ELLESMERE College students are celebrating their confirmed GCSE results following the reversal of the government decision regarding centre assessed grades.

The GCSE results published saw a 94 per cent pass rate with 46 per cent of grades in the top 9 to 7 range, the equivalent of A* to A.

There were some particularly impressive performances in the 9 and 8 band.

Pupils hailing from Ellesmere, Nantwich, Chester, Wilkesley, and further afield in Kyiv were top performers being awarded all or the majority of grades at 9 and 8.

Brendan Wignall, headmaster of Ellesmere College, was pleased to see the high performances of his pupils.

“It is a pleasure to see how well pupils have achieved and they are commended for their positive approach to our online lessons when the country went into lockdown," he said.

“We continued teaching our full timetable using Microsoft Teams for remote learning throughout the period and once the Year 11 work had been completed most students opted to participate in our introductory sixth form lessons.

“They are now very well prepared to embark on their Sixth Form programme with us and we look forward to seeing them in September.”

The A-level results have been equally impressive, with an 100 per cent pass rate and routes secured to university by most.

The college say they are continuing to support those that are in discussion with universities following the change to their grades. Places that have been secured cover the length and breadth of the UK and a number have opted to study abroad.

A number of students secured top grades in all subjects and destinations include medicine at Birmingham, chemistry at Birmingham, classics at Durham, law at Cardiff, mathematics at Imperial College London and Bath, and music at the Royal Welsh College of Music and drama and Liverpool physiotherapy at Liverpool, and philosophy at Newcastle.