It was double delight for twins as they opened their A level envelopes - to discover exactly the same grades!

Laura and Katie Humphreys, from Gravesend Grammar School for Girls notched up a clean sweep, gaining As in Chemistry, Biology, Maths and History.

Both will now pursue careers in the health industry, with Lauren moving to Cambridge to study medicine and Katie gaining entry to Sheffield to study dentistry.

Meanwhile, elsewhere in Kent, headteacher at Sir Roger Manwood's School, Sandwich, Chris Morgan said the school had seen "a superb set of A Level results this year, yet again setting new records.

"The overall pass rate was 99 per cent, and 65 per cent of all the exams taken were passed at the top grades of A and B."

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Meanwhile, in Medway, the wait is over for sixth form pupils at the Kings School, Rochester.

They collected their results from the school office, Satis House, in Boley Hill.

Head girl, Kathryn Gilbert, was as pleased when she opened her long-awaited envelope to see she had received four A grades.

The 18-year-old from Rochester will study medicine at Southampton University.

Head boy, Simon Pickerill, was also delighted.
Simon, 18, from Wrotham Heath, got two As and a B.

He said: “I couldn’t sleep properly last night I just kept rolling about the bed and I was really wound up.

“I got As in Latin and English and a B in Greek, I will now be able to go to Exeter University."

Thirteen students at Oakwood Park Grammar School, Maidstone, scooped three A grade A levels to contribute to the schools “outstanding” results.

Staff and sixth form students will be celebrating tonight after 53.3 per cent of all A levels taken were grades A or B.

Mr Kevin Moody, Oakwood Park head teacher, said he was very pleased with their success, adding: "We are delighted that all the hard work of students, teachers and the support of parents has led to such great success."

There were plenty of smiles at the county’s largest high school sixth form as students picked up a stack of excellent results.

With a pass rate of 92 per cent it was the best set of results at Towers School, Kennington, for the past five years.

A number of subjects achieved 100 per cent success rate including History, English Literature and Sociology.

Nearly 50 students out of the 322 students are destined for university while many others with vocational qualifications have already lined up employment.

The smiles were wide at Simon Langton Grammar School for Girls, Canterbury. Seven students achieved four straight A passes, including Elizabeth McDonald, who has accepted a place at University College, Oxford to study classics, while Emma Bullivant, who took an additional AS Level, will study civil engineering at Bristol.

Twelve other students also achieved straight As in three subjects, results that delighted head teacher Jane Robinson.

She said: "We’re extremely pleased that 99 per cent of all exams taken this year have been passed."

At Minster College, Sheppey, some 43 students took A levels at the college, while another 97 completed AS levels.

There was a 96 per cent pass rate for the A-levels, with many of the pupils who applied to university being accepted.

Fourteen students achieved A grades in their AS levels, and 19 got Bs.

At Highsted grammar school in Sittingbourne head teacher Jenny Payne said: “We are overjoyed that 2009 has been another vintage year for A-level results.

“By working in partnership with Borden Grammar and Fulston Manor schools, we have once again achieved 100 per cent A-level pass rate by offering the broadest range of A-level subjects in the area.

“Students have worked extremely hard to produce these outstanding results and we are very proud of all that they have achieved; they are a credit to themselves and the school."

In Thanet,

celebrated a 'best ever' year of A Level results.MargateStudents and staff at Hartsdown Technology College in

All students met or beat their targets with impressive performances in a wide range of subjects including Maths, Business Studies, Performing Arts, Science, Health and Social Care and Sport.

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