AS students up and down the country picked up their A-level results last week, Alton College once again achieved an impressive pass rate.

A spokesman from the college commended local high flyers, including former Mill Chase Academy students: Fawziyyah Hamid, Level 3 Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma in Business, three Distinction* - going to University of Surrey to study Business Management (Human Resource Management)

Shannon Nash, Level 3 Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care, three Distinction*

Alexander Rhodes, BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Information Technology, three Distinction*

Marcia Scaife, Level 3 Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma in Sport, three Distinction*

Former Bohunt students who did well included: Madeleine Turner, A-levels in biology (A*), chemistry (A), maths (A) - heading to University of Manchester to study dentistry

Tim Moore, BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Engineering, three Distinction*

Cameron Neasom, A-levels in computer science (A), maths (A), further maths (A*), physics (B)

Oscar Peterson, BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Engineering, three Distinction*

Finlay Starling, BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Engineering, three Distinction*

William Worman, BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Engineering, three Distinction*

Anna White, A-levels geography (A), History (A), Spanish (B)