Nearly half of A Levels at Northwood College for Girls are A grade

And A*or A make up 44 per cent of all grades achieved at the independent girls’ school on Maxwell Road.

Jenna Noronha is among 19 per cent of girls at the school to gain three A*-A grades.

She has attended the school for 12 years, since the age of six, and is now setting off to the University of Oxford to read Spanish. She said: “I am both thrilled and relieved. I could not have done this without my teachers’ hard work and support.”

Meera Legg also achieved two A* grades and an A and is looking forward to reading medicine at the University of Liverpool.

She said: “I was really nervous and now I am ecstatic.

“All the hard work has paid off, I cannot wait to get to university and study medicine. When I leave I want to be a GP.”

Twins Ayan and Anab Mohammed are getting ready to part ways, as Anab goes to study geography at University College London (UCL) with three As, and her sister Ayan to the University of Warwick to study history, with an A* and two As.

Over 42 per cent of the girls achieved at least two A*-A grades.

Headteacher Jacqualyn Pain said: “Our girls have worked so hard and I am proud of each and every one of them. I am equally proud and thankful for the dedication and commitment that is demonstrated year after year by our excellent teachers.

“We are confident that each and every one of our girls thrive academically at Northwood College for Girls, but to truly excel in this fast changing world young people need so much more than examination results alone.

“As a result of our unique Thinking Skills programme, our girls enter the big wide world fully prepared and equipped with a vital range of life skills.

"Designed to enable each girl to develop independent and creative thinking, our robust programme incorporates emotional resilience initiatives that encourage the girls out of their comfort zone and provide them with the tools and techniques to face all challenges with confidence and self-assertiveness.”