Our Achievements

It has been a day of celebrations at Cardinal Newman as our students’ results were announced, and we couldn’t be prouder of what they have all achieved.

Each year our results place us amongst the highest performing Sixth Form Colleges Nationally, and this year has been no exception. This years’ results have positioned us as the Highest Performing Sixth Form College in Lancashire, according to the league tables produced by The Times on Thursday 15^th August, making us the best choice for your post-16 education!

The results have been outstanding across the board, with almost two-thirds of A-Levels graded A* to B and 80% of BTEC grades at Distinction* or Distinction and our overall pass rate is 99.5%.

In reality, what this means is that if you choose Cardinal Newman for your post 16 education, you will be studying at the only Ofsted Outstanding Sixth Form College in Central Lancashire, and your chances of success are fantastic. It’s important to us that our students feel happy, supported and are enjoying their studies. If they are happy and enjoying their work, they will achieve much better grades as a result.

It is this approach that the College lives by, with a whole range of additional opportunities available to our students. This includes a fantastic pastoral programme, delivered by our Achievement Tutors, the HE* Programme, designed to stretch and challenge our most able students and help them achieve their aspirations. We also offer of an extensive enrichment programme including trips and visits both in the UK and abroad, which allows our students to enhance their classroom experiences with engaging activities whilst seeing the world. We also have a fantastic range of support systems in place, from our counselling team to the Equality and Diversity team and Health and Wellbeing team, all of whom are in place to ensure students have the skills they need to look after their well-being.

Speaking about the latest results, Principal Nick Burnham said:

“Results day is the greatest day of the year, as it is the day when we see all of the hard work put in by our students and staff come to fruition. It is great to see all of their happy smiling faces as they join us to celebrate today. This year's results are fantastic, and our students are heading off to some truly inspirational destinations. I am so proud of how well our students have done. These results, as ever, are a testament to the hard work that they put into their studies, as well as the dedication of our unbelievably talented staff.”