![]() ![]() He couldn’t afford much tuition and was only here for six weeks, but he passed with grade C sufficient to get him into his first-choice university (a year earlier than he expected). He had done a very unusual syllabus and when he wanted to re-take it he could find nowhere which offered it until he came to Barts. He obtained grades B, B, D, got a place studying Pharmacy and went on to do a PhD.ĮMERSON had taken A level History two years previously. He failed all three and then, at the age of 22, came to Barts to re-take. He obtained modest arts A level results, but then did further A levels in Chemistry, Biology and Physics at his local tech. At school he had been strongly discouraged from doing science A levels since, among other things, he had failed O level Physics. He had learned very little previously, and his English was weak, but he passed all of his GCSEs (as well as an extra entrance exam) and was accepted at the school.ĬHRISTY had a very modest academic background, but was interested in a career as a pharmacist. He needed to do well in the GCSEs in order to get into the school that his parents had chosen for his A levels, but he was very unhappy at his first school and came to Barts in February. She did well, getting grade C or better in all of them and stayed at Bartholomews Tutorial College for her A levels, achieving a B and a C.ĬHARLES had come from Thailand and started a one-year GCSE course elsewhere. We were able to spread her GCSEs so that she could concentrate on just two or three at a time. She had lost confidence in herself academically and her school teachers were pessimistic about her prospects for GCSEs. At the same time she also secured a place at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, reading Biological Sciences.ĬAROLINE was dyslexic and had been struggling at school. She therefore transferred to Barts and managed to complete the A levels on schedule, obtaining grades A, B, C. She didn’t want to, but needed extra tuition to catch up on lost time. He passed both!īRIDGET had been unwell in her first year of A levels and her school had suggested that she repeat the year. He completed his A levels within a year and passed his Maths, all before his 17th birthday.īRIAN desperately needed to pass A level German, having previously failed, so we entered him for the exam with two different examining boards at the same time, in the hope that he might scrape one of them. ![]() He liked the fact that, in English for example, he could choose whichever texts he wished, rather than being told which would be studied. He joined Bartholomews Tutorial College for his A levels and to re-take GCSE Maths. ![]() We have given only their first names, as some may not wish to be fully identified.ĪLEXANDER disliked what he saw as unnecessary rules at his boarding school. There are many more examples, but those below, given in alphabetical order, show the variety of ways in which we can adapt to students’ circumstances. ![]()
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