DESPITE the turbulence with the GCSE examinations this year Ashton on Mersey School is celebrating another increase in the proportion of students gaining good GCSE results.

60 per cent of pupils attained the 5 A*-C (including English and Maths) benchmark this year with nearly a quarter of pupils achieving 3 or more of the top grades of A*/A.

17 pupils achieved 5+ A*/A including A*/A in both Maths and English.

Ashton on Mersey has had 5 ‘outstanding’ Ofsted judgements and continues to be a lead teaching school, training new teachers as well as supporting a number of other schools.

The executive principal, Vicky Beer CBE, who is also the chairman of the National Teaching School Council, stated: ‘We are extremely pleased with our year on year improvements especially against the backdrop of much more rigorous and testing examinations.

"Significant credit and congratulations should go to the students and staff for their commitment and enthusiasm in embracing change to achieve these results." 

Mr Moloney, headteacher, was especially delighted with the results as this was always going to be a challenging year for the children and staff.

The Dean Trust schools look to emulate the success at Ashton on Mersey and the chief executive, Tarun Kapur CBE, said: ‘It is essential that Ashton on Mersey maintains this status as all of our schools use Ashton as a ‘model of excellence’ and learn much from their practice.

"This is not limited to our own schools as we successfully support many other schools in the North West."

The GCSE results for Ashton on Mersey School 2014 are as follows:

L Abbott 12(9) Z Abdullah 13(10) L Adams 10(4) A Aikens-Moulson 9(5) K Aldcroft 13(12) R Alder 12(8) J Allen 12(6) J Al-Noah 13(10) J Appleby 13(12) C Ashcroft 10(6) J Atkinson 12(5) O Axon 11(11) C Bagnall 8(2) C Bardsley 6(1) V Barker 11(7) O Barnes 14(10) J Barrass 13(12) N Barratt 12(9) C Bennett 13(11) K Benson 12(12) G Blackmore 12(5) L Booth 12(4) S Booth 12(10) L Bowker 9(5) T Bradshaw 10(4) S Brame 13(12) C Bratt 13(12) D Brocklehurst 16(15) C Brookbanks 12(9) S Brown 9(5) C Burgess 14(11) D Burton 11(6) C Butler 11(10) C Campbell 12(12) P Campbell 10(1) J Cawley 10(3) A Chambers 10(5) N Chan 16(16) T Chapman 12(9) E Cheema 13(12) D Chiwoko 9(3) J Clare 10(4) B Clarke 12(12) G Clarke 14(13) J Clarke 11(10) J Cliffe 11(4) T Coakley 13(10) S Coates 14(11) E Coleman 11(8) R Collins 9(7) T Colquhoun 14(13) M Connor 10(10) H Cook 7(3) W Cook 11(11) C Corbett 9(5) J Corser 12(12) B Crandon 12(11) C Crandon 14(14) J Crawford 10(9) J Curwen 14(14).

J Dalley 12(6) E Daniels 11(6) E Dias 10(8) S Dickenson 13(10) K Dickinson 8(3) D Ditchev 14(14) E Dixon 15(14) H Doherty 13(10) M Doherty 12(6) J Donelon 11(9) B Donnelly 16(13) J Donnelly 14(7) J Dook 14(9) J Dunne 10(10) R Dutton 12(12) J Earp 12(4) R East 14(10) H Ebanks 16(16) T Egerton 14(13) K Entwistle - West 9(5) A Eravama 9(5) L Evans 11(10) K Fagan 12(12) K Fairbrother 13(11) M Fairclough 15(14) S Faraj 14(14) J Farrell 12(9) R Fawcett 12(6) S Foley Smith 12(6) Z Francis 12(12) C Gardiner 10(6) O Gaster 13(11) J Gill 13(8) A Gilsenan 10(10) A Glover 10(5) E Glynn 10(2) C Gorman 13(8) B Graham 12(10) A Green 13(13) S Greenwood 13(12) K Hackett 14(12) M Hamnett 9(4) J Hamoudi 10(9) M Harrop 15(8) L Harvey 14(14) D Hausaman 11(9) C Hawkins 10(2) J Hayes 10(3) K Herbert 11(9) D Heywood-Gresty 14(12) S Hickey 11(6) S Hickey 13(12) A Higgins 11(7) C Hobbins 14(13) M Hodgkinson 10(9) L Hollister 10(8) L Hollows 12(11) A Holt 11(4) A Holt 11(9) D Holt 11(9) P Holt 9(6) M Houghton 11(7) L Howarth 11(7) P Hughes 12(9) N Hulme 13(12) E Hunt 12(7).

B Ibrahim 11(10) C Jessop 15(14) C Johnson 10(4) K Johnson 11(7) S Johnson 8(2) H Jones 11(11) R Kapoor 11(11) M Keane 11(5) C Keeney 8(4) T Kehinde 11(11) J Kelly 11(11) C Kerrigan 11(9) K Kevan 11(11) G King 13(13) L King 15(12) T Kinsella 11(9) W Kirk 12(12) J Knight 13(13) K Knox 10(10) C Lamb 9(3) J Larkin 13(11) S Leah 12(6) A Lewis 13(9) A Littlewood 13(13) L Loi 17(17) E Lucas 10(10) R Mackenzie 12(12) M Maguire 11(4) A Maybury 16(16) T McAdam 13(11) N McGetrick 12(6) J McGirl 11(9) A McKenna 15(8) J McPeake 11(10) P McWilliams 15(13) R Meehan 10(4) I Menzel 13(12) S Menzel 12(11) K Metz 10(5) A Mitchell 12(11) D Mitten 13(11) J Mohammed 11(8) J Moor 11(10) J Moore 11(7) J Moore-Hill 13(13) B Morgan 9(9) M Morgan 16(16) R Morris 10(8) R Morris 12(9) S Morriss 10(9) C Moss 10(9) M Mulholland 12(12) Z Murhaba 12(11) D Nally 12(8) B Nield 9(5) P Norris 10(10) J Nuttall 15(14) K Odiowei 11(4) I Olabode 12(12) M O'Neill 12(8).

J Pacitto 11(8) T Palmer 12(7) H Payne 15(13) S Peach 9(3) L Pearce 14(7) L Perkins 9(9) P Perkins 10(7) E Peters 10(7) J Phee 13(11) S Phillips 12(12) D Podmore 11(5) J Pollard 10(6) K Povey 13(13) G Powell 14(11) S Qashoua 12(10) M Quinn 12(11) S Ransome 10(8) M Rashford 12(9) I Raykova 12(12) L Reeves 13(13) S Reid 13(12) D Revill 10(8) C Ridgway 11(4) C Roberts 13(11) A Rothwell 13(12) E Rowlinson 11(11) H Rowson 13(12) B Ryder 12(11).

E Salt 15(14) C Sands 11(11) T Saville 13(5) R Scott 14(14) K Scrivener 13(12) E Silcock 13(10) A Sinton 8(3) K Slater 13(13) A Smethurst 11(6) C Smith 9(3) M Smith 15(11) S Smith 14(12) T Smith 11(6) H Snowdon 15(15) A Sorton 14(11) D Soutar-Jones 8(6) K Stansfield 11(8) H Stepney 13(9) E Stockton 14(13) M Stockton 15(15) S Stone 12(11) A Supple 10(8) I Sutherland 13(13) A Swiderski 12(12) G Tarry 14(7) H Taylor 12(8) L Taylor 12(11) M Taylor 12(11) N Taylor Yearsley 13(13) S Thomson 10(8) B Thornton 12(11) A Tomlinson 10(6) A Tuanzebe 11(11) T Tutty 9(7) M Waleed 9(6) J Walker 13(13) L Wallace 12(4) D Walsh 13(12) M Walters 12(12) D Ward 11(10) M Watson-Hart 12(10) M Weeder 10(4) S Welsby 12(11) S Whiteley 14(11) T Whitfield 12(11) K Williams 13(12) R Williams 13(9) L Wolstencroft 13(12) P Wong 10(10) S Woodward 12(8) E Worstencroft 15(15) J Wren 12(7) E Wright 13(11) O Ziprin 16(16)