GCSE students celebrate outstanding results

THE future is looking bright for hard-working Ripon Grammar School students celebrating outstanding GCSE results.

Two sixteen-year-olds were on cloud nine after achieving 11 of the top grade 9s, the equivalent of exceptionally high A*s.

Katy Thody, from Burton Leonard, and Yanxi Wang, from Ripon (pictured below), also achieved an additional grade 8 each.

Other top performers include five 16-year-old students – Ray Cho, Thomas Simpson, Amelia Briggs, Alexis Ramshay and Archie Sculthorp – who achieved nine grade 9s, alongside additional 8s and 7s.

These exceptionally high individual performances emerged from a strong set of overall results.

A substantial 93.9% of all grades awarded were 9-5s (the equivalent of A*-Bs) with 59.6% of all grades achieved being 9-7 (A*-As).

Students from the 125-strong cohort gained a total of 472 top 9/8 (A*) grades.

Headmaster Jonathan Webb said: “My congratulations go to all our students who have worked so hard for these impressive set of GCSE results, which come as the culmination of five years of academic endeavour.

“Well done to each and every one of them, their results provide a strong platform for future academic success.

“Thank you also to our dedicated staff, this is a testament to all their hard work and support.”

Yanxi and Katy, above, who both achieved eleven grade 9s and an 8

Sydney Wild achieved four grade 9s, five 8s,  and two 7s