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 | | | Some of Britain's top sixth-formers. All pictures by PA
| |  | | Laura Spence of Monkseaton High
Laura Spence collects her five straight As. Having been turned down by Oxford University, she will study biochemistry at Harvard in the US.
| | |  | | James Law of King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys
English is Hong Kong-born James' second language, but he still managed to pick up six-and-a-half A grades in maths, further maths, chemistry, physics, general studies and Chinese. "The teachers here are really good," he said. "It took me time to get to grips with English, but maths is my favourite because you can use it in any language - it's international."
| | |  | | Helen Hall and Katheryn Stuckey of Peter Symonds College, Winchester
The pass rate at Peter Symonds was 92%, just above the average.
| | |  | | Sameer Sanghvi of Ryde College
Sameer obtained a grade C in computing. The 12-year-old said: "I'm really happy. I wasn't too sure if I'd pass and I was a bit nervous. I've always liked computers and I think it's really good to do exams early because you can retake it if you fail."
| | |  | | Lucy Saunders Evans of Cheadle Hulme School
With six A grades in in chemistry, mathematics, further mathematics, music, physics and general studies, Lucy will now read computer sciences at St John's College, Cambridge. "Going to Cambridge has been my ambition for a while," she said. "Cambridge is very beautiful. The buildings have quite an effect but one of the things that made the biggest effect on me was that the director of computer sciences was a woman."
| | |  | | Judith Montgommery of Ballymena Academy, County Antrim
Like one in five of the pupils at her school, Judith received four As in maths, physics, chemistry and biology.
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