Hello and welcome to our September blog! This month, we look back over the last couple of weeks and celebrate the long-awaited A-Level and GCSE results day. It was another difficult year due to Covid-19, lockdowns, and restrictions but we’re so proud of our students across Oakley Vale who proudly opened up their envelopes and celebrated another excellent set of results!
We also want to share some exciting events which are happening across Oakley Vale this month and thank you all for your responses to our community survey. So, lets get right down to it!
Superb student success
Once again, Oakley Vale’s local school, Brooke Weston Academy, did exceptionally well and secured some outstanding GCSE and A-Level results!
On A-Level results day, top performing students included Matthew Leer, Matish Parmar, Kacper Wieckowski and Aleksa Trkulja, who collectively achieved an incredible twelve A* grades! Matthew is off to the University of Bath to study Architecture, Kacper is going to the prestigious University of Cambridge to study Natural Science, and Matish is going to study Mechanical Engineering at the University of Warwick.
Two days later it was a similar story for GCSE results day! Highflyers included Louis Bereton, Matthew Russell, Finley Short and Tilly West who all achieved grade 9s in every subject!
Fellow students, Stefan Mariciuc, Rufus Matthew, Grace McClintock, Olivia Kopania and Nicola Edge all achieved grades 7, 8 and 9 across all subjects, and are looking forwarding to starting Sixth Form at Brooke Weston Academy.
The academy’s Principal, Shaun Strydom said: “All of our students have worked incredibly hard throughout this difficult period, and we are so proud of their achievements. In particular, I would like to say a huge thank you to all of our staff for their ongoing efforts and for the support and motivation they have provided to our students during this time. Even though students have faced many challenges this year, we feel they have handled themselves exceptionally well throughout, and their results are a reflection of this. We will be available to provide support and assistance to all students that require it in the coming weeks and wish everyone leaving us the best of luck in their future endeavours.”
Elsewhere, Corby Business Academy celebrated an excellent set of A-Level results with some fantastic individual achievements.
Jonathan Hartley achieved three A*s in Business, Mathematics and in Psychology and is going on to study Industrial Economics at the University of Nottingham. Fellow student, Igor Pereszczako achieved two A*s in Chemistry and Mathematics and an A in Biology and is going on to study Medicine at Anglia Ruskin University. Well done Corby Business Academy!
You can read about the thrilling days in full here and here.
Things to look forward to
September also sees some of our favourite shows return to the Corby Cube! To celebrate, we’ve picked our stand outs for you to enjoy with family or friends and listed them below.
Ed Byrne: If I’m Honest… – 10th September
Following his biggest ever tour last year and yet another sell-out Fringe run last August, one of the UK’s finest observational comics embarks on an EVEN BIGGER brand-new tour and has now announced an even FURTHER extension for 2021!
The UK Rock Show – 16th September
Get ready to be transported back to the 80s heyday of classic rock, combining the feel of a rock festival with the atmosphere of a top end rock arena tour. Expect fireworks, flames, amazing lighting and attention to detail from this amazing five-piece band!
Beyond Corby – A Cultural Celebration – 26th September
Inspired by the theme of harvest, Deep Roots Tall Trees presents an evening of music, song, dance and food from around Europe. Featuring performances from Corby’s Scottish, English, Latvian, Polish and Deep Roots Tall Trees communities, Beyond Corby is an event that celebrates gathering in, coming together and sharing!
Thank you for your thoughts
Finally, we just wanted to say a big thank you to all of you who took the time to respond to our Oakley Vale survey. We received some excellent feedback and will be using the insights from residents to shape our content on the website and socials going forward.
The future of Oakley Vale really does look bright and full of promise thanks to you!
All that is left to say is that we hope everyone has a great September – see you next month for our October blog!
