Shropshire students celebrating A-level results
Schools across Shropshire were today celebrating A-level results – with some looking at 100 per cent pass rates.
Students in sixth forms across the region were finding out their results today after two years of hard work.
At Newport Girls High School there was a overall pass rate of 99.4 per cent, which is slightly down from a perfect pass rate last year.
School president Ros Garner said the girls achieved 79.1 per cent A* to B grades, which is an increase of four per cent on last year's results, and 15 per cent of results were at A* grade, a four per cent increase on last year.
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She said: "There are 13 girls who have achieved at least three A to A*s, four of whom were new to the school in the sixth form. We are delighted with the results and wish all the girls well as they leave school and begin the next phase of their careers. They have all worked hard and the vast majority are going to continue their studies at their chosen university."
Walford and North Shropshire College achieved a 96 per cent A-level pass rate, with a 100 per cent pass rate in 16 subjects.
With most results in place for BTEC Extended Diplomas the college, which has campuses in various locations around Shropshire including Oswestry and Baschurch, reported a pass rate of more than 99 per cent, an improvement of one per cent over the year.
Paul May, deputy principal, said he was encouraged by this year's performance.
He said: "We have continued the college's year-on-year improvement in our vocational provision. I wish all our students a successful future."
Ludlow College, meanwhile, reported an over all pass rate of 98 per cent, of which 19 subjects received a pass rate of 100 per cent, including maths, chemistry and physics.
At Sir John Talbot's School in Whitchurch, which was only taken out of special measures earlier this year, 100 per cent of the 89 A-level students achieved at least one A* to E grade, up from 97.1 per cent last year.
Of all the students, 44 per cent achieved one or more A* to B grade, and at least 29 per cent of all A-level grades were at A* to A grade.
Headteacher David O'Toole said he was absolutely delighted with his students. He said: "This cohort of students should be justifiably proud of their remarkable achievements.
"They have worked tirelessly throughout the past two years to achieve these fantastic results. A-levels are incredibly demanding and our students have completed them alongside commitments such as Duke of Edinburgh gold awards and part-time jobs."
A record number of girls are going to Oxbridge this year from a Shrewsbury school, after a bumper crop of A-level results.
Shrewsbury High School for girls has seen a "phenomenal" rise in top grades, head Michael Getty said, and resulted in an unprecedented number of students getting into Oxford and Cambridge.
Ankita Deshpande, Dominique Goddard, Megan Lea, Evie Colman, Miho Sugiyama and Posey Mehta have all secured places at the top universities.
Mr Getty said: "Sending six girls to Oxford and Cambridge in one year is an amazing achievement for any school and we have been very flattered by the attention this has received." He said the A-level grades at the school were a cause for great celebration, with an exceptional 61.2 per cent being awarded the top grades of A*and A, which had pushed the private school's already highly renowned standards to a new level.
The number of top grades had increased by 16 per cent in a single year, he said.
Meanwhile, pupils at one of Shropshire's best-known schools are jumping for joy today after another year of successful A-level results.
Dr Haydn Griffiths, the headmaster of Wrekin College, has hailed another strong performance.
In 2013, a third of Wrekin pupils achieved at least two A grades in their A-level exams, and almost 90 per cent of results across the board were grade C or better. Dr Griffiths said as a result Wrekin is in the top six per cent of schools nationally
"These results are the product of sustained hard work by pupils and staff, and I am delighted that so many of our pupils have done well. I am proud of the way our pupils have prepared for their exams, many of them balancing significant sporting, musical and other commitments while getting on with their studies.
"Whatever their grades, we are thrilled that so many of our pupils have made substantial progress. It is this kind of value-added achievement which places Wrekin in the top six per cent of schools nationally."
Full Shropshire and Mid Wales A-levels round-up in Friday's Shropshire Star
