Wigmore High School has been named in the top 50 top performing high schools in the country.

Headteacher Geoff Sharratt praised the hardworking 'team' responsible for the success at the school's presenting evening.

Mr Sharratt thanked last year's Year 11 pupils for their contributions and said their GCSE grades had put Wigmore among the top 50 highest performing 11-16 high schools in the country, according to a Sunday Times report.

Eighty-eight pupils in the year sat GCSE examinations, with 50 gaining eight or more higher grade passes and 68 achieving five or more higher grade passes.

Mr Sharratt also paid tribute to the teaching and non-teaching staff, governors, parents and pupils.

"In small rural communities everybody has a role to play," said Mr Sharratt. "The fact that everyone, in the Wigmore High School team play their part so well, helps explain why the school is the success it clearly is."

He also said the development of the vocational curriculum had been a major development at the school over the past two years.

Prize winners:

Outstanding GCSE performances: Sian Webb, James Somers; double science: Robin Vincent, Craig Morgan; art: Lili Weston; drawing: Suzanne Turvey, Max Griffiths; graphic products: Luke Morgan; resistant materials: Robin Vincent; food technology: Linda Wozencroft; information technology: Rebecca Coxhead; geography: Katherine Murphy; history: Sian Webb; religious studies: Darren Davies; English language: Harriet Richards; English literature: Tom Jarrett;

Spoken English: Claire Wright; mathematics: James Somers; French: Craig Morgan; German: Thomas Price; music: Kimberley Probert;

Achievement awards: Sarah Hyde, Vivian Prior; progress: Gemma Powell, Beth Summers; endeavour: Katie Brick, Emily Shillcock, Sarah Willmett; sports' trophy (girls): Kim Mumford; sports' trophy (boys): Jamie Bowen Jones; headteacher's prizes: Jamie Bowen Jones, Victoria Caswell.