Exceptional results for HCA students at both Level 3 and Level 2

The total pass rate across all Extended Diplomas - equivalent to three A-Levels - was 98.3%, while an incredible 43% of all 18- and 19-year old students achieved a Distinction - the equivalent grade to three A*s. 

Two HCA students - Bea Bowie and Connie Paterson - were also selected to exhibit their final project work at the prestigious UAL Origins show in London earlier this summer.

33 Foundation diploma (Art and Design) students - 43% of the group - achieved a Distinction, compared to a national average of around 25%.  In addition to that 100% of mature students studying the Foundation diploma (21 years+ pathway) passed. 

HCA is also celebrating the success of its Level 2 Diploma students this week, with results showing high achievement and strong progression onto further study. 

With the one-year L2 UAL Awarding Body diploma equivalent to 4 GCSEs, students achieved outstanding pass rates across all four subject areas. 

100% of students receiving results today in Creative Media production and Technology, Music Production and Performance, and Performing and Production Arts passed, with Art, Design and communication  also recording a 91% pass rate. Many learners also achieved distinctions, with one in four students securing the top grade. 

Progression into further study has been strong, with the majority of students choosing to continue their journey at HCA. Notably, 91% of Music students and 73% of Creative Media students progressed directly onto a Level 3 Diploma, alongside half of Art & Design students and a third of those in Performing Arts. 

Students from this year's Level three cohort will be progressing onto some of the most in-demand creative degrees in the UK, including studying: 

• The University of the Arts London 
• Leeds Conservatoire
• Hereford College of Arts (College Road campus)
• University of Warwick 
• Queens University Belfast 
• The Oxford School of Drama 
• Arts University Bournemouth 
• Cambridge University 
• BIMM Institute of Music
• University of Edinburgh 
• Ravensbourne University
• London Contemporary Dance School

Other notable statistcs for this years results include:

• At Level 3, 53% of Art, Design and Communication students and 56% of Creative Media Production and Technology students achieved a Distinction— the highest possible grade.
• Three L3 courses (Music Performance and Production, Creative Media Production and Technology and Performing and Production Arts) achieved a 100% Pass Rate, and Art, Design and Communication recorded a 96% Pass Rate.
• 74% of students on L3 Music Performance and Production, and Performing and Production Arts extended diplomas achieved a Merit or higher.
• More than one in three Creative Media Production and Technology L2 students (35%) earned a Distinction.

• 93% of L2 Music Performance and Production students recorded a Merit or higher.