Students at Parkside School yesterday celebrated a dramatic set of GCSE results.

The school, which has had just two years of GCSE results, has gained performing arts status. And after last week's positive results in AS-level drama, the school achieved a high standard in the same subject at GCSE level.

Friends Emily Smith and Katie Turner, both from Haworth, will be continuing their drama studies next year.

Emily, who achieved six As, one B and four Cs, said: "I was expecting Bs and Cs, not any As. So I was really shocked - I am still shaking."

As well as drama, her A-level subjects will include history, English literature and psychology.

She has also recently completed a week's work experience at Alhambra Theatre, in Bradford.

For Katie, her results were a late birthday present. After celebrating her 16th birthday on Wednesday, she gained two As among her ten A-C grades.

She said: "I have done really well. I am so happy. These results are excellent. I am really, really proud of myself, especially with my A in drama."

As soon as they picked up their results, the pair met up with other friends to go to the Carling Festival at Bramham Park, Leeds. Lin Stentiford, head of drama, was delighted with the results.

She said: "It is a big improvement on last year. They are a vibrant set of kids this year and their performances were particularly varied.

"There was some slapstick comedy and intense performances. I am terrifically pleased with these results."

Star of the show at the school was Lucy Mayho, from Cullingworth. The 16-year-old achieved eight A*s, one A and two Bs.

She said: "It is just really weird. We have waited ages for the results to come and so it is really strange. I was hoping to do this well, but it is hard to tell how well you do when you take the exams.

"I just cried when I got the results - I didn't know what to think." She is taking biology, chemistry, English and Spanish next year.

Amy Fisher, from Denholme, was also celebrating eleven excellent results, including one A* and six As. She said: "There was a lot of pressure and it is just a relief to know the results so I am really happy.

"I was hoping for these sort of results but I wasn't sure I would get them. My mum is outside, and she started crying.

"She just wanted me to do the best for myself."

Another drama student, Scott Dyson, was also a hit on the sporting field. His grades included an A* in physical education and an A in drama, as well as two more As, three Bs, two Cs and two Ds.

He said: "Overall, I was quite chuffed really. I was a bit disappointed with my Bs in computing because I thought I had grafted hard in that. I got pretty much what I was expecting, but I am really chuffed.

" I love my sport but I have got so many interests, I am not sure what I want to do."

At A-level, he hopes to take English literature, economics, drama and sports studies.

Matthew Hall, from Cullingworth, picked up two As, four Bs, four Cs and a D.

He said: "It was a bit of a mixed reaction. I should have done better in history and business studies, in which I got As.

"I am glad it is all over.

"I just wanted it to be over because I was so nervous this morning."

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