Delighted staff and students at Thundersley's King John School were celebrating today as school league tables revealed they were top of the Castle Point class.

Didn't we do well? - Students at the King John School in Thundersley celebrate the school's table-topping exam performance Picture: STEVE O'CONNELL

The school, in Shipwrights Drive, topped the 2003 secondary performance tables for 15-year-olds achieving five or more A to C GSCEs and GNVQs.

However, while 64 per cent of the 311 youngsters sitting the exams achieved the benchmark five A to C grades, this figure was slightly down on last year's 67 per cent.

Headteacher Margaret Wilson said: "We are very proud of these results."

Published Thursday January 15, 2004

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