Students at Helston Community College celebrated their post 16 A level and BTEC results, with an excellent set of results.

Seventy-four per cent achieved A* to C grades with ten per cent of the students studying A-Level courses achieving the highest grade of an A*, gaining 25, A* grades between them. On BTEC courses, 61 per cent of the grades awarded were the highest possible grade of a Distinction*.

This year sees 83 students university bound, with 21 per cent of them taking up places at prestigious Russell Group universities. Included in this are Jack Reynolds and Brook Hocking, who heading to Cambridge University and Oxford University respectively; Ollie Wilde, who heads off to Bristol to begin studying for his degree in medicine; and Ella McDonald, who will be studying dentistry at Cardiff.

Head teacher Donna Bryant said: "I am delighted with the results achieved by our students. They have worked incredibly hard and fully deserve these results. It is particularly pleasing that so many have gained their first choice university places at prestigious universities in a climate of stiff competition."

Penny Laban, director of Post 16, added: "I am exceptionally proud of our students. They have worked hard, in some cases overcoming considerable adversity to achieve these well deserved results."

High performers included: Brook Hocking, A* in physics, maths, further maths, chemistry; Milly Grant, A* in maths, further maths and physics; Bryony Aitchison, A* in philosophy and ethics and fine art A* and As in English literature and extended project; Emily Gusterson, A* in geology and physics and As in maths and extended project; Georgia Higgs, A* in maths, biology and As in English literature and extended project; Robyn Hill, A* in biology and chemistry and As in maths and extended project; Jessica Kate Webber, BTEC art D*D*, travel and tourism D*, photography B; Ethan Blowers, BTEC art D*D*, photography A*, textiles C; Shane Cripps, BTEC ICT D*, maths A*, further maths B and physics C and Harry Morgan, BTEC ICT D*, maths A*, further maths B, and physics C.