• 66% of students have achieved A and A* grades, against the national average of 25.5%
• Overall, 87.1% achieved grades from A* to B
• One Sidmouth student is off to UCL to study medicine
• An improvement on last year's results, bucking the national trend
• 9 students hold offers for Oxbridge
• 5 students have places for medical and veterinary schools

Students from Colyton Grammar School (CGS) have again achieved excellent A-level results, far outstripping the national average for A and A* grades.

Some 66% of students achieved A and A* grades, compared with the national average of 25.5%. Overall, 87.1% achieved grades from A* to B, with the school outperforming its results from last year and bucking the national trend.

Fourteen CGS students obtained an astonishing four A* grades. Nine students are holding offers from Oxbridge. A further five have places on medical and veterinarian courses including Sam Chamberlain-Keen (a trombonist with the Sidmouth Town Band) who achieved a clean sweep of four A* grades in Biology, Chemistry, Maths and the Extended Project Qualification and who will study medicine at UCL, and Hannah Beglin who will study dentistry. In all, some 105 CGS students sat A-level examinations in a range of subjects.

Two students from Sidmouth, Eliot King and Max Peacock, achieved three A* and one A grade.

Although every subject area performed very well there are some remarkable outcomes in some areas. In English Literature, History, Fine Art and Psychology more than 90% of students obtained either an A* or an A grade. In Mathematics 60% earned an A*/A grade. In Economics, Design and Technology, French, Further Maths, German, Religious Education and the Extended Project Qualification, 100% of students achieved grades from A* to B. These results not only illustrate the fact that CGS is a leading school for scholarship but also that its standards are very high across a large range of subjects.

Fiona Harvey, Assistant Headteacher at CGS who is also a member of the Sidmouth Town Band, commented: "My congratulations go to our students and my colleagues - this is a wonderful achievement and I am delighted with yet another fantastic set of A-level results. This year's results are even more impressive as they have been obtained against a backdrop of significant curriculum reform with the return to linear examinations and turbulence in the A-level educational landscape. This success is due to the resilience and hard work of students and school staff. Also, I am indebted to the tremendous support of our parents. It is through this partnership and mutual trust that such outstanding results can be achieved."

She added: "I am particularly heartened by our results in Modern Foreign Languages, an area which has come under pressure nationally this year, and in the Extended Project Qualification which is highly-regarded by universities."

CGS remains committed to providing high quality post-16 education within East Devon, with plans to increase its sixth-form to allow more local students to prepare for A-level and beyond. It is furthering its commitment to Modern Foreign Languages by adding Mandarin to its curriculum from this September.