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by Lynn Cox and Hayley
Robinson

Pupils at the Kings School in Rochester are
celebrating getting their GCSE results.

Teenagers at the school were delighted with their grades, with 22
per cent of them getting A* grades and 46 per cent got A* and A
grades.

And 90 per cent of pupils at the school achieved five passes at
grade A* to C, which is a huge leap on the national figure of 67.1
per cent.

Dr Ian Walker, headmaster, said: "All these results are a great
credit to our pupils’ hard work.

“I congratulate them wholeheartedly and thank the staff for their
sterling efforts.”

It was an emotional day as Temple School opened its doors for the
last time to let students collect their GCSE exam results on
Thursday .

The Cliffe Road school closes at the end of the month , along
with Chapter School in Carnation Road, ready to make way for
Medway’s first academy.

However, many of the students have already decided to continue with
their studies at the new Strood Academy which will use existing
buildings on the Chapter site until a new building is provided in
2011/2012.

James Gallop, 16, said: “I got a couple of C’s and D’s and an
E. I’m pretty pleased with my grades.

“I’m going to go on to the sixth form at the academy but I’m still
deciding what to study at the moment.”

Robert Barratt-Schweiesi, 16, said: “Some are better that I
expected but some are also worse."

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