Students at Northampton College were celebrating grades that reached a seven-year high when they opened their A Level results today.
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More than 200 students took around 600 exams of which 98 per cent were passed at A2, an improvement of three per cent on last year. Students achieved a 100 per cent pass rate for 14 subjects including English, maths, chemistry and biology. The percentage of high grades (A*-C) was 12 per cent above the national average.
The pass rate for first year AS exams showed an even greater improvement, moving up by 12 percentage points to 87 per cent. The number of high grades achieved was nine per cent higher than the national average benchmark.
