Zahraa Abdul Muhsen Ahmad achieved one of the highest marks in her Arabic A-level exam out of 762 people sitting the test earlier this year and has been commended by Edexcel, the UK's largest awarding body.

Edexcel's Managing Director, Jerry Jarvis, said: "This is a tremendous achievement and testament to the hard work students put into preparing for their exams. We send our congratulations to Zahraa Abdul Mushen."

And it's been another good year all around for A level students at the Howden Clough School.

With a 96 per cent pass rate, 14 of the 18 subjects taught has seen all pupils pass, 56 per cent of those with grades A-C.

Headteacher Jackie Eames said: "Unsurprisingly, in our Visual Arts College, every single student achieved an A, B or C grade in Art, 50 per cent an A or B.

"In Product Design all students achieved A-C and twin sisters Asia and Asma Patel both scored A grades."

Other subjects with a100 per cent A-C grade were Sociology and Urdu. English results saw 63 per cent of pupils achieving A-C.

But Mrs Eames said the best individual A2 performance was by deputy head girl, Yasmin Badat, who scored A grades in Sociology, English Language and R.E. And the school's best point score was achieved by all rounder Noor-Ul-Ann Ali who achieved an A in RE, B in Chemistry and C in Biology at A2, which adds to her B in AS English Language and C in Psychology.

As results were published on Thursday, Mrs Eames said: "There will be a lot of proud parents today and it's great to see the fruits of so much commitment from staff and students alike."


BATLEY GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS:

R Adam ph; R Afzal bs, rs, u*; F Akhtar health and soc c2; N Akhtar eng, psy, soc*; H Ali it, psy, prod des; A Ali eng, it, bs, lw; N Ali bi,rs*, cy; A Aslam bi, it; S Azam eng lit, psy, soc.

Y Badat eng*, rs*, soc*; A Badat eng, it, bs; A Basser eng, rs, soc; K Bharoocha it, art; T Bi bi, it; S Bulbulia eng lit, psy, u*; F Bulsari rs, health and soc c.

Y Chothia ph; A Daji tt, eng; F Dawjee health and soc c2; T Dawood eng, soc, u; C Dunham tt, bi.

T Easton ph; S Farooq bi, it; H Garda it; Z Gharda eng, rs, it; M Gulfraz health and soc c2, bs.

A Hafez eng lit, health and soc c, it; A Hans cy; F Haq health and soc c, it; Z Hussain health and soc c, bs, soc; M Hussain ph, ad, art; S Hussain it, bs, lw, u; I Iqbal bi, lw, art*; M Iqbal ph, tt, ad.

H Karolia tt, rs, ad; N Khan health and soc c; A Khan bi, it; H Khan rs, health and soc c; A Latif bi, eng, it; E Little it; Z Lunat eng lit, health and soc c, soc; S Lyons ph, ad, art*; S Mayet bs, lw, cy; Sauda Mayet tt, eng, lw; L Moody it; R Mulla bi, it; S Mussa eng, rs, it.

A Patel prod des*, bi, psy; S Patel eng lit, psy, soc; R Patel eng lit, it; Asia Patel prod des*, bi, psy; M Qayyum rs, it, cy; N Qureshi health and soc c, it, bs.

S Raja tt, rs, ad; A Rehman art; S Sajjad eng lit, it, psy; I Shahzadi ph, art, u*; A Sheikh bi, rs, it; Ukadia tt, eng; I Wahid rs; J Walker ph; A Zhaid ph.


KEY:

a - art; ac - art and craft; ad - art and design; acc - accounting; ah - ancient history; ahl - ancient history and literature; am - applied maths; app - applied mechanics; arc - archaeology; b - botany; bg - British Government and politics; bi - biology; bn - Bengali; bs - business studies; bz - botany and zoology.
ca - classical art; cc - classical civilisation; cft - craft; ch - Chinese; cls - classical studies; cs - computer studies; csc - computer science; com - commercial studies; com st - communication studies; ct - computer technology; cth - Christian theology; cw - creative writing; cy - chemistry; des tech - design technology; dm - drama; dr - design and realisation; ds - domestic science; dts - drama and theatre studies.
e - economics; ec - social/economic history; ecg - economic geography; ed - engineering drawing; edd - engineering drawing and design; elc - electronics; ell - English language and literature; eng - English; eng lit - English literature; ep - economical and political studies; es - engineering science; est - environmental studies; ff - fashion and fabrics; fm - further maths; fpu - French for professional use; fr - French; fs - film studies.
g - German; gc - general classics; g com - graphical communication; ged - geometrical and engineering drawing; geo - geology; gk - Greek; gpl - general principles of English law; gs - general studies; gy - Geography; ha - history of art; hb - human biology; h(be) - history (British economic); hc - housecraft; he - home economics; health and soc - health and social care; ht - home economics and textiles; hy - history.
i - Italian; it - information technology; jp - Japanese; l - Latin; lp - Latin (prose offered); ls - leisure studies; ltrh - Latin translation and Roman history; lw - law; m - maths; me - maths for education and industry; med - media studies; met - metalwork; mt - music technology; mus - music; nd - needlework and dressmaking; p - physics; pa - principles of accounts; pam - pure and applied maths; pc - physical science; ped - physical education; pf - performance arts; pg - Portugese; ph - photography; phl - philosophy; pl - Polish; pm - pure maths; pmc - pure maths with mechanics; po - political studies; prod des - product design; ps - pure maths with statistics; py - physics and maths; psy -psychology.
r -Russian; rs - religious studies; s - Spanish; se - spoken English; soc - sociology; son - social biology; sp st - sports studies; sta - statistics; td - technical drawing; tex - textiles; ts - theatre studies; tt - travel and tourism; txd - textile and dress; u - Urdu; ue - use of English; w - woodwork; z - zoology.

* indicates grade A pass. S indicates special paper. = indicates A/S level pass.
NVQ: D indicates distinction. M indicates merit. P indicates pass.