Press Release

 

Ref: Top Ten

Date: 4 September 2007

 

 

Local student Emma-Jane Biggs was amongst the top ten in the country in GCE A-level Chemistry according to Edexcel, the UK’s largest awarding body.

 

Emma-Jane sat her exam earlier this summer at Collingham and the results, issued last month, show that out of 6,387 candidates, Emma-Jane achieved one of the highest overall marks in Chemistry.

 

Jerry Jarvis, Edexcel’s managing director, said: “This is a tremendous achievement and testament to the hard work students put into preparing for their examinations.

 

“We send our congratulations to Emma-Jane.”

 

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For media enquiries, please contact: Megan Fitzgerald, Media Affairs Manager, on 020 7190 5191 or megan.fitzgerald@Edexcel.org.uk

Edexcel, a Pearson company, is the UK's largest awarding body offering academic and vocational qualifications and testing to more than 25,000 schools, colleges, employers and other places of learning here and in over 100 countries worldwide. We deliver 9.4 million exam scripts each year, with 3.8 million marked onscreen in 2006.  Our qualifications include GCSE, AS and A Level, GNVQ, NVQ and the BTEC suite of vocational qualifications from entry level to BTEC Higher National Diplomas and Foundation Degrees. www.edexcel.org.uk