PUPILS have excelled in their GCSE exams this year.

Students celebrated their achievements after tearing open envelopes at schools across the borough.

Redbridge schools saw an average 69 per cent of pupils achieve five or more A* to C grades including English and Maths - equal to last year's performance.

The average number of children who obtained five or more A* to C grades not including English and Maths improved by two per cent on last year's total to 83 per cent per school, while the average number of those achieving five or more A* to G grades went up by one per cent to 99 per cent.

At Trinity Catholic High School, in Mornington Road, Woodford Green, almost 100 per cent of pupils scored an A*-G pass rate, the same figure as last year, as did Bancroft’s School.

Forest School, in College Lane, Snaresbrook, saw 99 per cent of their pupils achieve A*-C grades, a feat repeated from 2010.

Its warden, Sarah Kerr-Dineen, said: “I’m pleased for the whole year group. We are an academic school but these results are fantastic.

“Everybody should feel proud of themselves and we expect them to make a great sixth form.”

Tomas Dillon, Anthony Graff and Zoscha Partos, all 16, scored 11 A*s, while both art and chemistry saw 88 per cent of their pupils get A* or A grades.

Over half of GCSEs sat at Bancroft’s School scored A* grades while 83 per cent achieved A*s or As.

Head teacher Mary Ireland said: “We are incredibly happy for our children. Our young people are incredibly hard working and focused and the pressure on them is enormous, so they have done really well.”

Results from other schools are still coming in, but Sarmad Iqbal, 16, from Woodbridge High School, scored eight A*s, four As and a B grade.

One quarter of GCSE papers nationwide achieved an A.

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