King’s School GCSE students were seeing stars with another stellar display.
Of the 145 students in Year 11, 74 students achieved the top A* grade in one or more subjects;
A fantastic 49 students achieved 9 As and better; nine students achieved 9 A*s and better with a quarter of the year group gaining at least 5 A*s.
Altogether 24percent of all grades were at A*; 57pc of all grades were at A*/A and 83pc of grades were A* – B.
Among some of the stellar individual performances are two students who each achieved an incredible 10 A*s. Sam Bryning, 15, from Clumber Road, Poynton, who is also a school team cricketer and rugby player hopes his clean sweep of 10A*s will ultimately lead to a career in the City.
North of England hockey star Eleanor Toms, 16, from Holly Road, Poynton who also aced all 10 GCSE with A stars.
Headmaster Dr Simon Hyde says: “It is wonderful to see so many delighted students, whose hard-work and determination has reaped such fabulous rewards. These incredibly strong results will see the overwhelming majority of pupils progress to our Sixth Form to pursue their academic dreams."