STUDENTS and staff celebrated another record-breaking year of results at Norton College.

A total of 69 per cent of the year group achieved five GCSEs at A* to C, including English and maths, with 73 per cent securing A* to C in English and maths.

Phil Loftus, headteacher, said: "These are the best results ever at the college and is brilliant news for students and their families.

"The students believed they could do it and worked hard to achieve this with a talented and dedicated staff. We could not be more pleased for them."

A number of students topped the achievement tables by gaining A to A* in five or more subjects, including Emily Cullis, Ted Welford and Bethany Mooring.

Bethany, who lives in Norton, said she was staying on at the college's sixth form to study A-levels in Spanish, maths, history and chemistry.

The 16-year-old said: "I am absolutely ecstatic. I have worked so hard and it has paid off. I am not really sure what I want to do at the moment but probably something to do with law."

Her friend Katie Wakefield, from East Lutton, said she was really pleased with her results, including As and A*s and will be studying maths, Spanish and English literature at Norton College's sixth form.

"I have worked really hard and it has paid off," she said. "I'm still not sure what I want to do but probably something to related to Spanish."

Ted, 16, from Weaverthorpe, who passed 11 GCSEs, said he was also going to Norton College's sixth form to study English literature, history, politics and maths and hopes to become a motoring journalist.

"I would like to write about cars and do reviews and videos for car magazines," he said. "I am really pleased with my results and I have worked extremely hard."

His friend, Oli Judson, 16, from Thixendale, passed all his exams with a grade A along with a C in Spanish.

"I am going to Malton School to do physics, chemistry, maths and English Literature, and then to university to do something related to science," he said. "I've spoken to my dad and he was really pleased with my results."

Shaunna Craggs, from North Grimston, has taken her exams while suffering from a dislocated knee.

"I was in a lot of pain and had to spend a night in hospital during my exams so I was really pleased with the results I got," she said.

The 16-year-old said she hoped to go on to become a primary school teacher and was taking English language, psychology and child studies at sixth form.

Her mum, Mandy, said she was very proud. "Shaunna has worked hard throughout all she has gone through. I am really pleased for her she has done brilliantly," she said.

Vicky Machen, progress leader for Year 11, said: "We are proud of all our students and we know their grades are an important springboard for future success."