Our University Success
We really strive to go above and beyond at Bury Grammar to help our pupils get into the university of their choice. There are a number of ways we do this, including:
- Teaching our pupils well, so they gain fantastic grades.
- Providing phenomenal UCAS support and making sure every student gets all the help they need.
- An extremely knowledgeable and experienced Sixth Form team.
- We have a long track record of success and know how to make this happen.
- We have an ethos of high aspirations. High aspirations and expectations are gold dust in terms of university applications!
Every year, the vast majority of students gains a place on their first choice course. See below our university outcomes from the previous years.
2022
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University Outcomes 2022
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%
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|---|---|
| First Choice University | 67 |
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First or Second Choice University
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77
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Russell Group Universities
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45 |
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Oxbridge
|
1 |
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Medics
|
2 |
Reflecting on yet another incredible year of A Level success, it is interesting to note the broad spectrum of courses our students are embarking upon.
Joseph our School Captain is extremely proud to be taking up his place at Oxford University to study Philosophy and Theology and our Head Girl Chloe was selected from fierce competition on to a degree apprenticeship with the UK firm Ernst & Young LLP.
Computer Science has been particularly popular with many of those choosing a year in industry as part of their course. Hamid Chaudhry, Emma Hyde, Joshua Isherwood and Arran Kirk have all achieved outstanding A Level results to meet the extremely high entry requirements for this subject.
Psychology continues to be popular at A Level with student numbers growing year on year. Subsequently many choose to continue to broaden their understanding of the subject at university. We were delighted that having completed a General Certificate of Higher Education in Psychology with the Open University in her own time to Ava has gone on to study at Psychology at Durham University.
The Humanities have taken our students to the length and breadth of the country. Isaac will be studying History in the North East at Newcastle University, Geographer Tom chose to pursue his degree at Leeds University, Elliot will be studying History and Economics over the border in Wales at Cardiff University and Dominic will be moving to the coast to Exeter to study History.
Medicine has historically been a highly sought after career choice at Bury Grammar School and we continue to encourage our students to explore all medical related subjects. This year Rebecca, Yasmin and Aleena, will be studying Nursing. Bhavani and Alisha are to pursue undergraduate courses in Optometry. Fathiat, Quadri and Ibrahim Saleem are to study Pharmancy. Melika, Lucy and Minha will study Bio Medical Science and Joe will pursue a career in Chemical Engineering.
A deep routed interest in Sport has driven three of our students to follow this pathway at university. Luke will be looking at the Psychology of Sport at Loughborough, Lauren who has National success in the pool will continue to train at Stirling University whilst studying Sport and Exercise Science and Harry who enjoyed success on the Bury Grammar School Football Team will be studying Multimedia Sports Journalism.
2021
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University Outcomes 2021
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%
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|---|---|
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First Choice University
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84
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First or Second Choice University
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97
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Russell Group Universities
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60
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Oxbridge
|
1 |
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Medics
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4 |
With just under 100% of our students receiving a place on from their 1st or 2nd choice course university this has been quite a truly fantastic year to celebrate.
The vast majority of students will be attending Russell Group universities with a number heading for highly competitive courses at Cambridge, King’s College London, Durham and Bristol.
Our School Captain James will start to fulfil his dream to become a Vet at the University of Glasgow where he will be studying Veterinary Science. Lucy our Head Girl having originally chosen the university route at Loughborough fought off tough competition to secure a position at IBM, to start a degree in digital and technology solutions, with a job role in Technical Sales.
One in ten of our students has been inspired to gain places on health-related courses - in Medicine, Veterinary Science, Dentistry, Genetics and Nursing.
Two students are leaving Bury Grammar School to study Medicine this year. They are Bola, who is going to King’s College London and Rayaan who will be attending the University of Manchester. Twins Faizan and Rizwan will be reading Dentistry.
STEM subjects have proven very popular undergraduate courses for Bury Grammar students again this year and once again, Oxbridge is the destination for one of them. One in six students will be following a course in this field.
Mercy won a place at Cambridge University to read Engineering; Ania will be studying Biomedical Engineering at the University of East London; Ibrahim will be studying Chemical Engineering at Manchester University; Sami is going to Loughborough University to read Automotive Engineering, and Alex is heading off to Swansea to study Aerospace Engineering. Two students are studying Pure Mathematics at undergraduate level, three students have chosen to read Computer Science and a further student is studying pure Physics.
Every year a number of BGS students are successful in winning places to study the highly competitive subject of Law and this year is no exception. Isabella will be studying Law at the University of Nottingham, Sameer is reading Law at Manchester University and Henry at the University of York.
Social sciences are extremely popular this year as nearly a third of BGS sixth formers will be reading Business, Economics or Management.
Reflecting the range of interests of our students, other popular university courses for BGS students include Marketing, Psychology, Modern Languages, English, Criminology, Drama, Fashion Design and Politics.
2020
Higher Education and Next Steps
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University Outcomes 2020
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%
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|---|---|
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Russel Group
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59
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Top 20
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63
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Firm Choice
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67
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Firm or Insurance Choice
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90
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Oxbridge
|
3
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Medics
|
6
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Key Successes
As ever, competition for top university courses has been great and our students have truly excelled themselves, gaining entry to a whole range of sought-after places.
We are proud to have three successful Oxbridge students.
Conor McCay will read Mathematics at St. Anne’s, Oxford and our former Head Girl, Isobel Lewis will be studying History and English at St. Peter's, Oxford. Henry Batchelor goes on to study Computer Science at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge.
Medicine and Dentistry is a competitive course and we saw five of our students secure their places.
Ifeoluwa Motunrayo Dare and Adil Khatab will be studying Dentistry at Leeds University and Cardiff. George Armstrong and Zainab Arif acquired deferred places at Liverpool and Manchester Universities. Adam Penlington is going to Newcastle University in September to study Medicine and our Year 14 student Attar Nawaaz will study Medicine in Southampton.
We were delighted that despite the uncertainty surrounding results day, 59% of our students gained a place at one of the prestigious Russell group universities with 90% of our students gaining a place at their First or Insurance place.
Will Mau, who achieved four A*s in his A Levels, will go on from BGS to study Mathematics at Warwick University.
The historically prestigious Durham University was the first choice of both Bethany Bangbala and Dylan Buckley. Bethany will be studying Philosophy and Theology and Dylan has a place to read Economics.
Three Year 13 students have won places to read Law. Meliyah Khan is heading south to the prestigious King’s College London, Dylan McKenzie will be studying Law at Leeds University and Scarlet Kearns at Liverpool John Moores.
Our Head Girl, Olivia Moriarty, is moving on from Bury Grammar School to study Journalism at Newcastle University and Deputy Head Girl, Molly Whitlow, is reading Neuroscience at Bristol University.
Art and Architecture have been popular choices this year with the artistically talented Mathew Jones, Fadil Ali, Hope Hewart and Ben Power going to fulfil their creativity, studying Architecture, Animation and Graphic Design respectively.
Jay Broadhurst and Olivia Groves, both of whom have gained places to fulfil their dreams are to study Music and Musical Theatre at RNCM and the Hammond.
We will continue to create a unique learning experience for all, adapting how we educate students in the Sixth Form to achieve the best outcomes whatever their ability.
2019
Overall, our 2019 statistics are as follows:
- 59% were accepted into Russell Group universities
- 63% accepted into the top 20 universities
- 67% accepted their firm choice
- 89% accepted their firm or insurance choice
- 8 medic students
- 2 Oxbridge students.
We were delighted to have two successful Oxbridge applicants. Kate Higgins went on to study French and Politics at Cambridge and Elizabeth Ealing went on to study Physics at Oxford. 2019 was also a true success for our Medics with eight students gaining places at their chosen universities to study either Medicine or Dentistry at King’s College London, Nottingham and Manchester. 59% of our 2019 students gained a place at one of the prestigious Russell group universities with a fantastic 89% of students embarking upon courses at their Firm or Insurance choice.