Results Day: Economists excel

The results achieved by this year's Economics students were truly outstanding: over half were awarded an A*. Bearing in mind the fact that the national average (across all subjects) is only 8% A*, this is a phenomenal achievement.

Many of these students are going on to study Economics or Economics-related courses at university: 10 of them have met their offers to study at either LSE or UCL – two of the UK's top universities for the subject area.


We caught up with one of these London-bound students, Kira Tritenko (photo above). Alongside her A* in Economics, she gained A* in Maths, A in Politics and B in Spanish, comfortably beating her AAA offer.

'I'm very glad about my results,' she said. 'I worked really hard to get them.' Next year, Kira will study Economics at LSE – which she's looking forward to immensely – but she'll miss her teachers at d'Overbroeck's.

'Economics at d'Overbroeck's is the best. The way the teachers explain things is absolutely amazing. The teachers go way beyond the syllabus, which really helps you enjoy the subject and do well.'

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