TWO visually-impaired students have crowned their college career by achieving top grades in A-Level art.

Worcester RNIB College for the Blind students Katie-George Dunlevy and Naomi Riches both received A grades for the course in Art and Design.

"A lot of the artwork is in 3D, but there is also work done in 2D and computer graphics," said New College principal Nick Ratcliffe.

The A-level pass rate for the 18 pupils at the college was 98 per cent.

"Nearly all of them were offered their first choice place at university and some are taking a gap year to travel or do charity work," said Mr Ratcliffe.

The students at the college come from all over the country.

Fiona Holsan, from Worcester, received a grade B in practical music, a C grade in German, and D grades in theoretical music and general studies.

David Palmer, from Sutton Coldlfield, achieved C grades in history and government and politics, and grade E in Latin.

"These are an excellent set of results that reflect the hard work and dedication of our pupils and staff," added Mr Ratcliffe.

"They show that given the right equipment, resources and schooling blind and partially sighted pupils can achieve remarkable results.

"Our students may lack sight, but they certainly don't lack vision - they have a clear idea of what they want to achieve and the commitment and hard work needed to fulfil their ambitions.

"We wish our students good luck as many of them start university, college or careers.

"They are great ambassadors for the school and positive role models.

"The range of courses they will be studying continues to grow year by year, showing that there are very few subjects that students with sight problems cannot tackle."