Two Clitheroe students celebrate top A'level grades at Westholme Sixth Form in Blackburn

Jack Wilson was awarded A grades in Business Studies and History and a B in Biology at Westholme’s Sixth Form in Blackburn.The 19-year-old is now looking forward to studying a degree in Business Management at Loughborough University.

Classmate Evie Drake (18) gained an A in History and Bs in Classics and EPR and will now go on to study Classics at Newcastle University.

Outside of school Evie plays hockey for Clitheroe and Blackburn Northern. She also played football for Langho when she was younger.

This is the first time this school year has taken external exams and Westholme reported that nearly a quarter of its students achieved at least two A*/A grades and over a third achieved grade A or above.