VERDIN High School celebrated its best ever GCSE results on Thursday.

Every pupil in the year passed at least one exam, 36 per cent got at least five A* to C grades, and 95 per cent passed at least five at A-G.

Kim Hewitt and Neil Jackson were the star pupils with two As and six A*s each.

Delighted head Neil Dyment said: "The pupils have worked extremely hard and should be very proud of their achievements.

"Verdin staff have spent many hours giving the pupils all the support needed to succeed and they too must be congratulated on their efforts."

But it wasn't just pupils who were celebrating last Thursday.

Twenty members of staff from Verdin High School were successful in passing the Oxford and Cambridge Certification in Information Technology, all receiving distinction passes.

They were Mr S Armstrong, Mrs J Cottrell, Mr A Gaskarth, Mrs C Hardman, Mrs T Parry, Miss A Rae, Mrs L Evans, Mrs P Bloss, Mr A Dent, Miss N Gray, Mrs J Jarvis, Mr J Phillips, Mr M Stockton, Miss J Hammond, Mr C Clarke, Mrs C Drury, Mr A Hancock, Ms J Jones, Mrs G Press and Mrs L Bigger.

The school has recently invested over £50,000 in the latest computer equipment.

The results were - Katie Adkins 9; Laura Adkins 9; Christopher Alexander 8; Charlene Allen 9; Rachel Anthony 8; Jack Antrobus 8; Gemma Atherton 9; Caroline Atkinson 9; Lorraine Barlow 3; Ricky Billinge 9; Sarah Jane Birkett 9; Kate Bithell 9; Helen Bogue 9; Katy Bond 8; Steven Boojawon 7; Paul Bradshaw 6; Angela Bragger 8; Tammy Bray 9; Laura Brayford 9; Lloyd Breeze 7; Michelle Briscoll 2; Lynsey Brown 9; Andrew Bryning 9; Louise Byrne 9; Lee Carter 9; Rachel Cheetham 9; Sarah Clare 9; Emma Clarke 9; Gary Clarke 9; Nicholas Clarke 7; Simon Cookson 9; Daniel Cornes 8; Emma Cowan 9; Gary Cox 4; Laura Jane Davies 6; Stephen Dickenson 7; Christina Dineley 8; Joanne Dring 9; Stephen Dunning 9; Nichola Eaton 9; Andrew Egerton 7; Carol Ellis 3; Christopher Entwistle 8; David Finlayson 5; James Fowles 9; Lee Gannon-Hollis 6; Jody Garstang 9; Natalie Garstang 8; Michael Gooley 7; John Gourlay 8; Karen Greenwood 8; Sally Guthrie 9; Danielle Hamlett 8; David Hamlett 9; Philip Hamlett 9; Rachel Hamlett 9; Katie Hannon 9; Richard Harradine 9; Sarah Hassall 3; Christopher Hatton 8; Janine Hatton 5; Kim Hewitt 8; Nichola Holtom 5; Racheal Horton 9; Jane Hough 9; Katie Hough 7; Kelly Hough 9; Carl Huckin 8; Paul Hughes 8; Karen Hulme 8; Joanne Hulse 8; Ann-Marie Jackson 6; Neil Jackson 9; Neil Jackson 8; Karl Jones 9; Lee Jones 8; Lindsey Jones 9; Rachel Jones 9; Jessica Kilford 9; Anthony Lacking 9; Dean Lafferty 9; Dale Law 9; Robyn Louis 9; Kelly-Marie Lumb 9; Richard Lythgoe 9; Nichola Maddock 9; Kelly Maddocks 8; Gemma Manning 8; Benjamin Margerum 8; Jennifer Marsh 8; John Matthews 9; John McGowan 8; David McKee 7; Rachel Meadows 9; Jennifer Millar 6; Natalie Moore 9; David Moran 6; Alan Mulholland 7; Toni-Louise Mundy 8; John Murphy 9; Jason Newman 9; Holly Nicholson 9; Joanne Oakes 9; Simon Oakes 9; David Ode 7; Daniel Owen 9; Daniel Oxley 7; Jacqueline Pallett 5; Nadine Pardoe 9; Kevin Partridge 9; Leenaben Patel 8; Emma Phillips 9; Sarah Jane Phillips 9; Stephen Purcell 9; Jonathan Randall 8; Gemma Ravenscroft 8; William Rawlinson 1; Stacy-Louise Richardson 9; Jannine Rimmer 8; Kirk Robinson 8; Emma Roche 8; Matthew Rustage 8; Emma Scott 9; Jade Simpson 9; Alison Smith 9; Louise Smith 9; Karl Snape 1; Gemma Stockton 9; Melissa Stubbs 8; Katy Swann 8; Kerry Swift 9; Robert Taylor 9; Stephanie Taylor 9; Andrew Teece 8; Adam Tier 5; Michelle Wadkin 9; Adam Wakeling 8; Gary Walker 7; Kelly Walker 9; Gemma Walton 9; Craig Warburton 6; Leanne Warburton 7; Tina-Marie Warburton 6; Daniel Weatherby 8; Emma Weedall 9; Lisa Welsby 8; Karina Wetton 7; Sarah Whitehead 9; Kevin Whitehurst 7; Amanda Jayne Wilkinson 9; Robert Williams 8; Kate Wilson 9; Simon Wood 8; Vicki-Lee Wood 9.

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