A Ukrainian who joined a South Downs School in 2022 has made the grade on GCSE results day.

Polina was one of the stand out performers at Ditcham Park School with the creative youngster getting top marks for Art and Russian.

There was some very strong performances throughout, with Samuel W getting an incredible ten Grade 9s and Mirri G getting A or higher in all of her subjects.

Some 93 per cent of results achieved this year were 9 to 4 (A* to C in old school terms) while 61 per cent being 9 to 6.

Just over a third were 9 to 7 (A* to A) with headmaster Graham Spawforth hailing their results.

He said: “I am hugely proud of our Year 11 students for their achievements.

“It has been a particularly impressive set of results considering that this cohort started off their senior school journey in the middle of the pandemic.

“Today’s results are a credit to their hard work, resilience and to the dedication of their teachers.”

He added that staff, governors and whole Ditcham Community wish the students every success in their future studies and careers.