STUDENTS across Bexley have been celebrating top notch A-level results and winning places at top universities.

The borough's grammar schools led the way with perfect or near perfect pass rates, with the non-selective schools close behind.

Townley Girls' Grammar School in Bexleyheath achieved 100 per cent pass rates, together with Bexley Grammar in Welling, while Beths in Bexley Village achieved 99.3 per cent.

The pass rate at Trinity School in Belvedere was 95.5 per cent; at Blackfen Girls' School, 95 per cent; at Erith School, 92 per cent and at Cleeve Park School, Sidcup, 89 per cent. St Luke's RC Sixth Form College in Sidcup also claimed a pass rate of 93 per cent.

Top student at Beths Grammar School in Hartford Road was Matthew Kirk. He not only achieved A grades in business studies, English literature, history, economics and general studies, but got distinctions in the advanced extension awards aimed the the top 10 per cent of students, in English and business studies. He will be studying business at Lancaster University.

Other high-fliers included Oxbridge successfuls David Taylor, with four A grades, and Qasim Chaudhry, with three As. David Cox, got four As, and Gurinder Nandra, Chris Osborne, James Murdoch, Martin Bowman and Andre Eaglestone, achieved straight As.

Overall the school achieved 42 per cent A and B grades, and overall 112 students tool 448 exams.

There were more Oxbridge places for Clare Badgery, Emma Cross, Hardeep Matharu and Rosalyn Tandy at Townley Grammar School in Townley Road.

The school, where 152 students took 458 exams achieved an A and B pass rate of 61 per cent.

Other high achievers included Hoi Ming Chang, Jade New, Rima Saine and Ruth Walker, with four A grades, and Rukmanie Atwal and Alexis Erias, who achieved three As and a B.

At Bexley Grammar School in Danson Lane, 54 per cent of its 149 exam takers achieved A or B grades in their 537 exams. Fifteen students gained at least three A grades.

The school has also introduced the International Baccalaureate this year with 11 students taking the exams and nine achieving the equivalent of three A grades.

But Bexley's non-selective schools are giving the grammars a run for their money.

Trinity CofE School in Erith Road achieved its highest ever pass rate. Its top students who are all going into higher education were Kayleigh Griffiths, Kelly Bell and Marie Grant, with two Bs and a C, and James Norton, with two Bs, one C and one E.

Blackfen School for Girls in Blackfen Road was also celebrating with 63 per cent of students gaining A to C grades, 10 per cent higher than last year.

Individual successes included Vicki Prynn, with three As, and Charlotte O'Kane, with two As and a B, who is off to stdy medecine at King's College in London.

At Cleeve Park School in Bexley Lane, there was a 100 per cent pass rate in design and technology, English literature, geography and at Vocational Certificate of Education in science (a double award) and ICT. A number of students now have places at university.

Erith School in Avenue Road has record numbers off to university with 46 per cent of results at A to C grades.

There were 100 per cent pass rates in maths, sport/PE studies, art and design, history, sociology, English literature, drama, media and film studies and Russian.

Top student was Sacha Grimes, who achieved A grades in psychology, biology and law and an extra AS level. She is off to Sussex University to study psychology.

Other high-fliers were Rosy Tu, with two Bs and a C; Sahjahan Khalique, two As and a C; Adam Chalkley, an A and two Bs and William Webb, two Bs and an E.

At St Luke's RC Sixth Form College in Chislehurst Road, Kinesha Selby gained three A grades and now plans a gap year, while with two As and a B each, Francesca Kirk and David Bussion are off to university.

The college says many students got higher grades than predicted.

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