STUDENTS were jumping for joy today as they scooped an impressive batch of A-level results, once again beating the national average.

Across Camden 77.5 per cent of students got A* to C grades – just edging the national average of 77.2 per cent. 

At Haverstock in Chalk Farm, Reece Bullock secured a place at Brighton University despite battling a rare liver disease that he has had all his life. 

Reece Bullock and Ashraf Uddin with their results at Haverstock

Reece from Kentish Town, said: “In year 7, I set up a charity day for the Children's Liver Disease Foundation. It started off as something just in our year, but then it grew to the whole school, it just got bigger and bigger. It just made me focus. It made me realised I can do this, it made me want to achieve more, so I started achieving. Everyone, since then has been so supportive of me. I was still battling liver disease when I came into sixth form so it was quite hard, but I managed to get into the uni of Brighton.”

Haverstock students Aminatta Sylva, Nattanon Amornrattanasereegul and Daniel Pashei compare results 

Aspiring journalist Aminatta Sylva, also from Haverstock, is one step closer to her dream after securing her place at Sussex University, with two Bs and a C grade. She said she has “grown a lot,” to get through two of the “hardest” but most “exciting” years, leading up to today. 

She said: “It has been two or three months of sleeping at 1am. I was not on Instagram for about two months, I even signed out of Snapchat. I just switched off my phone to get into my work, but I did it, its crazy.' Inspired by her granddad who was a journalist in Gambia, Aminatta hopes to one day become a writer and “deliver the truth to people.”

Nattanon Amornrattanasereegul got an A* and two As

Saneah Chowdhury and birhtday girl Tahmina Shah

It was a happy eighteenth birthday for Regent High student Tahmina Shah, who found out today she will be going to her first choice, Kingston University. 

For Kai Harvey, who is going to volunteer in Japan during his gap year before university, his decision to focus on his work paid off today when he saw his grades, which included a distinction in business BTEC. He said: “In my younger years I wasn't very well behaved at all but when I got to year nine I decided to focus on my school work and it all got easier from there. When I got to year nine I realised the decisions I make now are going to start affecting my life in the future, so I should start behaving better than I was.”

Regent High students Kai Harvey and Jeanelie Roseanne Louamba plan to visit Japan on their gap year

Jeanelie Roseanne Louamba, whose grades included a distinction in performing arts, said she was “very grateful” to the “amazing teacher Mr Harrison who supported me.”

Cllr Angela Mason CBE, Camden Council’s cabinet member for children, visited LaSWAP sixth form consortium to congratulate their students.

She said: “Congratulations to A-level students across Camden schools and the dedicated staff who teach them. These results are testimony to the quality and hard work of our teachers and the support of parents.” 

LaSWAP, which brings together Acland Burghley, La Sainte Union, Parliament Hill and William Ellis schools, has recently expanded their sixth form centre at Acland Burghley.