A school has topped the league table after its first ever GCSE cohort picked up their grades.

St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School in Barnet saw a 52 per cent pass rate in English, maths, science, languages, history and geography.

This places it in the top 5 per cent across the country.

Its English results saw 88 per cent achieving a grade 4 or higher in English Language and 72 per cent achieving a grade 5 or higher.

Meanwhile, 75 per cent of students achieved a good grade in science with more than a quarter of these grades at 9-7.

Some other exceptional performers were Guy Coker with 3 grade 9s, 4 grade 8s, one A and one B. Marianna Christodoulou got 4 grade 9s, 3 grade 8s, one grade 7, one A* and one B.

Niamh Dermody got grade 9, five grade 8s, one grade 7, one grade 6 and one B.

Headteacher Robert Ahearn said: “I am absolutely thrilled with this year’s outstanding GCSE results. Our founding cohort have done us proud and I share in their delight as they celebrate their successes today. There were individual successes at all ability levels and behind every set of examination results there is a personal story of hard work, commitment and perseverance.

"These outcomes are a result of the hard work of the students, the support of their family and friends and the dedication of the staff at the school."