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Our five Vita Bursary winners, who left the school in the summer, are enjoying their first term at university thanks to generous bursaries provided by anonymous donors. 

The Vita Bursary Fund was launched last year by two benefactors who wish to support economically disadvantaged students and give them the means to attend a university of their choice.  Following a rigorous application process, five students have each received a bursary of £3,000 to help them cover the costs of living away from home. Thanks to these bursaries these students are now studying at some of the best universities in the country including Cambridge, Warwick and Nottingham Universities.

80% gain a 4+ in English & Maths

60 of the grades achieved were at the highest grade 9, including 12 in Maths

Top performance in Science and Religious Education

Large increase in number of students studying History

Five students at Paddington are the first recipients of a new bursary fund to enable them to attend university outside of London.

The five students will each receive a bursary of £3,000 next year to help them with the costs of living away from home and has enabled them to accept places at universities that may have been beyond their reach previously. All students were invited to apply for the bursary and selection was based on the merit of their applications.

Staff and students at Paddington Academy are today celebrating the best results in the school’s 11 year history, having continued an eight-year trend of improvement.

Today’s overall results saw figures rise to their highest ever at the school:

·      30% of A Level grades were awarded the highest marks of A* or A;

·      67% of A Level grades were awarded A*-B;

·      93% of A Level grades were awarded A*-C.

Paddington Academy has been celebrated under a new programme set up by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to recognise exceptional schools in the capital.  Schools for Success is part of the Mayor's drive to help tackle education inequality and increase standards for all school-children across the capital, whatever their background.