NINE was the magic number for several pupils at Mossley Hollins High School – with the number dotted all over their result cards.
Ewan MacDonald and Hannah Collier scored an exceptional eight Grade Nines and three Grade Eights while Amber Price-Butterworth went one better, recording achieved an exceptional Nine Grade Nines, one Grade Eight and a Grade Seven.
Equally impressive was Jake Newton, who scored an impressive 7 Grade 9s, 3 Grade 8s and a Distinction*.
The Huddersfield Road school saw many pupils make exceptional progress in their five years there, with many achieving outcomes well in excess of what would be expected of similar pupils nationally.
Alexander Cutler achieved Grade Nine in both English Literature and in History in addition to grade Sevens in English Language, Spanish and science.
Yogesh Patel scored a Grade Nine in Maths, Further Maths, Statistics and Biology in addition to Grade Eight in seven other subjects.
Kristina Kacurova achieved Grade Seven in a number of subjects including English Language, English Literature and Science, while Marine Dote achieved Grade Nine in both Japanese and Spanish, Grade Eight in English Literature and Geography in addition to achieving Grade Seven in seven other subjects.
Mossley Hollins’ headteacher Andrea Din praised the efforts of her pupils.
She said: “It has been an incredibly difficult year for our students, their families and our staff.
“We are immensely proud of all the hard work and achievements of our students.
“Our teachers have worked tirelessly to ensure students are all able to progress onto further education and study, and we look forward to celebrating further successes in their future achievements.
“On behalf of the staff and governors I would like to congratulate all of our students on their achievements and wish them will in the next stage of their education and/or training.”