GCSE

Lady Hale addressed a scaled-back audience of around 270 people in The Bishop's Stortford High School's sports hall.

Jessica Brown was the Sawbridgeworth secondary's highest achiever, with nine grade 9s and one 8.

They were among 42 pupils awarded the College’s Ten Club tie for achieving grade 7 or above in all 10 GCSE subjects.

Isabella and Olivia Copeland are weekly boarders at Felsted and were part of the school's 2019 national cup-winning under-18 cricket team.

Anton Trusty got 9s in all 11 of his subjects while Sakura Fish achieved ten 9s to go with the A* she got in Japanese in 2018.

Principal Duncan Roberts said: "They have overcome unique and specific challenges that no previous GCSE student has had to face."

Tom Johnston: "We're immensely proud of them all and it's wonderful to see their confidence and maturity as they celebrate their successes."

Olivia Fairall, Toby Kerrison and Edward Pulfer staying on for A-levels while elite athlete Innes Dunlop's off to Millfield on triathlon scholarship.

In Year 10 Alexandra Lapadatu was getting grade 3 in her least favourite subject, geography – now she's off to college to study it at A-level.

Beth Parker got 11 GCSEs at the highest grade 9 while Morein Abdelmalek, Felicity Davenport, Lucy Kay and Emilia Payne Smith achieved ten 9s.

Principal Dr Chris Ingate pays tribute to the achievements of every GCSE student at the Bishop’s Stortford secondary.

Robin Munday achieved nine 9s and an 8, Rohan Rana got eight 9s and two 8s and five more boys secured seven 9s.

Tommy Brown had resigned himself to a job with little prospects but is now off to do film and media production at college after bagging five GCSEs.

Of the 1,116 exams sat by 115 students, 341 (30.5%) were awarded the top grade of 9 and 640 (57.3%) were graded 9 or 8.

The news was revealed as 236 boys and girls at the Bishop's Stortford secondary received their GCSE results on Thursday.

"Removal of exam season robbed them of their chance to show what they were capable of, but the results paint an accurate picture."

Eleanor Hewins, Emma Troman, Cai Chappel, Lucy Groves, Harriet Dunne, Nicholas Petkov, Claudia Pettengell, Maisie Fraser and Leila Trusty shine.

New state-of-the-art accommodation is waiting for the students when they join the sixth-form in September

Head Chris Townsend said: “I look forward to seeing what they can go on to achieve in the coming years."

Head Polly Lankester said: "They have shown such resilience and determination throughout this very difficult time and we are very proud of them all."