GCSE results in Penistone were down on last year, with an eight per cent reduction in students achieving five A* to C grades.

The figure fell from 79 to 71 per cent while 59 per cent of students achieved a minimum of five Cs including English and maths, compared to 64 per cent last year.

Grammar School grades reflected the national picture as results dropped for the first time in the 24-year history of the exams.

Disappointed headteacher Jo Higgins said: "These results are below our predictions but this appears to be in line with a national trend."

She added: "Congratulations to all of our students on this very special day and a big thank you to staff for their hard work and commitment."

Thurgoland girl Amy Kent, 16, achieved 12 A*s and an A and will study A Levels in maths, further maths, chemistry, physics and music from September.

"I was probably a little nervous this morning," she said. "I think I always remember the things I could've done better on.

"I figured it would be more of a relief to find out so I don't have to worry about it anymore."

Khalid Younis, 16, from Barnsley, celebrated with a family meal after gaining 11 A*s while Chiara Causier, of Worsbrough achieved five A*s and six As.

She said: "I've not been really nervous until this morning when I heard on the radio that results had dropped and exams had been marked more harshly."

Due to a production error the Penistone Grammar results did not appear in the Chronicle.

The results showing the number of A-G passes were: Chloe Adams-Pickford, 10; Oliver Airstone, 9; Leah Aistrop, 9; Adam Allsopp, 8; Matthew Allsopp, 8; Ryan Bagshaw, 9; Robbie Bailey, 10; Amy Baldry, 8; Nathan Bannister, 8; Max Barton, 10; Rachel Belk, 9; Lauren Bennett, 10; Christian Bentley, 10; Lucy Bilton, 10; Sean Birch, 6; Adam Bird, 5; Jacob Blair, 9; Chloe Booth, 10; Tom Booth, 9; Lily Bower, 10; Eleanor Bradbury, 10; Lauren Bradshaw, 10; Joshua Brearley, 3; Jack Bridge, 9; Ollie Broadbent, 5; Callum Broadhead, 5; Todd Brook, 10; Mathew Brown, 10; Rosie Brownlie, 4; Josh Burley, 8; Danny Burrows, 5; Daniel Butcher, 8; Hannah Butcher, 8; Thomas Butler, 8; Ryan Carlton, 9; Abigail Carr, 7; Harry Carr, 8; Mary Cartwright, 9; Chiara Causier, 10; Joshua Cawthorne, 9; Mia Cecchini, 10; Eve Cherry, 9; Gabriella Clark, 7; Shannon Clarke, 6; Chloe Clayton, 7; Lilian Cole, 8; Georgia Cook, 9; William Cook, 10; Lauren Cooke, 6; Kenya Craig, 6; Eleanor Cross, 11; Liam Crossfield, 10; Joe Crossland, 4; Benjamin Croud, 9; Jorden Cunliffe, 9; Sam Curl, 6; Mya Cutts, 7; Warren Daka, 10; Ashleigh Daley, 6; Stefan Daley, 5; Katie Davis, 10; Harry Deakin, 10; Charlie Dickinson, 7; Tom Dickinson, 9; Rosie Dignam, 7; Jake Dobson, 7; Joshua Dodson, 10; Hope Doherty, 9; Liam Dowle, 9; Natasha Dunning, 10; Natasha Eddy, 4; Zoe Edgar, 8; George Ellis, 6; Lucy Erskine, 7; Stacey Eshelby, 5; James Everitt, 7; Harriet Fielding, 9; Joshua Fish, 7; Holly Fisher, 9; Jack Foster, 6; Robert Frost, 9; Joshua Gains, 9; James Garforth, 2; Matthew Garforth, 6; Rheanna Gladwin, 4; Chloe Goddard, 10; Matthew Goddard, 10; Jacob Goldthorpe, 10; Bryony Goodinson, 10; Yosif Gouta, 9; Catherine Grant, 10; Alexander Gray, 10; Laura Greaves, 10; Joseph Green, 8; Felisia Greenhalgh, 7; Rachel Guy, 10; Connor Hague, 10; Tom Hall, 10; William Hamby, 10; Shannon Hamlin, 4; Lisa Hancock, 10; Hayley Harriman, 10;  Oliver Harrison, 8; Saskia Hart, 9; Calum Hawcroft, 9; Ruth Hayter, 10; Jessica Hearsum, 10; Milly Heaton, 10; Mollie Henstock, 9; Shane Heppenstall, 10; Rachael Hill, 10; James Hirst, 10; Katie Holmes, 8; Laura Holmes, 4; Thomas Holmes, 4; Daniel Hood, 9; Samuel Hough, 10; Alexander Housden, 9; Ross Howard, 9; Alice Howarth, 9; Liam Howarth, 6; Lauren Howe, 9; Liam Hoyland, 9; William Hoyland, 10; Thomas Hudson, 6; Joshua Hulbert, 10; Matthew Humpleby, 8; Louis Ingledow, 8; Charlotte Jackson, 9; Conor Jackson, 10; Joshua Jackson, 10; Ellie Johnson, 7; Katie Jones, 9; Chloe Jones Morris, 10; Jack Josling, 9; Richard Kaskiewicz, 9; Bradley Kemp, 7; Amy Kent, 10; Bethany Kent, 10; Laura Kenyon, 9; Bethany Kilner, 8; Sam Lacey, 9; Declan Larkins, 9; Adam Leach, 3; James Leek, 9; Connor Leatherland, 5; Joshua Lightfoot, 9; Sharon-Rose Linacre, 5; Catherine Littlewood, 9; Chloe Lockwood, 7; Robyn Lucas, 8; Georgina Mansell, 9; Beatrice Marsden-Halliday, 10; Joshua Marsh, 9; Thomas Marsland, 6; Chloe Martin, 8; James Martin, 9; Ben Matthews, 7; Jack Mayes, 6; Chelsea Oldfield, 9; Olivia McGrath, 8; Samantha Amy McLean, 10; Jessica Mellars, 10; Jodie Mellor, 6; Josephine Melton, 10; Lucy Milnes, 8; Billy Mitchell, 10; Jasmine Mokrysz, 10; Tyler Morgan, 9; Matthew Murray, 7; David Muscroft, 7; Harvey Napier, 6; Andrew Neal, 10; Daniel Needham, 10; Edward Newsome, 10; William Norman, 6; Charlie Oates, 9; Cherise Oates, 6; Eleanor Osbyrne 8; Rebecca Osbyrne, 6; Lauren Palfreyman, 10; Luke Parker, 5; Estelle Parkin, 6; Guy Paton, 10; Lucy Peach, 9; Freya Pearson, 7; Jamie Penty, 5; Aaron Peverley, 9; Kieran Phillips, 7; Toni Pilley, 6; Luke Platt, 5; Laura Plummer, 9; Jordan Preston, 9; Megan Rawlins, 10; Jessica Rigby, 9; Siobhan Riordan, 9; Michael Roberts, 9; Ben Robinson, 9; Chloe Rolls, 10; Lewis Roscoe, 9; Abigail Roughton, 7; Samuel Rowley, 9; Hollie Rusby, 8; Lisa Scarfe, 10; Eve Schofield, 10; Elise Shiel, 8; James Sidebottom, 10; Samuel Sidebottom, 4; Abbie Silcock, 7; Emma Simms, 6; Jack Simon, 9; Katie Simpson, 9; George Smith, 10; Henry Smith, 9; Isobel Smith, 6; Kieran Smith, 10; Connor Smythe, 10; Katy Solomons, 9; Lauren St Matthew-Daniel, 9; Lucy Standhaven, 8; Abigail Stewart, 6; Joshua Stewart, 8; Tallulah Strathearn Brady, 10; Henry Stuart, 7; Lee Stuart, 6; Tonia Sugden, 7; Bethany Swarbrick, 1; Rebecca Swift, 10; Melanie Swindlehurst, 8; Matthew Sykes, 10; Ryan Tattershall, 5; Anglea Taylor, 6; James Taylor, 6; Charlie Thackray, 6; Rhys Theaker, 10; Jordan Thickett, 10; Luke Thickett, 6; Joshua Thorne, 5; Lewis Townsend, 4; Jake Tue, 10; Megan Tully, 8; Saul Tyler, 9; Scott Waddington, 10; Jacob Wainwright, 8; Tyler Walker, 4; Charlotte Waller, 10; Emily Walters, 6; Jack Walters, 8; James Ward, 9; Luke Ward, 9; Michael Ward, 9; William Wardale, 6; Jake Warrior, 7; Laura Warttig, 9; Thomas Watts, 3; Jorge Weatherall, 10; Emily Westgarth, 10; Benjamin Whitehead, 5; Bethany Williams, 7; Olivia Wilson, 9; James Wood, 11; Jamie Wordsworth, 10; Lauren Worrell, 9; Bethany Worton, 7; Joshua Wragg, 9; Emily Wright, 10; Chloe Yates, 4; Khalid Younis, 10.