PUPILS and staff at Bradon Forest School achieved a fourth successive record for GCSE results.

A total of 70 per cent of students earned five A* to C grades including maths and English – a seven per cent increase on last year.

Ethan Brown, Michael Harris, Stephen Hoy, Ela Kanani, James Medcraft, Ashley West and Holly Young all celebrated 10 or more A* or A grades while 10 per cent of the students reached seven or more.

One student, Irina Manea managed to win five A*s and As even though she only arrived in England from Romania last year and Rebecca Knowles studied for her 10 A* to C grades while competing in international fencing contests.

Dance World Cup gold medallist Imogen Webb managed to combine training and studying and earned 10 GCSEs at C or higher and Great Britain ice hockey player Harry Llewellyn also won good grades while representing the country in tournaments.

Head teacher Andrew Morrison said he was delighted for everyone who had turned their efforts in to exam success.

“To achieve a fourth consecutive record year is a fabulous achievement. It says an enormous amount about the work of our staff, ably supported by our parents and cares, that year on year our students have achieved higher grades.

“These will ensure that our students are able to access better employment and higher education opportunities.”

He added: “Following our good Ofsted judgement in April it is fantastic to see Bradon Forest School going from strength to strength.”

Ashley, who is going on the Cirencester College to study maths, further maths, physics and computer science, said: “Computer science is where I want to be in the future. I want to go into software design ideally.”

“There is a shortage of girls in science, especially in computer science,” she said. “But I don’t think I’m unusual. I think a lot of girls are interested in this subject.”

Michael, who earned a distinction for one of his exams, is aiming for a career in mechanical engineering and hopes to apply for a place at Cambridge when he takes his A levels in a couple of years.

“I’ll do the best I can but it is so competitive,” he said.

Catherine Chappell, assistant head at the school, which is part of the Athelstan Trust group with Malmesbury School and the Dean Academy in Gloucestershire, said: “These are exciting times to be working at Bradon. Together with events in school, we have heard about many of our ex-students’ achievements at college and on university courses.”