A going to read Medicine at Queen Mary’s; Reece Beaman A*, A*, C to read Maths at Warwick; Darian Wollgast A, A, B, C to read Astrophysics at Edinburgh; Joanna Bowtell A*, A, C to read Geography at Swansea; Daniel Onyeator Distinction*, A, B, B reading Business & IT at Queen Mary’s; Keifer Ige A, A, A, C to read English at Nottingham: Brett Smith Distinction*, Distinction, A to read Business Management at Exeter; Lia Gurung A*, A, A to reads Dentistry at Liverpool, Oshokha Akagbosu A, A, B to read Biological Science at Imperial College London; Saffron Bentley A, A, C to Politics and International Relations at Cardiff.
Principal Alex Foreman said, “I am so proud of the students and staff where the fabulous relationships we have just bring out the best in everyone. As England’s only full state boarding school, we utilise our unique situation to provide an all-round education where Dukies make exceptional progress leading to impressive destinations. Our full boarding environment also allows us to encourage students to immerse themselves wholeheartedly in a breadth of activities beyond the classroom, developing strong character and diverse life skills - driven by our core military values. As a result, I am certain they will look to their futures with huge confidence and back on their time here with fierce pride.”
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Background information
The Duke of York’s Royal Military School was established in 1803 by the then Duke of York to care for the orphans of soldiers and moved, in 1909, to its present 150 acre site in the Kent countryside. As a boarding school, it offers a high quality continuity of education and pastoral care and is popular with parents serving in the Armed Forces. Since becoming an academy in 2010 and opening its doors to all students, the school has welcomed an increasing number of students from across Kent and Sussex in all year groups.
Successful old Dukies of the School include: James Jones, former Bishop of Liverpool; Simon Daglish founder of the Walking with the Wounded Charity and Deputy Managing Director, Commercial, of ITV; and the late Maurice Colclough, Rugby Lions and England International Rugby Union player.