High Legh girls Cambridge-bound

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HIGH Legh students Charlotte Senn and Sarah Slattery – who attended Withington Girls’ School – are thrilled to be heading to Cambridge University after scoring impressive results in their A Levels.
Charlotte, 18, achieved an exceptional 5 A* grades – for Maths, Further Maths, Chemistry, Physics and German. She will now go on to study Natural Sciences at Magdalene College. Cambridge. Charlotte is an accomplished musician – to Grade 8 distinction level – having played the cello for the Halle Youth Orchestra and leading the cello section in the Senior School orchestra. Charlotte received a school award for her long-term commitment to sport and is the Ladies Singles Champion at High Legh Tennis Club.
Sarah, aged 17, scored A*s in Maths and Latin and A grades in Greek and French. She is looking forward to studying Classics at Churchill College, Cambridge. Sarah was editor of the pupil-run school magazine “Scrawl” and also led the school’s Amnesty International society through which she enjoyed raising awareness amongst other pupils of contemporary issues. As well as participating in the Mock Trial competition and several Model United Nations conferences, Sarah is also a keen horse rider.
Charlotte and Sarah are among a group of 7 Withington girls who are going on to study at Cambridge this year whilst a further 5 are going to Oxford,
Withington Girls’ School has posted outstanding A Level results this year bucking the national trend to achieve a significant increase in A* grades. Overall, from a group of 75 sixth formers 37.6% achieved A*s, 80.4% secured A* or As and , 94% achieved A*, A and B grades. The overall pass rate was 100%. Withington was recently named as the top secondary school in the North West by the Sunday Times.


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