Top GCSEs ‘A Further Step Towards Podcasts Career’
A Manx student hopes “lots of As” in her GCSE results will help her realise her dream of turning her podcast – which tackles stereotypes around disabilities – into a full-time career.
Evie Roberts, who is blind, has already interviewed author Stephen Fry and broadcaster Fearne Cotton for her Talking in the Dark podcast.
The teenager, born with bilateral anophthalmia, said she was “really happy” with her results because she can now study A-Levels at Ballakermeen High School (BHS) and then hopefully study journalism at university.
Evie was one of more than 1,000 young people on the Isle of Man to pick up their results on Thursday. The overall pass rate remained at 98% for a third year.
The Department for Education, Sport and Culture also confirmed the number of students who received A* to C had dropped 2% to 71%, with those achieving top grades of A* to A remaining at 20%.
It said about 90% of students were set to attend sixth form or University College Isl of Man (UCM), with about 10% expected to move directly into employment.
Now set to study A-levels in sociology, music and classics, Evie said her GCSE revision had benefitted from “really useful” Youtube videos which “helped sum up topics” .
Evie’s exams included braille papers, tactile images, a scribe and extra time, doubling the length of two-hour exams.
She said she had been left “incredibly tired after exam season”.
Evie said she had taken a break from her podcast, which she hosts with the help of her teachers, to focus on her exams.
The teenager said she was looking forward to “getting back in the studio again soon… to keep telling people’s stories”.
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