A Nigerian-born Ipswich student is celebrating after achieving the highest A Level grade in United Kingdom for law.
18-year-old Abiola Abidoye, who studied at One Sixth Form College, secured A* grades in maths, further maths, law and physics. Despite describing law as not his “strong suit,” he scored 224 out of 240 across three papers, earning him national recognition.
“I am really pleased,” Abidoye said. “I have maths and physics which are my strong suit. I did law because it’s my passion. I’m very passionate about different types of law, even some that we didn’t do like human rights. It was just a fun lesson I wanted to do. I wasn’t expecting to do so well.”
Abidoye admitted he was surprised to learn he had achieved the country’s top result in law. “I saw that result before my others, so I was already nervous waiting for them, but then that came through. I put in an immense amount of work into this. I was staying up to ungodly hours for my studying. I put a lot of pressure on myself to try and achieve it. I am not sure if I will do it again because it was very difficult, but I am pretty happy.”
He credited his teachers at One Sixth Form College for their support throughout his studies.
Abidoye plans to continue his academic journey by studying mathematics and hopes to pursue a future career in banking or finance.
