Results & Leavers’ Destinations
The Academy opened its doors in 2012 with an ambitious vision for how a diverse school in inner London could, with the support and inspiration of one of the world’s leading Universities, inspire all our students to achieve success. From day one, our students and staff have benefited from our close relationship with UCL, and our results underline how that relationship is bearing fruit, with students leaving the Academy to embark upon exciting futures.
The UCL Academy Sixth Form students move on to University, other further study, apprenticeships, or employment. Irrespective of their route, they have the continuous support of the Careers department, tutors and other members of staff while they navigate their way through this pivotal time in their education.
While 40% of our students are offered places at Russell Group Universities, many others go to prestigious universities and exciting futures elsewhere.
Some of our student stories from the class of 2024:
As always, we are delighted with the performance of all our students. A few notable achievements below:
Yazdan Khasahei, an Iranian immigrant who arrived in the UK in 2020 with minimal English proficiency, has secured a place to study medicine at King’s College. Today, our Deputy Head Boy was awarded 2 A*s in Maths and Persian, and 2 As in Biology and Chemistry.
After arriving in the UK, Yazdan had to wait one year to access formal school at The UCL Academy, which COVID-19 further impacted. Despite starting his GCSEs mid-year 10, he performed exceptionally well. Fast-forward to today, and his A Level grades speak for themselves; they would be impressive for anyone, let alone an immigrant who spoke such little English when he arrived in the UK.
Yazdan is an exceptional student and person who has used his life experiences to propel him to greatness in his A Level studies, making him one of our highest achievers this year.
Matvii Yatsenko, a refugee who fled the war in his native Ukraine in 2022, achieved stellar A Level results: 2 As in Economics and Maths and a B in Computer Science. Matvii now looks forward to studying Computer Science at The University of Edinburgh.
Such is his dedication; during his first year of A Levels, he also completed his studies remotely at his Ukrainian school. He made exceptional progress in both Maths and Computer Science, and despite English being his second language, Matvii has always been one of the highest-achieving students in Economics.
Matvii openly admits the relocation was a challenge; however, he has demonstrated outstanding determination and resilience in his studies and was duly rewarded for all his hard work.
Viena Muhaxheri is one of our Critchley Scholars and was today celebrating her exceptional achievements at A Level: 2 A*s in Biology and Maths and an A in Chemistry. Medicine has long been Vienna’s desired area of future study at University, and she now looks forward to beginning the next chapter of her education in September at Imperial College. Vienna said the “constant support of teachers was fundamental to achieving high grades.”
Subhan Hussein, our very own Head Boy, has achieved A*s in 4 subjects, Chemistry, Maths, Further Maths, Physics and an A in Computer Science and will now study Computer Science and Economics at Princeton University (USA). Subhan has been a student at the Academy since Year 12 and aside from praising his very devoted teachers, he said the help he received with applications was second to none, which crucially allowed him to devote as much time to his studies as possible.
Viola Muhaxheri was thrilled with her results today, securing 3 As in Art, Biology and Maths and a B in Physics, which have secured her a place at our sponsor UCL to study Architecture. Viola is another one of our Critchley Scholars and has been at the Academy since Year 7. She said “the teachers made me feel very comfortable in the learning environment, which resulted in me becoming more confident and asking questions.”
