A headteacher in south Cumbria has praised her students after tasting A Level glory this week.

Students up and down the country were logging onto the UCAS website on Thursday morning (August 15) to find out how they had faired in their recent exams.

Queen Elizabeth School was just one of the many places in Cumbria celebrating, as countless pupils put the county on the academic map.

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Cathy O'Neill is the Executive Headteacher at the school.

She said: "As with all Sixth Form schools up and down the country, we celebrate the achievement of our young people today. 

"We are delighted with the results of students' hard work and commitment at both QES and QESS (Queen Elizabeth Studio School) and we are so proud of them all. 

"Not only have they received impressive outcomes indicative of their hard work and commitment, but they are also such kind and decent young people with so much to offer. "

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For the young minds who have based their study in Kirkby Lonsdale recently, the next journey is likely to take them much further afield.

"The range of places our students now go to is vast," Mrs O'Neill added. 

"We have students going to study medicine at Leeds and Cambridge, others gaining places to study music or drama at prestigious conservatoires and drama schools, whilst some are off to follow degree apprenticeships.

"And a huge range of subjects is represented in their choices for further academic study, from Archaeology at York to English Literature at Durham and Business and Management at Bristol."

Wherever they end up, their headteacher assured the students that they would always find a home at QES.

"We could not be more proud of this fantastic group of young people, all of whom should feel delighted with their achievements. 

"We look forward to hearing of their future successes as they move on in this next chapter."