A pupil of One Sixth Form College, Abidoye excelled across his subjects—maths, further maths, law, and physics—earning A in all four*. What makes his achievement particularly remarkable is that law, the subject in which he topped the country, was not even his strongest area of study.
Abidoye scored 224 out of 240 marks across his three law papers, outperforming every other A Level candidate nationwide.
“I am really pleased. I have maths and physics which are my strong suit. I did law because it’s my passion,” he told Ipswich Star. “I’m very passionate about different types of law, even some that we didn’t do like human rights—just any law I can get myself into. It was just a fun lesson I wanted to do; I wasn’t expecting to do so well in there.”
He admitted that the result caught him by surprise. “I was very surprised when I found out I was best in the country at Law for A Levels because again, it’s not my strong suit. I saw that result before my others, so I was already nervous waiting for them but then that came through.”
Abidoye attributed his success to hard work and long hours of study. “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. The teachers at One Sixth Form College were wonderful and helped me a lot.”
Despite excelling in law, Abidoye plans to pursue his university studies in mathematics, with an eye on a career in banking or finance.