A Level results for North Solihull students

GREAT RESULTS: Merrin Varghese, Chelsea Hopkins and Emilee Gallett

HALF of A Level students at the Grace Academy have secured places at university, the school has confirmed.
Fifty per cent of teenagers had applied for a degree course and after receiving their results today, all of them got confirmation that they had been successful.
The number of students at the sixth form who are applying to study at university has more than doubled from just one in five two years ago.
The news will be a boost to Solihull's education chiefs, who only this year raised concerns that despite a general improvement in exam results in the north of the borough, students were still far less likely to continue into higher education than their counterparts south of the A45.
Nationwide, the Ucas admissions services said 424,000 undergraduate places have been offered, up by three per cent compared with results day last year.
Today's results are also good news for the Grace Academy itself; in autumn 2013 Oftsted inspectors identified "serious weakness" and a new principal, Darren Gelder, was appointed 12 months later.
Mr Gelder said he was immensely proud of the latest set of results, another sign of sustained improvement.
"This is another excellent set of results showing the year on year progress of the academy," he said.
"The dedication of students, parents, carers and staff is evident in what our students have achieved."
Students at John Henry Newman Catholic College and Park Hall Academy were among the others to get their results today.

A TEENAGER from Castle Bromwich was among those who achieved a clean sweep of A*s today.
Asad Butt, aged 18, received the highest possible mark in Biology, Chemistry and Statistics.
The Sixth Form College Solihull student is now looking to get his teeth into a degree in dentistry at Kings College London.
"I did work experience at a GP surgery and a dental surgery and I just found dentistry more interesting, so I decided that this was the career I wanted to pursue," said Asad (pictured, right).
"I’m very pleased with my results and looking forward to going to Kings College."
The A* grade was first introduced in 2010 in response to concerns in some quarters that exams were getting easier.