Keighley schools have once again achieved top-class A-level results.

Many examples of outstanding individual achievement were unveiled as students learned yesterday if they had made the grade.

South Craven School is celebrating record success in the AS and GNVQ exams as well as at A-level.

The A-level pass rate - excluding general studies - was up by four per cent to a new high of 87 per cent. The proportion of A grades increased by five per cent, and nine subjects had a 100 per cent pass rate.

The average points score per pupil also reached record levels, and a hat trick of A grades was achieved by five students.

At Advanced GNVQ a record 14 students gained distinctions.

At Oakbank, head John Roberts said he was very pleased with his pupils' achievements. The pass rate across all subjects was 91 per cent, an improvement on last year.

The average points score and grade per student was also up, and there were 35 per cent more A grades.

Design technology and PE showed particularly well and there were 100 per cent pass rates in biology, chemistry, physics, English, French, German, art, geography and media.

Outstanding individual performers included Terri Jacques and Philip Shorten, who each gained three A's and one B.

Advanced GNVQ results were again encouraging, with most students gaining merits or distinctions. Leading performers included Vicky Heppenstall and Sarah Foxcroft, who both gained overall distinctions.

Holy Family School head teacher Conor Davis was very pleased with its results. There was an overall pass rate of 85 per cent, and 100 per cent passes in art, English, French, German, geography, physics, music and religious studies.

At Keighley College, there was an overall A-level pass rate of 73 per cent and a 100 per cent pass rate in physics and chemistry.

Outstanding performers included Surayya Rauf - who gained two A's and a B and is now going to medical school - and Abutahir Razzaque, who also gained two A's and a B and will now study dentistry.

Results at Greenhead improved for a fourth year in succession.

There was a 100 per cent pass rate in biology, performing arts, art, technology and Urdu, and good results in English and sociology.

The average points score was 14.1, compared to 12.8 last year, and overall 67 per cent of all the entries were grades A-C.

Head Miles Mizon says: "We're pleased with the achievements of the students who got the results they deserved."

Top performers included Samira Ali who got an A in English and Bs in biology and sociology and is to study law at Leeds University. Ayden Blackburn got three Bs in art, English literature and technology. He's going to join the military police.