A near-record 95% of A levels taken at The John Lyon School achieved grades A-C in an excellent year for the independent boys’ school.

82% of grades at the day school in Harrow were As or Bs, with almost half the A levels taken being awarded the top grade (49%).

Fourteen of the 67 boys in the Upper Sixth, or 21%, achieved straight As. These high-flyers included two pupils who are Oxbridge-bound: Deputy Head Boy James Corcut, of Pinner, who will take English at Downing College, Cambridge, and Tim Smith, also of Pinner, who will read Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) at Jesus College, Oxford.

The boys were congratulated by Katherine Haynes, who officially takes up her position as the school’s new Head in September. “This is an excellent set of results, which bears testimony to the dedication of our staff and, of course, to the tremendous hard work of the boys themselves.

“Over the last four years, A level results at JLS have reached a consistently high level and this year’s results maintain that positive trend, further justifying the school’s ranking in this year’s Financial Times Top 1,000 Schools league table as one of the top 20 boys’ schools in the country.

Miss Haynes added: “The results are even more impressive when you take into account that many of these boys achieved top grades while participating at a very high level in school sports, drama or music. Passing examinations is, of course, important, but it is such breadth of achievement that is increasingly valued by leading employers.”

Many JLS boys are planning a gap year before taking up their university places. They include James Neidle, a straight A candidate, who plans to spend his gap year in Israel working for charities and teaching English, before returning to Leeds University to read International Relations. John Ahn, of South Harrow, achieved As in Mathematics, Economics and Physics and will be travelling to China to learn Mandarin. His classmate, Sam Koch, gained the straight As he needed to gain a place at St Andrew’s University in Scotland. “I play a lot of golf so it was the dream choice!” he explained.

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Issued on behalf of The John Lyon School

MEDIA CONTACTS: Miss Katherine Haynes on 020 8872 8400 .

Picture 2550 caption: ‘Excellent A level results at The John Lyon School.’
Picture 2551 caption : ‘Seven of the 14 boys who achieved straight As at The John Lyon School: l-r Sam Koch, of Stanmore; Oxford-bound Tim Smith, of Pinner; Chris Duncan, of Pinner; Cambridge-bound James Corcut, of Pinner (at back) ; (at front) Jathu Shasiharan, of Perivale; Pierre McIlwee, of Northwood; James Neidle, of Stanmore; John Ahn, of South Harrow.