GCSE Results: Bexhill Academy students celebrate exam success

There were also numerous individual students who achieved high grades across all their subjects with Oli Green, Stephanie Barnett and Aziza Aubin each achieving 11 A*/A grades.

Meanwhile Elysia Abbott, Victoria Izzard, Nakibul Khan and Maz Robertson all achieved nine A*/A grades.

Principal Heidi Brown said: “We are delighted that so many of our students have achieved this astonishingly high grade putting them in the top 2 per cent of students nationally who achieved this grade.

“In addition a further 20 students gained a Grade 8, the equivalent of an A*, in English or Maths and 58 per cent of students achieved at least one A* grade across all subjects. We are so pleased that the hard work of our students and staff has given rise to such high grades.”