2:38pm Wednesday 25th August 2010
By Tom Goodenough
Pupils from across Sutton were rewarded for their hard work on Tuesday with another record year for GCSE results.
Many students received a string of scores at the highest grade - including sixteen-year-old friends Louise Simmons and Sarah Adams who were among five students at Nonsuch High School for Girls gaining 13 A* grades.
The friends topped an impressive bunch at the school, where over 84 percent of marks awarded were either A or A* graded.
A council spokeswoman said early indications show that grades in Sutton are set to remain exceptionally high with 71 percent of young people gaining five or more A* - C grades, including English and maths, while more than 90 percent received five or more A - Cs.
These figures show a significant improvement on the 2009 results in Sutton and are expected to be well above the national average which was 51 percent for five A* - Cs including English and maths last year.
At Sutton High School a quarter of girls at the school gained straight A and A* grades in all of their subjects.
One student at the school, Catherine Fellows, who joined in September as a year seven pupil achieved an A* grade in her German GCSE at the age of just 12.
The John Fisher School in Sutton also scored impressively with over 80% of grades at A*-C.
At St. Philomena's Catholic High School for girls 17 pupils achieved no fewer than 8 A* grades in their examination results.
Pupils at Wallington High School for Girls also enjoyed a host of the highest grades, with almost 45 percent of marks awarded the coveted A* classification.
Meanwhile Glenthorne High School students broke school records with 81 percent of all grades between A* and C.
Head teacher Steve Hume said: We are thrilled with their results.”
Carshalton High School for Girls achieved its best ever results, with the percentage of students getting 5 A* to C grades rising by 16 percent to 81%.
Students at Greenshaw High School were also celebrating with 82% of students achieving five good grades at C or better - the best results ever for the school.
At Overton Grange 70 percent of pupils gained at least 5 grades at C or above.
Cllr. Kirsty Jerome, executive member for education and school at Sutton Council said: “Our students deserve huge congratulations for their hard work towards their exams which really has paid off.
“I am extremely proud of the achievements of all our schools, making them among the best in the country.”
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