SOPHIE Kell is looking forward to a peaceful night's sleep - after finally discovering her GCSE results.

The Mayflower School student admitted she had been having nightmares about getting bad results.

So she was relieved to discover in reality, she'd done much better than expected.

Sophie, 16, of Perry Street, Billericay, picked up 11 A-grades, including four A*s, plus a B.

She said: "I'm really, really happy.

"I'd been dreading it all week and had been dreaming I was going to fail."

Sophie studied science, maths, English, history, art, tech, Spanish, religious studies and physics, which she was surprised to find she had passed.

She plans to continue in Mayflower's sixth form, after which she will decide what she wants to do.

Sophie said she had just studied as hard as she could to get the grades, which she last night celebrated with friends.