13/08/2026
Students across Cumbria in Sixth forms and colleges are celebrating their post 16 exam
results.
Headteacher, Stephen Gilby, said:
“I am absolutely delighted for all the students collecting their results from Ullswater
Community College today. At UCC we are incredibly proud to serve the Penrith Community
and of all that our students have achieved this year. They have shown resilience and
dedication with the effort they have put into their studies and their achievements are well
deserved.
As a school we continue to be academically ambitious for all our students and these results
are a testament to the high quality teaching and positive, caring and supportive
relationships nurtured throughout the school.
I want to take this opportunity to congratulate all the young people at Ullswater and across
Cumbria on the results that they will receive this week and wish them well on their chosen
pathways.”
Rob Jackson, Head of Sixth, added:
“With over a fifth of our Year 13 cohort achieving two or more A or A* grades or
equivalents, I’m delighted that their hard work and enthusiasm for their courses has paid
off, handsomely. We continue our strong tradition of supporting our students with their
future ambitions. Be that a place at Oxford or Cambridge University, a high quality
apprenticeship, a gap year or straight into the world of work. I believe the strong
relationships we develop between students, parents and carers, and teachers plays a
significant role in forging this success.
Our outgoing Year 13 students have achieved all of the above, in bucket loads. I couldn’t be
more pleased for them or proud of them. I have enjoyed every minute of being a part of
their sixth form journey. Individually and as a year, they are a very special group of young
people and as a community Penrith should be so very proud of everything they have
achieved today.”
We are so proud of all our students and everything they have achieved this year. 25 students, that’s a third of the year group, achieved A*/A grades in two or more subjects or their equivalent at Level 3 study: Elsie Attwood, Jacey Austwick, Osker Bennett, Maddie Brown,Elvie Clegg,Tamsin Crook, Rosie Davies, Phoebe Dixon, Lilly Dodd, Eleanor Featherston, Charlie Ferguson, Lacey Fountain,Ethan Ganner, Heidi Hall, Keeley Howard-Carter, Amelie Leicester-Gee, Connie Lightfoot, Erin McCanny, Crystal McGuinness, Darius Pelin, Joe Sanders, Sophie Shield-Gordon, Gracie Siddle, Emma Taylor, Amelie Thorburn.
