English Schools Foundation schools and one international school were yesterday celebrating another clutch of 'best ever' British A-level results, in a year when more A grades were awarded than ever.
Nearly 600 students at four ESF secondary schools and 51 students at the German Swiss International School were among hundreds of thousands of university hopefuls who picked up their results slips.
At German Swiss, two out of every three results was an A. The school attained a 100 per cent pass rate, with just under 88 per cent of marks being an A, B or C. The figures were up from 59.4 per cent and 80.3 per cent, respectively, last year, when the school also attained a 100 per cent pass rate.
Mary Peart, head of the school's English section, described the results as a 'new high', saying the improved performance had been expected due to a 'very strong' group of students.
Two students at the school attained six A grades plus a further two As at AS-level.
The ESF was also hailing its 'strongest results ever' in the final year that its students sit the British A-levels - from next year students will sit the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB).