Results are in across the country

The biggest day in the education calendar for students studying at sixth form colleges in the UK came when the 2009 A-Level results were released.

Bright eyed students rushed to their local sixth form colleges in order to pick up their prized envelopes with many hoping to receive the good news they had been waiting for all summer.

As always there were numerous success stories up and down the country.

WYKE COLLEGE in Hull reported a 99.88% pass rate, the highest ever achieved in the College’s history.

At ASHTON COLLEGE, 15 year-old Niall Thompson, collected his results having studied his A-Levels three years earlier than most students and will now enrol at Cambridge University to study Maths.

At ST JOHN RIGBY COLLEGE in Wigan, the College celebrated a 98% pass rate with 24 advanced level courses with a 100% record.

At JOHN RUSKIN COLLEGE in Croydon, pass rates were reported at 98% with half of the College's students achieving high grades and there was also a 100% pass rate on all BTEC National Diploma pathways.

At PRIESTLEY COLLEGE in Warrington the news was once again outstanding with pass rates being maintained above 99% for the fifth year running whilst 55 students landed triple distinctions in their BTEC National Diploma courses.

At WILBERFORCE COLLEGE in Hull, students celebrated their best ever results for advanced level courses in almost 20 years with an impressive 99% pass rate, an increase of almost 1% from the previous year.

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