Westcliff High School for Boys is celebrating a superb year for A-level results as nine of its students are heading to Oxbridge universities.

A remarkable 83 per cent of all A-level entries at Westcliff High School for Boys were graded A*, A or B.

Nine students have obtained Oxbridge places and many others will be undertaking courses at prestigious Russell Group Universities.

There were many excellent individual performances, with 28 students achieving three of more A* grades.

Echo: Westcliff High School for Boys students with their top A-level resultsWestcliff High School for Boys students with their top A-level results

And 10 of these students achieved four A* grades, including Nivasan Loganatharan and Mariska Yasbeck.

Nivasan and Mariska will be heading off to study Medicine and Economics respectively at the University of Cambridge.

There are also many more delighted students who have achieved the necessary grades for their first-choice university.

Headmaster Mike Skelly said: "We are proud of the excellent academic results achieved by our students, especially given the significant disruption caused by Covid-19.

"I congratulate the students and the hard working staff at WHSB who have taught them.

"I wish this year’s leavers and their contemporaries in other schools every success for their future chosen education and career paths."