Westminster A Level students excel
Westminster’s schools continue to perform above the national average as A-Level results show Conservative-run Westminster is a great place to for young people to study and develop. 82% of Westminster’s A-Level students achieved A* to C results, recording continued improvements and exceeding the national average of 77%.
Councillor Richard Holloway, Cabinet Member for Children, Families and Young People, Westminster City Council, said: “Well done to our Westminster students on achieving outstanding A-Level results. Both students and teachers have worked extremely hard and they should all be very proud of their achievements.”
A few highlights include:
St Augustine’s CE High School who are celebrating the best A-Level results in their history. 24% of their students received A*-A grades, compared to 12% last year.
Staff and students at Paddington Academy are also celebrating the best results in the school’s 10-year history. Overall results saw figures rise to their highest ever at the school, with 26% awarded the highest marks of A*-A grades.
The Grey Coat Hospital was also delighted with their students A-Level results, with 36% of all grades were A*-A.
Westminster Academy students have also been celebrating a successful set of post 16 results which have secured them places at top universities including three places at Oxbridge.
Local ultrafast rollout gathers pace
Some of the common frustrations experienced by internet users will no longer feature at Churchill Gardens Estate, where ultrafast fibre broadband has been rolled out to over 1,800 homes. The new service provides download speeds of up to a whopping 1,000 Mbps (1 Gbps) – putting the estate in the top 2% in the UK for connectivity. This means that residents can enjoy a greater amount of internet streaming for their home entertainment. Last year, Community Fibre completed installation of Gigabit broadband to over 1,000 homes in the Grosvenor estate area.
The overall fibre project is part of your Westminster Conservatives ambition to see every resident in the borough connected to superfast, reliable broadband. It took a year to upgrade broadband across the Churchill estate. Westminster Council negotiated with Community Fibre, the service provider, to achieve the best value rates for residents for the higher speed service. A fair and competitive market for high speed services in the city is a critical part of the programme, ensuring competitive prices for residents.
Councillor Jonathan Glanz, Lead Member for Broadband and Connectivity said: “The estate is the first of many areas in Westminster that will be upgraded to this quality of connectivity. Ultrafast broadband is an absolute must for London if we are to continue to operate as a world-class city. I am very proud that we have managed to get this service at affordable prices into Churchill Gardens.”
Other estates that are planned for ultrafast broadband include:
- Abbots Manor
- Hall Park estate
- Hallfield estate
- Holcroft Court
- Lillington and Longmoore Gardens
- Lisson Green
- Maida Vale
- Millbank
- Warwick and Brindley
