BRIDGWATER & Taunton College students have been celebrating their A Level results, marking yet another year of excellent academic and personal achievement.

Students achieved a 100 per cent pass rate in the majority of subjects, and in a number of subjects, students achieved an extremely high number of A* to B grades including Chemistry, French, Design & Technology, Mathematics and Further Mathematics.

Andy Berry, College Principal said: "It is a really exciting time of year, where we see the results of a lot of hard work by staff and students.

"It is a big day for the teachers as well as the pupils, we are all a little nervous.

"We have teachers who care a great deal and really go on the journey with the students over those two years."

Head of A Levels, Vanessa Hughes said, “This is the first year of the linear A Level programme with students being examined at the end of the two years. It has been a fantastic year, and today is all about our students and our staff who have loved being with them and their families as they opened their results.”

A Level students who have done particularly well include Toby Rose, formerly from Robert Blake Science College who achieved two A*s and an A, and is off to Oxford to study Jurisprudence, and Elliot Hunt received an A* and two As, and has been accepted by UCL to study Chemical Engineering.

Toby, 18 , from Bridgwater, managed an fantastic 2A*s in Law and Politics, and an A in Philosophy.

"I have to admit I was terrified coming in this morning, and I think I actually let out a little scream when I opened the envelope," Toby said.

Caitlin Fahrenbruch formerly from Bridgwater College Academy who achieved three As is off to York University, while Will Coram said he would celebrate his A* and 2 As which landed him a place studying Maths at Warwick University by 'going back to sleep'.

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