THE headteacher of Gryphon School said he is “enormously proud” of the Year 11 students picking up their GCSE results today, August 22.

Esther Maynard was the top achiever with an incredible 11 GCSEs at grade 9.

Twins Charlotte and Sophie Bartlett achieved 11 and 10 GCSE grades at grade 9 or 8 respectively.

Melissa Psoma-Hemsworth achieved 7 GCSE grades at grade 9, 1 at grade 8 and 3 at grade 7 and was the top achieving student with regards to progress.

Other students to achieve a string of top grades included Sophia Vines-Booth, Xiang-Yao Tsang and Subhiksha Navaneethan.

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Subhiksha said: “I am so happy with my results and delighted that my hard work has paid off. I so grateful to all my teachers, who have been so helpful and supportive.”

An individual performance of note is the story of Jacob Piatrovich, who achieved 9 GCSEs, including 4 at grade 9. Jacob arrived at The Gryphon at the beginning of Year 11 from Belarus.

A school spokesperson said: “Through his dedication and conscientious hard work, his progress has been phenomenal.”

As well as The Gryphon Sixth Form, students have accepted places at Kingston Maurward, Strode College, Yeovil College, and several apprenticeships, for example, Harvey Brown has secured an apprenticeship with Future Roots, which the school said is a significant personal achievement for him.

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Headteacher Jim Gower said: “I am enormously proud of all our Year 11 students.

“Over the last five years, our students have strived to embrace our Gryphon ethos to experience life in all its fullness, which has been reflected in this fantastic set of GCSE results.

“Our students have grown and flourished to reach their full potential in every area of their lives.

“I am so grateful to our wonderfully committed and dedicated staff, who give so much of their energy and time, to provide our students with transformational opportunities to support their academic progress and personal development”.

Head of Year 11, Pamela Peacocke, said: “I am exceedingly proud of all our Year 11 students and their achievements.

“Over the past five years we have worked, laughed and learnt a lot together as a community, culminating in these excellent academic results.

“Our students have made the most of the opportunities given to them and we all look forward to hearing of their future successes and their positive input into the wider community in years to come.”