Dominik Cusk (above)  is celebrating A* grades in computer science, chemistry, maths and further maths and an A physics. He is going to Pembroke College Cambridge to study computer science.

He said: ‘Computer science has got everything I like – maths and computers! I like physics, it has got that in there as well and it is the one that interests me the most. Depending on how I get on I might do a Master’s degree and maybe a placement year.

‘I went there on an Open Day and it had a good feel, it was where I wanted to be.. I didn’t go online to find out my results before coming into school but I was optimistic as I had worked consistently hard since Year 12. I am not sure what I want to do after my degree but computer science is such a broad subject that it has lots of applications.’

Emily Brown was awarded A*s in biology, chemistry and maths and an A in further maths. She is a champion ballroom dancer and will be taking a gap year to concentrate on that before reading Natural Sciences at Lucy Cavendish College.

She said: ‘I want to focus on my ballroom dancing for a year as, at present, I and my dance partner Scott Wilson are second in the Under 21 category in the UK, so it will be a whole year of training, and  hopefully competing, depending on Covid.

Lucy Cavendish looks like a really good college. The course will start off quite broadly so I will do biology and chemistry modules in the first few years and then specialise more as I move through. I found chemistry most challenging and had to work the hardest at that but also enjoyed it the most as well but I got there in the end!

Graham Long had a nail-biting 24 hours to learn that he had got his place at Cambridge after being awarded an A* in  maths and As in further maths and physics. He is going to study economics at Trinity Hall.

He said: ‘I didn’t get my offer initially so I had to wait 24 hours which was scary! I got the email and all I saw was ‘After further consideration we have …’ and that is where it cut off so I was so nervous as it doesn’t sound like a positive statement, so I opened it and it said ‘we have decided to accept your application, congratulations.’ It was a rollercoaster!

‘I have always loved maths and also have an interest in sociology and psychology so economics is a good triangle of those subjects, it brings everything together and is quite broad. Economics can take you to so many places. I am thinking of becoming a data analyst but I am happy to do something that is broad as it gives you a huge range of options. I didn’t really think about applying to Cambridge but as I was doing well in my Sixth Form subjects Mr Gilyead, my physics teacher, asked if I was applying to Cambridge and said I had the grades for it. I have just been at Brooke Weston Academy for the Sixth Form and I came from Lodge Park. It has been good at Brooke Weston Academy, the teaching staff are always there to help.’