Many pupils at the school achieved A* or A grade passes across the subject spectrum.

Rossall’s A*- C grades are up three per cent on 2007 at 93.5 per cent, whilst the overall A* - G pass rate of 99.7 per cent has been maintained. Also up on last year is the number of pupils gaining A* and A grades: a total of 44.9 per cent, compared to 44 per cent in 2007. This makes it a very successful year for one of the area’s oldest independent schools and follows equally impressive A-level figures.

Three local 16-year-old pupils achieved A* or A grades in all subjects. Olivia Airey of Stanley Park, Blackpool, bagged eight A* and one A, whilst Cleveleys youngsters, Nicola Blythe and Laura Howarth also joined the ‘A Team’ with five A* and four A’s and three A* and seven A’s respectively.

Commenting on the results, Rossall’s first deputy headmaster, Fergus Livingstone, said: “Our overall pass rate of 99.7 per cent is very pleasing, but more impressive is the number of pupils achieving A* or A grades in core subjects, which also shows an increase year on year. This is testament to their hard work and is extremely encouraging for a school such as ours, which, unlike many schools in the independent sector, operates an open entry policy and allows all pupils, whatever their abilities, to sit the subjects of their choice.

“The results prove that our faith in the pupils is well placed and many will now go forward to study for A-levels or the International Baccalaureate Diploma in our sixth form,” added Mr Livingstone.