THE Chase headteacher said he is "proud and delighted" with how his students performed in what is the second year of the reformed GCSE qualifications.

20 per cent of all subject entries at the Malvern school secured the top grade 8 & 9s (equivalent to A*/A**) with a third of all entries being awarded a grade 7 or above (equivalent to A or above).

There were some impressive individual performances to highlight with 10 students (5 per cent of the cohort) achieving at least five of the top grade 9s.

"We are proud and delighted with all of our students GCSE performance this year’ said head Mike Fieldhouse.

"The students have excelled and justly deserve these fantastic grades after working so hard during the past two years.

"We have managed to make further improvements at GCSE level across the board, notably in English, Maths and Science and we now have more students than ever securing the necessary Grade 4 benchmark.

"Our teachers have again shown their immense experience and ability in fully preparing the students for these challenging qualifications. Well done to everybody involved."

The highest performing student was Fabian Sturman who achieved the top grade 9 across all 10 of his GCSE subjects.

There were other fantastic performances from Ellie Henry who achieved nine grade 9s and Daisy Mills who achieved eight grade 9s.

The other students achieving at least five grade 9s were Alex Coleman, Gerri Ebenhoeh, Rufus Hubbard-Brown, Annie Cuckney, Alice Russell, Alex Craig and Peter Snelling.