STUDENTS of Robert May's School in Odiham achieved fabulous grades in the GCSE results declared on Thursday, August 25.

The students, who have experienced real adversity over their two-year GCSE course because of Covid, showed remarkable resilience in the examinations.

The school said, while, every student should be proud of their results, there were some individual successes to recognise, including the top three performers who achieved 22 grade 9s (the highest grade available) between them.

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Some subjects were particularly strong for Y11s and the school. Nearly 55 per cent of students who studied French achieved top marks of grades 7-9.

Pleasing also were the results in history and geography where almost 50 per cent of students who took the course achieved a grade 7 or higher.

Equally, biology, chemistry, physics and music where the average grade achieved was a 7 and RE where over 17 per cent of students entered achieved a grade 9.

Headteacher Rea Mitchell said: ‘We are all so proud of our Y11’s achievement. Their success is admirable and I hope they leave us feeling confident to begin their next chapter. I want to say thank you to all the staff who have supported the young people through the ups and downs. It really is a team effort!”