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Year 13 students this summer celebrated receiving the best A Level results the school has ever recorded. Early indications suggest that academic results will be the best in North Tyneside, with over 80% of entries A*- C grade. This will put us top 10% nationally for progress. Vocational results could put Burnside in the top 20 schools in the country with 99% Distinction* grades.

Students have moved on to a range of world leading universities including Cambridge, Durham, Manchester and Newcastle. We are very proud to continue our 100% success rate for applications to courses including Medicine, Nursing, Midwifery and Primary Education, among others.

Students should be extremely proud of their achievements and we wish them the best of luck for the future.

Students and staff involved in the Duke of Edinburgh Award at Burnside spent the first few days of the holidays in the Yorkshire Dales taking part in Silver and Gold expeditions. Silvers had to walk for 3 days and Golds for 4 – each carrying all that they would need; camping overnight on different campsites each night and doing a project along the way. Miss Wallis had a ‘bit of a moment’ on the way home when she realised that this was her last adventure with the Golds; many of whom have been doing activities with DofE & Mayor’s Award since they were in Year 7. We are pleased to say that everyone passed with flying colours and were a credit to the school in the way they looked after each other and worked as a team. Many thanks go to all the staff that supported the award and the assessors who also volunteered their time.