HATS off to Cheadle Hulme School.

With a 100 per cent pass rate and more than 90 per cent of exams graded A* to B, students have improved on last year’s results at Cheadle Hulme School, despite national predictions that the number of top grades would drop due to exam reform and a return to end of year exams.

“I am so proud of all that the students have achieved this year”, said Cheadle Hulme School headteacher, Lucy Pearson.

“Particularly as the goalposts were moved by government decree half-way through their courses.

"With excellent teaching and a real determination to deliver their best, the students have flourished and achieved excellent results.”

Talented students Anna Chippendale and Hal Dewhurst led the celebrations, both achieving 10 A*s in demanding academic subjects.

Anna, who is also known for her excellent singing voice, studied German in her own time, on top of an already packed GCSE schedule, with help from the CHS German Assistant. Hal, who is also an accomplished musician, achieved the coveted A^ in Further Maths as well as A*s in Greek and Latin. Fellow student Miriam Abbas also achieved A* in both Greek and Latin and plans to continue with Latin in the CHS Sixth Form before applying to study Chemical Engineering.

All of the Further Mathematicians achieved A, or above, with almost half of them achieving the coveted A^ grade. Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Maths produced some outstanding results, with at least 75% of students achieving A and A* in these subjects.

The Music and Religious Studies departments also had cause for celebration with more than 90% of entrants achieving A or A*.

The School’s sporting talents were also out in force, with England Hockey player, Helena Evans, international windsurfer, Sarah Jackson, Rugby Captain, Jack Clare, ISFA Goalkeeper, Kieran Sivewright and international sailor James Clemetson collecting an impressive array of As and A*s between them.

“We see each student as an individual”, saID Lucy Pearson.

“And whilst it is tempting to only consider the headlines, it is in the results that each individual has achieved that the true story of what a successful year this has been is told. I really am delighted!”

The GCSE results for Cheadle Hulme School 2014 are as follows:

M Abbas, 11 (11); E J Addy, 10 (10); A I Ahmed, 9 (9); Z Ahmed, 9 (8); H Alvi, 9 (8); K Amar, 9 (9); J E Ameh, 9 (8); E A Bagshaw, 9 (9); J D Bailey, 9 (8); R W Baker, 9 (8); O R Ballantine, 9 (9); M Z Bandukda, 9 (9); T J Barber, 9 (9); H R Barlow, 9 (9); B Begg-Finnon, 9 (9); L M Blakey, 9 (9); J H Boyd, 9 (9); P K Brako, 9 (9); C Branagan, 9 (6); D M Bratt, 9 (9); C M Brenninkmeijer, 10 (10); F H Brewin, 9 (9); T Brierley, 8 (8); E V Brooks, 9 (9); A E Brown, 9 (9); J I Bruckshaw, 9 (9); L Burgess-Smith, 9 (9); N Butler, 9 (9).

H J Cartledge, 9 (8); E J Chew-Graham, 10 (10); A C Chippendale, 10 (10); H A Chittalia, 9 (9); J W Clare, 9 (9); J H Clemetson, 9 (9); F Clifford, 9 (9); H E Coleshill, 9 (9); B Cozens, 9 (7); B Crawford, 9 (8); A C Cridland, 10 (10); C R Crookall, 9 (9); J E Davies, 9 (9); B S Davis, 9 (9); J E Davis, 9 (9); M C Deas, 9 (9); G Dee Upton, 9 (9); M D Devitt, 9 (8); H G Dewhurst, 11 (11); C Dhillon, 8 (6); J A Dodwell, 9 (5); L J Doran, 10 (9); H M Dwyer, 10 (10); J Elliott, 9 (9); F C Elstone, 9 (6); H H Evans, 9 (9); M H Evans, 9 (9); H J Everitt, 9 (9); A F Farley, 9 (9); H J Firmston, 9 (9); N E Fitzpatrick, 9 (9).

A I Garner, 8 (7); B S Gleave, 9 (9); F Golinski Drinkwater, 10 (10); H J Grimshaw, 10 (10); T Hadley, 10 (10); B C Hall, 9 (8); A W Hamid, 9 (9); A J Hampshire, 9 (9); A Haroon, 9 (9); J A Hartley, 10 (10); T O Heagerty, 9 (9); E J Heath, 9 (9); S M Heaton, 9 (9); E Hedley, 9 (9); O B Hicks, 9 (9); K E Hill, 9 (9); J A Howard, 9 (9); C Howarth, 9 (9); A R Hull, 9 (9); H A Irshad, 9 (9); O J Irwin, 10 (10); N A Ismail, 9 (9); S V Jackson, 10 (10); D James, 9 (8); L O Jones, 10 (10); J Kabir, 9 (9); D Keighobadi, 9 (9); A I Kherallah, 9 (9); M P Kindon, 9 (9); D A Kingsley, 9 (9); L M Kitmitto, 9 (9).

G E Lambert, 9 (9); J Lee, 8 (6); S Lees, 9 (9); A Q Lieberman, 9 (9); D J Lomas, 9 (9); C Lyng, 9 (9); S Macalister, 9 (9); M Malik, 9 (9); M G Mannion, 9 (9); H C Manson, 9 (9); D J Masom, 9 (9); A S Mather, 10 (10); H Maududi, 9 (8); T G Maxwell, 10 (10); E McCabe, (0); A R McFarlane, 10 (10); J T McKeown, (0); M H Mehdi Nejad, (0); T M Mehta, (0); Y K Mehta, (0); S J Monkhouse, (0); L G Moran, (0); C G Nash, (0); S B Nash, 9 (8); J M Nixon, 9 (9); B Offland, 9 (9); J F Oldham, 9 (9); J M Oliver, 8 (3); C L Ousta, 9 (9); T W Owen, 10 (10).

J G Palmer, 9 (9); H C Petch, 9 (8); M B Pettit, 9 (9); V L Poizer, 9 (9); I V Porter, 9 (7); E R Preston, 10 (10); O W Pridham, 9 (9); R Prince, 10 (10); C R Rawling, 9 (9); M R Rees, 9 (9); O H Ridley-Fink, 9 (9); E R Robbins, 9 (8); P E Ronshaugen, 9 (9); T C Rosler, 9 (9); M M Rowley, 9 (9); A L Russell, 10 (10); S Ryan, 9 (9); D J Ryder, 9 (9).

N R Screawn, 10 (10); C G Sharpe, 9 (9); K R Shields, 9 (9); K Sivewright, 9 (9); D J Skelton, 9 (9); C Slack, 9 (9); H L Stewart-Haspell, 9 (9); N E Studds, 9 (9); R P Suchoparek, 9 (9); M C Swann, 9 (9); J S Sweeney, 9 (9); S P Thanigasalam, 9 (9); D C Tomlinson, 9 (9); A G Wallace, 10 (10); C A Walsh, 10 (10); T S Walshaw, 9 (9); O Walter, 9 (8); D J Walton, 9 (8); O K Watkinson, 9 (9); K R Watson, 9 (9); S J Welsh, 9 (9); E S Whitehead, 9 (9); G A Widdowson, 9 (9); C J Willan, 9 (9); A Williams, 9 (9); H A Willock, 9 (9); S H Wilson, 9 (9); J L Woodford, 9 (9); C J Wright, 9 (9); E A Yianni, 9 (9); D J Zelinka, 10 (10).