Bushey Meads school celebrates 'best ever' GCSE results

Principal Jeremy Turner said nearly one in five students achieved at least five top A* and A grades and more than 80 per cent of pupils passed with at least five A*-C grades.

In English, 88pc of students received between a 4 and a 9 under the new grading system (C-A*) up from 79pc last year while 89pc were awarded an A*-C grade in maths which is the highest the school has ever seen.

The school also saw results improve in PE by 37pc, catering by 32pc, electronics by 28pc, art and design by 20pc and science by 21pc.

Mr Turner said: "We are really pleased with the superb success of our GCSE students this year. So many of them have achieved their target grades and the overall headline figures demonstrate that the school is continuing to provide an excellent education to students in the local area. I would like to congratulate and thank all the hard working and dedicated staff, students and their parents for their commitment and support throughout the year.”

The top students at Bushey Meads this year included:

Anouska Barret who achieved 3 level 9s and 6 level 8s

Christina Bodnar who achieved 4 level 9s, an A* grade, 3 level 8s and 1 level 7

Georgina Bryant who achieved 3 level 9s, an A* grade and 5 level 8s

Maja Adamowicz who achieved 3 level 9s, 3 level 8s, an A grade and 2 level 7s

Denethri Gamagedara who achieved 2 level 9s, 4 level 8s, an A grade and 2 level 7s

Riya Kulkarni who achieved 3 level 9s, 3 level 8s, an A grade, 1 level 7 and 1 level 6

Lily Scourfield who achieved 1 level 9, an A* grade, 4 level 8s and 3 level 7s

Ashvina Trivedi who achieved 1 level 9, an A* grade, 5 level 8s and 2 level 7s

Samantha Chang who achieved 2 level 9s, 2 level 8s, 3 level 7s, 1 level 6 and a B grade

Melanie Bonyadi who achieved 6 level 8s, an A grade and 2 level 7s

Sadiq Kazmi who achieved 1 level 9s, 2 level 8s, 5 level 7s and 1 level 6

Harry Kirby who achieved 2 level 9s, 2 level 8s, an A grade, 2 level 6s and 1 level 5