QUEEN Elizabeth Humanities College's head girl Danielle Brunsdon is celebrating after achieving 12 straight A/ A* grades in her results.

And she already has a C in Dutch and a B in Afrikaans – gained when she was just in year eight.

Students at the Bromyard school continued in the trend of performing above the national average, with 65 per cent achieving five or more GCSEs including English and maths at grade C and above.

Nineteen students at the school also achieved C+ grades in Latin after just three years of study.

“We are extremely proud of our students in their achievements once again this year," said Dr Michael Goodman, head teacher.

"We were determined when we took over the leadership of the school to show that our students were no different to those in other high performing schools in the county. We immediately took steps to bring that reality into effect.

"Over the past five years we have worked with staff, students and parents to ensure that the Bromyard community can be extremely proud of the achievements of its children in terms of academic success.”

Positives despite the disappointments at Academy

THE principal at Hereford Academy said that despite a "disappointing" overall set of results, there were many positives in this year's GCSE figures.

The school bucked the trend with its English results – with 68 per cent of students achieving an A* to C grade – and marked an improvement on last year's results by 10 per cent.

But a figure of 35 per cent of pupils achieving five A* to C grades including maths and English this year represented a drop from 43 per cent from last year.

Improvements were made in modern foreign languages where 58 per cent of students achieved a ‘C’ grade or above.

Other good performances came from art, business studies, catering, drama, health and social care and sport.

Principal and CEO, John Sheppard, said the top achieving male student was Ryan Cooper while the top achieving female student was Melissa Loveridge.