Dover Grammar School girl Cherry Liu is celebrating after gaining seven A-levels, six of them with the top A* grade.

Cherry was one of a number of students at Dover Girls’ Grammar School who achieved top grades as the school recorded its best-ever results.

Nearly 60 per cent of the exams were passed with A*, A or B grades and the UCAS point score per student rose to 463, another all-time high.

“This is a wonderful set of results,” said head teacher Matthew Bartlett. “It is testament to the talents of a delightful group of students.

“ We are proud that our students perform exceptionally well in subjects such as physics, maths and history which are seen as particularly demanding. We are already looking forward to September and raising the levels of achievement even higher.”

Robert Howell, one of a growing number of boys in the school’s sixth form, will be taking up his place at Cambridge to read Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic after gaining six A-levels, with four at A* and A grades.

Head prefect Emma Castledine built on her successes last year by securing six A-levels with no fewer than four at grade A.

More than 40 students at Dover Christ Church Academy have completed their A-level courses.

Particularly successful were Veselin Latev with three A grades and a B, Thomas Sankey with two As and two Bs, Khu Maya Gurung who gained an A* for textiles and a B and C, and Teighlor Mcgeehan with a B and a doublke disctintion in sport.

All the students passed their textile exams with A* or A grades and there was also a 100 per cent pass rate in Healthn and Social Care at grades A to C, maths, art and history.

Principal Richard Williams praised all students for their hard work and commitment, thanked the parents for all their support and praised the teachers for their willingness to go the extra mile in supporting students throughout the length of their courses.

Dover Boys' Grammar School head teacher Dr Richard Moxham has congratulated his A-level students on their results and says he expects even better results in future years.

"Our 2011 cohort of Year 13 students have a right to be pleased with their achievement, which represents, on virtually every indicator, a further advance on last year, " he said.

"By the time the dust settles, the vast majority will once again have been successful in gaining university places to study the degree courses of their choice. 98% of their A-level grades were passes, with 38% (31% a year ago) in the range A* to B.

"Their average UCAS points score was 60 points higher (the equivalent of more than half a grade) than in 2010, and 16 students gained the International Baccalaureate Diploma, with an average score which once more matched the world average.

"Do our young people have unexploited potential? Lots. But they are steadily gaining in self-awareness and self-confidence. You can expect to see these results rising for a long while yet."

The head girl and head boy were the top achievers at St Edmund’s Catholic School.

Sophie Rowland achieved four A-levels at grades A, B and two Cs while Liam Clarke achieved three A-levels at grades A* and two Bs, as well as two AS levels.

Close behind, and also achieving A grades or the new A* grades, were Sophie Holden with two A* grades and a D grade, Michael Anglim with two A grades and a D grade and Jamie Naylor with three A-levels at grades A, C and D and one AS level.

Staff have also been congratulating Jasmin Anchor who achieved the school’s first ever A* in travel and tourism.

But Dover Catholic Schools Federation chief executive Chris Atkin said a number of students had decided against taking a gap year because of the increased university fees next year.

“Often we have encouraged students in their wish to take a gap year prior to going to university but although these are often very beneficial many students are put off by the rise of tuition fees which commence in 2012,” said Mr Atkin.

“A delay of one year could add nearly £18,000 to the cost of a three-year degree course.”

One hundred per cent pass rates were achieved in 13 A-level subjects at Astor College where students have been celebrating a successful year.

Head of College Ed Pallant said the results reflected the rewards of the hard work which the sixth form students had put in to their studies.

“We are hopeful that those students wishing to go to university will obtain places,” he said.

“The Sixth Form is due to rapidly expand in the new academic year reflecting the demand from young students to obtain high level qualifications. There will also be the opportunity for those going into the sixth form to join the newly-formed Military Cadre."

Students at Walmer Science College in Deal have been celebrating their success and preparing for their next steps in life. Evie Humphries, Sian Wahl, Sophie Faulkner are all planning to continue their studies at the University of Kent and Hope Kennedy is planning to continue her studies at the Leeds Metropolitan University.

Head of school, Julia Scannell, was pleased with the results " despite a year in which Walmer Science College has faced many difficulties, it is especially pleasing to see standards maintained in our sixth gorm. We wish all of the students success in their future courses and careers." Earlier this year the head teacher Simon Heaton left after a damning Ofsted report.

Students at Dover College achieved another set of record-breaking results with 100% pass-rate at A-level.

Most have secured their places at university, with 47% of the candidates achieving A* to B grades and 76% A* to C.

Giulio Pesenti gained five A-levels in Italian, chemistry, maths, physics and economics. He has won a place at Royal Holloway to read economics and politics.

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