HEREFORD Sixth Form has a national reputation for outstanding A Level results - this year's scores further enhanced it.

Initial indications show 59 per cent of A level entries resulted in an A*, A or B grade - six per cent above the national average - while 27 per cent were an A* or A grade, one of the highest for a sixth form college in the country.

The overall pass rate was 99 per cent.

All told, 108 students gained three grade A’s or better with 31 achieving 4 grade A’s at A level: Linetta Abbott, Teja Boocock, Jack Carey, Matthew Congreve, Harry Cooke, Callan Croft, George Davies, Georgia Davies, Sinead Fergus, Esme Foster-Smith, Mae Frank, Molly Garbutt, Arthur Goodwin, Mollie Haines, Katie Harman, Madeleine Harris, Thomas Hitchin, Anabelle Jones, Imogen Knox, Amy Layton, Sara Lothian-Mclean, Sebastian Martin, Jacob Robson-Tull, Eleanor Scott, Joshua Smith, Rupert Toppin, Isla Waterson, Daniel Westoby, Lucy Westwood, Elinor Williams, Gillian Wright

But five students secured scores the college claims as "remarkable" with five grade A’s at A level.

They were:

William Ager - formerly of Kingstone High School

Dominic Fawcett - formerly of St Mary’s RC High School

Jordan Grimes - formerly Bishops Castle Community College

James Mumford - formerly Kingstone High School

Hannah Williams - formerly Weobley High School

First year students sitting AS examinations also saw superb results with 45 per cent of entries resulting in A or B grades - over 4 per cent above the national average.

The pass rate of 92% was 2% above the national average.

Eighty two students gained at least 3 grade A’s or better, with 27 achieving 4 grade A’s.

Kate Barber, formerly of John Masefield High School, gained 5 grade A’s at AS level.

Principal, Jonathan Godfrey, said the "outstanding" scores saw the college keep its place amongst the top sixth form providers in the country.

"These results have been achieved across the whole range of subjects which is reflected in the wide range of students progressing to Oxford and Cambridge," he said.

William Ager –Engineering , St Catharine’s College, Cambridge.

Alice Coppock – Natural Science, Newnham College, Cambridge,

Ruby Kwong- English, Newnham College, Cambridge,

Elinor Williams – Political Science, Jesus College, Cambridge.

Dan Westoby- Maths, Trinity College, Cambridge,

Dominic Fawcett – Maths, Oxford.

Katie Harman- History, Worcester College, Oxford.

Sam Johnson – Maths and Philosophy, New College, Oxford.

Amy Layton – Modern Languages, Queens College, Oxford and

Gillian Wright – Economics and Maths, Trinity College, Oxford.

Students continue to achieve grades which compare with those in top independent school or selective schools. The breakdown for the top 100 candidates was: 95.3% A*/A/B grades, 79.2% A* /A grades and 38% A*per A level entry. On average students of all abilities gained significantly better grades than they would be expected to achieve on the basis of prior performance at GCSE.