The best GCSE results Oakbank has ever had were greeted with joy by head of year 11 Phil Artis.

"This set of results is a testament to the kids' hard work and the teachers' hard work," he said.

"Looking at the A to C results we were approaching 50 per cent last year, and we've just gone past it this year. It's been improving for the past ten years."

Daniel Mosby was shocked to achieve three A*, fives As and one B, adding to his grade B in history last year.

Contemplating a return to the sixth form to study maths, physics, politics and IT, he said: "I thought my grades would be good, but not that good!"

Friends Lucy Marsden, Kayleigh Humphreys and Rebecca Olsson were celebrating getting at least eight grade A* or As each, and planned to return for the sixth form next month.

Kayleigh said: "Our predicted grades were good, but after taking the papers I didn't expect to do this well."

Another group of friends celebrating were Sam Cann, who gained four As, one A* and three Bs, Emma Layton, who gained three A*, four As and two Bs, and Chris Cookson who achieved two A*, four As and two Bs.

First figure indicates number of passes at A-C, second figure the number of passes at D-G, and third entry - where shown - indicates a GNVQ

l Oakbank failed to provide the results in the format requested by the Keighley News.

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