Education

Anne Kennedy and Katie Pearce, co-headteachers at The Holt School, said the Year 11s were a fantastic year group who worked hard from the get-go.

With 20% of pupils gaining grade 9 and 61% achieving grade 9 to 7, headteacher Areti Bizior congratulated students on a set of “outstanding results.”

The college, which supports learners resitting maths, English and other subjects needed to progress in their careers, saw an “outstanding” set of results today.

“Highdown is celebrating the achievements of our students, especially after such a difficult and disrupted year,” headteacher Rachel Cave said.

Amanda Woodfin, headteacher at The Bulmershe School, said her Year 11s have achieved great things with this year’s grades.

Paul Gibson, of Maiden Erlegh School, said he was “thrilled” to watch his Year 11 pupils open their GCSE results today.

After a challenging two years, a spokesperson from the school said their students are “richly deserving” of their grades.

Shirley Austin, at The Forest School, has sent her congratulations to students and their families as her Year 11s picked up their grades this morning.

Andrew Johnson, headteacher at Maiden Erlegh thanked teachers for their “professionalism, integrity and extraordinary hard work” during this process.

From a total of 165 students, 58.9% of them achieved grade 8 with 71% gaining grades 9 to 5 in English and maths.