All time high GCSE results for Exeter School

Exeter School pupils, parents and staff are celebrating another round of consistently good GCSE results which have set two new records in excellence.

51.3% of all grades were A*, beating the School's record of 47.1%, and a record 82.5% were A* or A grades, compared to last year's 80.3%.

99.3% of grades were A* - C.

There were many high achievers across the range of 19 subjects with 71 pupils achieving eight or more A* or A grades.

Thirty-nine pupils scored 10 A*/A grades.

12 pupils scored ten A*s. These highest individual achievers included Pinhoe twins Christopher Richardson and Rebecca Richardson, August Aalto, Zoe Baxter-Sibley, Hannah Francis, Abby Pelling, Jamie Telford, Sam Thomas, Frankie Trelawny, Jasper Turner and Hannah Withers.

Ten A* pupil Rebecca German has won a coveted place at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama Junior Guildhall, a specialist Saturday school which offers advanced training in singing.

England cricketer Ben Green scored 4 A*s and 5 A grades. Ben managed to revise for his GCSEs while on tour with the U17 England cricket team in Sri Lanka over Easter. He has spent the summer playing for the England Development Programme, Devon and Somerset. He is currently playing against Pakistan in Leicester for the EDP. Next week Ben is playing for Devon in the Minor Counties Championships Final against Oxfordshire and in September he will be playing at Lord's for the England Schools Cricket Association.

Jamie Telford and Chris Richardson represented the School in the U16 National Indoor Hockey Championships which saw Exeter School retain the title for the second year running.

Sporty Abby Pelling and Rebecca Richardson reached the National Indoor Hockey Final in the School's U16 Girls' team. The academic pair were also runners up in a national competition organised by the Oxford German Network which they entered during their GCSE exams.

The majority of pupils, including these top scorers, are continuing their studies at Exeter School.

Headmaster Bob Griffin said: "I am delighted with this terrific set of results which are testament to the hard work and dedication of our pupils and teachers. I wish all our pupils every success as they continue on their academic journey."