Brentwood School students collected their GCSE results today and for many it was a clean sweep of A* grades. No fewer than 17 students received ten or more A*s, (up from 10 last year) and 33 students received all A*s or As, bucking the national trend for top grades.

​With the mixture of old and new, with the letter grades and number grades intermingled, it is much more complicated this year to assess how well everyone has done in the GCSE exams, but there are one or two indisputable statistics which show some stellar performances at Churcher's College.

Eager GCSE students at Leighton Park School were keen to collect their results at 8am this morning as the 84-strong cohort awaited the outcome of two years dedicated study.

Girls from St Helen’s School in Northwood are today celebrating outstanding success in their GCSE and IGCSE examinations, continuing the School’s excellent record at this level. 53% of all grades awarded in unreformed subjects were A*s, while 85% were A*s or As

Mayfield is celebrating some of its best ever GCSE results, an impressive achievement in a year where examination reforms have made it more challenging for students to reach the top grade.

Students and staff at King’s Ely Senior are celebrating an excellent set of GCSE results this year – with more than half of grades achieved being A*s or As.