Cardinal Newman College A level results: the Preston sixth form college receives their best results yet

This year the school has bucked the national trend with an over-all A-Level pass rate of 100 per cent, and 77 per cent of students achieving grades A*-B at A-Level.

The high grades that students have achieved this year have been unprecedented, with almost half of all grades awarded being either an A or A* and 4 out of 5 students achieving A* - B.

There have also been huge successes in individual subjects, with 62 per cent of Further Maths students achieving A* as well as over a third of A-Level Maths students achieving the same grade.

The school’s BTEC results were also impressive, with 82.5 per cent achieving high grades.

Cardinal Newman Principal Nick Burnham said: "After a challenging couple of years, we couldn’t be prouder of our students who are collecting their results today. The hard work, dedication and sheer effort put in by both students and staff has paid off in spades, gaining them excellent A-Level and BTEC results.

"It’s important to us that our students feel happy, supported and are enjoying their studies. If they are happy and enjoying their work, they will achieve much better grades as a result. And this has been demonstrated by our best-ever set of results.”

The college says this is the motto they live by, with a whole range of additional opportunities available to their students, including a strong pastoral programme, Higher Education Programme, and support systems such as a counselling team, Equality and Diversity team, and Health and Wellbeing team.