Students celebrate A-level results

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Watch the moment an A-levels student at South Downs College in Portsmouth finds out her results.

She managed to get two As and a B and will be off to the University of Surrey in September.

More than one in ten students at Hillview School for Girls have come away with A* grades, a record number for the academy.

Some departments saw 100% A-C grades, with all Fashion BTEC students achieving the equivalent of an A*.

40% of Guilford High School students have celebrated A* grades in their A-levels this year.

They are among thousands of pupils in the Meridian region receiving their results today.

Almost all of the students managed to get grades A*-B.

Students at Peter Symonds College in Winchester have achieved 'incredible' A-level results, says the school.

The pupils had a pass rate of 99%, with 83% achieving grades A*-C, an improvement on previous years.

Over 90% of AS-level students managed to pass.

Queues of students at the Howard School in Rainham are waiting to found out if they got the grades they are hoping for.

They are among thousands of A-level students across the country who find out how they did in their exams, today.

Pupils at Brighton College have achieved the best A-level results ever attained by any co-educational school in England, according to college.

Almost 100% of students have achieved grades A*-B, with 82.8% getting As or higher.

Every pupil got grades A*-C, with 28 getting places at Oxford or Cambridge universities.

The independent school has been the top of the league tabels in Sussex for the last ten years.

Head teacher Mr Richard Cairns puts the success of the school down to its nurturing ethos.