Another top year for GCSEs

At The Weald in Billingshurst Anna Khoo achieved 12 A* and one A grade whilst Jess Edwards achieved ten A* and one A grade and Adam Graves scored nine A* and two A grades.

In all, 83 per cent of students achieved five or more A*-C grades and 66 per cent achieved at least five or more A*-C including English and maths.

Thirty-three students in the year group achieved eight A* or A grades while 55 students achieved at least five or more A or A* grades.

Michael Burgin, Daisy Neave, Nisha Sodha and Zoe Woodward achieved eight A* grades or better.

Of the 199 pupils in Year 11 who took GCSEs at Horsham's Forest School, 67 per cent achieved five or more A*-C grades.

Almost half the year group (47 per cent) achieved eight or more A*-C grades and 33 per cent ten or more A*-C grades.

More than half (53 per cent) of the year group achieved five A*-C including English and maths.

Nine pupils gained eight or more A*/A grades and six pupils achieved ten or more A*/A grades.

Christopher Bryant, Richard Fitton and Tom Harris recorded 11 A*/A grades, while Michael James achieved 13 A*/A grades.

Staff at Horsham's Millias School celebrated the best GCSEs in the school's history as they discovered that a third of all grades awarded to its pupils were A*s or As.

As 100 per cent of the pupils picked up at least five A* to G grades, head teacher Leon Nettley called the achievement 'exceptional'.

He paid tribute to the continual progress and consistently high standards his school has set and achieved over the last ten years as he announced 86 per cent of pupils had registered five or more A* to C grades with 81 per cent picking up English and mathematics as well.