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16.09.09 Oxbridge Undergraduates
This year four of St David's honours programme students have successfully secured places to study at Oxford and Cambridge in October.
Zara Milner aged 18 from Canton achieved 3 As in English, biology, chemistry and a B in physics and is going to read medicine at St John's College Cambridge. Zara is a former pupil of Fitzalan High School.
Danielle Davenport, a former pupil of Rumney High School got 3 As in, history, Welsh and French and a B in philosophy. She is the first person from her family to go to university and is looking forward to studying history at Jesus College, Oxford.
She said: "The honours programme really made me think about what I wanted to do with my life. Once I'd visited Oxford with the tutor group I knew that's where I wanted to continue my education. I'm so happy to be able to study history in a beautiful environment. St David's staff have been really helpful and they even managed to get me work experience at Castell Coch and Caerphilly Castle which fostered my interest in history even more."
Matthew Jones, a former pupil of Cathays High School is also off to Oxford. Travel-loving Matt has already spent time working as a volunteer in Africa. His A grades in English literature and language, geography, biology and art have secured his place at Mansfield College to read geography. He said: "I've very much enjoyed my time at St David's. It was hard work but worth it. I couldn't have done it without all of my teachers' help. The honours group was a great help to my academic development and Mr. Siemens has a great shoulder to lean on!"
Former St Teilo's pupil
Anna Mitchell aged 18 from Penylan has achieved A grades in philosophy, English and history as well as a B in maths. She is now going to study philosophy at Cambridge.
James Siemens the honours programme director said: "All our honours programme students who accepted provisional offers from Oxford and Cambridge achieved the grades they required, as did those who had applied to medical schools and many others will be studying in the UK's most respected Universities. The results reflect consistent hard work and application and I congratulate all our students who have prepared so well for their A2 exams."
