READING School headmaster Ashley Robson was celebrating the success of his A Level students today.

Mr Robson was delighted with the results which saw 97% of students achieving A* to C grades and 100% claiming passes from A* to E.

At A Level, 89.4% of entries achieved A*-B, 96.8% achieved A*-C and 100% achieved A*-E.

In AS examinations, 70% of entries gained A grades, 86.5% achieved A or B grades and 98.92% achieved A to E.

He said: "I am happy for the students who have worked so hard over the past two years to fulfil their academic potential.

"It is about their individual success. I am particularly happy with our AS results, which are our best set ever."

At A Level, school captain, Neil Shabong and vice captains, John Livesey and Matthew Le Croissette are celebrating meeting their respective offers for politics, philosophy & economics, along with English and Medicine at Oxford University.

Chris Pegrum gained 5 A* grades at A Level and Sahil Goswami, Callum Iddon, John Perry, Kieran Vernon and Vignesh Pradham all achieved 4 A* grades.

In Art, 100% of students gained A*-A grades, while in English Literature, English Language and Literature, English Literature, Latin and history, 100% of grades were A*-A and 79.2% of the 130 maths students at A Level were graded A*-A.

Headmaster, Ashley Robson congratulated the student on a fine set of A Level results achieved in 2016.

He said: "The performance is the culmination of two years of commitment, conscientiousness and character.

"Furthermore, it is the consequence not only of high quality teaching but also effective pastoral support from the Sixth Form team with Sarah Drummond, Head of Year 13 and Caroline Fooks, Head of Year 12.

"It is important to recognise the support of governors in ensuring our students achieve their potential.

"Crucially, the success has also been due to the continued support of parents and carers in supporting the ethos of Reading School and its values of excellence, integrity and leadership."

Getting his A Level results today was a huge weight off the shoulders of Reading School boarder, Jack Ginger.

The teenager was among dozens of early morning arrivals at the grammar school to collect their results. 

Jack, from Hungerford, is bound for Birmingham University to study geography after his collection of two As in geography and history, plus a D grade is chemistry.

"I didn't check my university place before I came in," he said. "I am very happy with the result. It is a great weight off my shoulders and I can now enjoy what is left of the summer."

George Henderson is looking forward to beginning university life in Wales, close to his family. The Reading School student collected two C grades and a D, and he will be heading for Swansea University to study law, crime and criminal justice.

"I found out I was going to Swansea University at 7.30am," he revealed. "All my family are in Wales, so it will be nice to be near them."

Reading School was also celebrating their best set of AS results since the introduction of the exams, with 86.5% of students notching A-B grades.

Notably, student Ming Yin gained a superb set of A grades at AS Level.

One hundred per cent of French, German and Latin AS students gained A-B grades, which breaks a national trend for the achievement of boys in languages.

In mathematics, 110 A grades were achieved and in economics, 63 A grades were gained - 86.3% of the cohort for the subject.

"Undoubtedly, this augurs well for the future," added Mr Robson.

Andrew Smyth, who achieved AABC in his AS results, says he has thoroughly enjoyed his A Level journey so far and has appreciated the ability to concentrate on subjects for which he has a genuine interest and passion.

He reflected: "The year has had its obstacles, with the step up in complexity from GCSE as well as adapting to a new specification in three of my four subjects.

"Although I know there is improvement I want to make next year, I look forward to the new challenges that await me in September."