Whilst most of us are comfortably tucked up in our beds at 4.30am, Isabella Haynes is getting up in order to take the journey to either Littledown or Canford to put in two hours of swimming practice.
Queen Elizabeth’s School students in Wimborne, Dorset collected their exam results on 17 August with the vast majority getting what they required.
Nearly 1,000 schools entered the national competition in which QE School in Wimborne got through to the quarter-finals.
Tributes to HM The Queen, who died last Thursday, are continuing to arrive, as the county tries to come to terms with the loss.
This year’s GCSE and BTec results come after two tough years of disruption in the education system due to the pandemic.
Headteacher of QE School in Wimborne, Katie Boyes, said that following a very tough two years, the pupils have achieved some impressive A Level results.
Jasmine Ricketts, who attended Queen Elizabeth’s School, has won a place at the National Youth Theatre REP Company.
Work has started on transforming a school field adjacent to what will become Beaucroft College into a community garden.
A local teenager has won the Dee Butterfield Scholarship, which is open to young people in Sturminster Marshall.
Ben White, who attended St Michael’s Middle School in Colehill and Wimborne’s QE School, has joined the England squad.