A WORCESTER school has made it into the top 100 independent schools in the country for its GCSE results.

The King’s School came in at number 89 on the list of the schools with the highest proportion of exams graded either A or A*.

With a percentage of 72.12, King’s results put it almost 10 per cent higher than the next nearest independent school in Worcestershire – Dodderhill School, Droitwich, with a score of 63.51 per cent.

King’s headmaster Tim Keyes said: “I am absolutely delighted. To hear that you are top in the county by such a distance is hugely reassuring that you are doing the right thing. We have quite a broad intake so to feel that we are adding value in the first five years is brilliant.”

Third in the county was RGS Worcester, which had 61.08 per cent of its exams graded A or A*.

Headmaster Andy Rattue said: “We’re extremely pleased with these results, which reflect the hard work put in both by the GCSE candidates and the teaching staff at RGS Worcester. These pupils have established the groundwork for entering the sixth form with pride in their performance and confidence for the future.”

Malvern St James, which was ranked fifth in the county, and St Mary’s Girls School, Worcester, which was ranked sixth, both emphasised how proud they were of their pupils.

Malvern St James headmistress Patricia Woodhouse said: “Following on from our outstanding A-level results, this level of academic success is fitting testament to our positive and ambitious all-girl environment which sets consistently high expectations and standards. Our ‘can-do’ philosophy offers every girl the opportunity to achieve her personal best and we are extremely proud of our Year 11 girls.”

Headmistress of St Mary’s Catherine Jawaheer said: “The girls’ performed particularly well in the traditionally ‘male’ dominated subjects, such as science. In biology, chemistry and physics 100 per cent of grades were at A* to B with a staggering 88 per cent at A* to A.

“These results demonstrate that in an all-girls educational environment, free from any gender stereotyping of subjects, St Mary’s girls are able to excel.”