It was a day for celebration for the pupils at Claires Court when they picked up their outstanding GCSE results.  There was an increase in the number of pupils achieving  5 A*-C including Maths and English to 89.8% from 87.9% last year.  The boys, bucked the national trend and saw a remarkable increase in their top marks with 31.1% of them at A*/A grade compared to 22.2% in 2015 and the national average of 20.5%.