Pupils all over Kingston and Elmbridge opened their GCSE results today with some “outstanding” results.

In the biggest shake-up of exams for a generation, pass rates dipped over all as students faced tougher exams.

Under the overhaul, traditional A* to G grades are being gradually replaced in England with a 9 to 1 system.

Great news came out of lots of schools, with Surbiton High School having their best GCSE results ever with 37 per cent of results at A*and 78 per cent at A* to A.

In Biology 80 per cent of all grades are at A* to A, in Chemistry and Physics 82 per cent of all grades were at A* to A.

Girls also gained top grades in Mathematics where 80 per cent of all grades are at A* to A and English, where 40 per cent of grades were the new 9 to 8.

In Computer Science 83.3 per cent of all grades are A* to A with 91 per cent of grades are at A* to A in art.

The school was “especially delighted for triplets Max, Harriet and Phoebe” who achieved 20 A*s between them.

Students at the Holy Cross School in New Malden achieved excellent results, with 85 per cent of students getting 5A* to C, including English and Maths Level 4 and above.

Chessington Community College also had a great year.

Headteacher Ash Ali said: “Another highly successful year at Chessington.

“I am happy to see so many of our students do so very well in these important exams.”

In Cobham, Notre Dame students celebrated achieving “outstanding” results for their GSCEs, “embracing the new grading system and beating the national average by a significant margin”.

27 per cent of girls achieved A*/9 grades, which is an 8 per cent increase from last year.

Eight girls achieved straight A*/A and 9/8 grades and 83 per cent of all grades were A* to B.

Hannah Back was delighted to be celebrating six A*s, one A and three 9 grades.

Fenna Agnew swept the board with all A*/9 grades and Juliet Hughes and Aoife Madden matched each other’s impressive results achieving seven A*s, one A, 2 9 grades and an 8.

Sophie Wakefield opened her results with her parents and declared she was “delighted” with an impressive six A*s, one A and a 9, 8 and 7.

Esher Church of England High School was “pleased to announce” that results improved in key subject areas.

English and maths results saw another steady increase and science and language achievements also improved.

The core subjects achieved high results with 77 per cent and 78 per cent of students passing their English and maths qualifications respectively.

Pupils at St George’s College, Weybridge, celebrated their “best ever” GCSE results.

45 per cent of grades were A*, which is five percentage points above last year and 45 pupils achieved straight A*-A Grades, including 18 with at least 10 A*s.

The most notable performances were twins Abigail and Daniel King each achieving 12 A* grades, Euan Scott-Watson, James Patterson, Atlantis O’Neill and Sasha Reed – all gaining at least 11 A*s and Emily Boxer, Roisin McEvoy, Alaina Adam, Archie Finn, Matthew Harper, Katherine Kerr, April Lemmon, Libby McDonagh, Nyan Mehta, Rayan Zafar, Tanya Ferguson and James Stonehouse achieving at least 10 A*s each.

74 per cent of our most able mathematicians gained A* in Further Maths GCSE.

At Richard Challoner 34 per cent of pupils achieved five or more A* to A grades, and 89 per cent gained five or more A* to C including English and Maths.

13.4 per cent of the results were either A* or 8 or 9.

Canbury School students achieved 100 per cent success in this year’s GCSE results. 19 per cent got A* to A 19, A* to B at 46 per cent, A* to C 76 at per cent, and A* to D at 93 per cent.

Coombe Girls’ School students achieved exceptional results- 87 per cent got the new government demanding threshold in English and Maths, with more than 40 per cent of the students achieving the numerical grade 7 or higher which equates to A/A*.

The Hollyfield School produced a strong set of results with 80 per cent of students achieving 5 A-C or more “good” pass grades and for 72 per cent of students this included both English and maths.

The percentage of students achieving the new 9 grade was above national average.

Tolworth School achieved some “outstanding results”.

Over half of all entries achieved grades A*-B, with nearly three quarters securing standard passes in both the new English and Maths qualifications.

Over a fifth of students achieved five or more grades A* and A.

There were collective sighs of relief when students at Southborough High School collected their GCSE results earlier this morning.

Headteacher Mr Niall Smith said: “These are really good results, which show how much can be achieved when young people aim high and work hard.”