SHEBBEAR College students are celebrating excellent A-level results, with almost every one of them gaining a place at either their first or second choice university.

Well over a quarter of the grades achieved were A* or A with 75% of grades being A* to C.

Dan Lee capped off an amazing summer, in which he spent three weeks in Uganda on the school expedition, by gaining an A* in maths and A grades in chemistry, physics, and biology. In doing so he secured his place at Bath University to read natural sciences.

Sarah Balsdon is going to study economics at Exeter having gained three A grades, and head boy Rob Dunn will be able to follow his dream to be a paramedic by studying at Oxford Brookes University.

Other students studying further afield include Jason Liu whose A* and three A grades were more than enough for a place at the University of Hong Kong and Anthony McGeorge, who will take up a scholarship to the University of Western New Mexico as one of Britain's greatest golfing hopes for the future.

Other students have opted to enter the workplace, notably head girl Grace Beal who performed with distinction in the exams despite a serious illness and will now join the teaching staff of Prior Park School in Bath.

Headmaster Simon Weale is delighted with the results. He said: 'The most important thing we can do is to provide our students with a set of skills and qualities that will allow them to lead successful and fulfilled lives after they leave school.

'I am thrilled that so many of our students will be able to take up either the university courses or the work opportunities of their choice and I am confident that they will thrive in these.'