A-Level Results Day 2025 - St John's: St John’s student supports children in care while taking A-Levels.

As a looked-after child, Cory Wilson is perfectly placed to advise on improving and developing the care service.

Cory, who is celebrating A Level success at St John’s Catholic School and Sixth Form College, in Bishop Auckland, works alongside Social Workers and other key professionals.

Since the age of twelve, he has sat on the Children in Care Council for Durham County Council that caters for other looked after people in care.

He looks at funding and how to ensure that children in care have a voice. As well as his work with this service, he also works part-time in Specsavers.

Cory’s A Level success means that he has secured a place at Teesside University to study Optometry, having gained Grade A in Computer Science, along with Grade A in Psychology and Grade A in Maths, as well as Grade A* for his EPQ.