Students at Myton School have been praised for their "outstanding" A-Level results today (August 18).

The school has announced that a third a third of all grades awarded were either A* or A, and over 60 per cent were A*, A or B.

More than three quarters of students secured places at their first choice university, with 90 per cent getting into their first or second choices.

The school also said a number of students have secured places on apprenticeship programmes in engineering, finance and law.

A statement from the school said: "This cohort really have faced the brunt of the last few years; sent home in March 2020 in their year 11 with cancelled GCSEs; a year 12 disrupted by contact tracing and lockdowns; and an uncertain year 13 as exam boards adjusted their course requirements.

"Therefore, sincere and warm congratulations to all students, their parents and carers and the staff who supported them for such an impressive set of results!"

Despite the fact that grades have been purposefully lowered from the past two years, more than 425,000 students across the country have been given places at university - the second highest number recorded by UCAS.