BANCROFT'S and Forest School have recorded their best ever A-Level results yet again this year - with 20 of their pupils heading to Oxford and Cambridge.

The two fee paying schools regularly achieve among the top exam scores in London, but both have broken their own records once again.

Nearly nine out of ten Bancroft's students who sat the exams achieved A to B grades, with an incredible 47 youngsters getting three As or above.

Twelve pupils from the school, in Woodford Green High Road, will now go on to study at Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

Similar success was true at Forest School, in Snaresbrook, where more than eight out of ten pupils gained A-Levels at grades A to B.

Eight students from the school, in College Place, will now go on to Oxbridge.

Among the high achievers at Bancroft's was Jasmine Hu, who will head to Cambridge after getting four A grades - an identical score to that achieved by her twin sister Jade, who will now study at Warwick University.

Bancroft's student, Isobel Simpson, 18, was one of the school's top performers with A grades in chemistry, English literature, geography and maths.

She said: “Obviously I’m thrilled, this morning was really nerve wracking just waiting to get my results."

Fellow pupils Katie Crumpton,18, said she was "ecstatic" after getting As in biology, chemistry, geography and maths.

Bancroft's headteacher, Mary Ireland praised the efforts of her high achievers.

She said: "All the hard work our staff and students have put in has paid off in this set of fantastic results.

"Our students are incredibly focused in their approach to studies, they know that they have to achieve the grades to get into the university of their choice."

The performance of Forest's sixthformers was equally pleasing for outgoing warden Andrew Boggis, whose son Edmund, achieved four A grades.

He said: "I’m doubly pleased. It is tremendous to know that I am leaving Forest in such fine form.

"I know that I’m leaving my successor a school in very fine form and with a determined, energetic and dedicated teaching staff.

"These results are a clear testament to that”.