Dorothy Stringer students GCSE results were better than the national average.

The school said:

• 72% of our students achieved at least 5 A*-C grades including English and Maths; 62% achieved at least 8 A*-C grades including English and Maths

• Over a third of grades were at A or A*

• Over half of our students achieved at least 5 grades at A*-B

• A remarkable 61 students achieved at least 8 GCSEs at A*-A; 6 achieved 10 or more grades at A* or equivalent

• In English, 87% of students achieved national expected progress and nearly 60% exceeded national expected progress. In Maths the figures were 75% and 40%

• The percentage of disadvantaged students exceeding expected progress in English and Maths has improved significantly

Headteacher Richard Bradford said in a statement: "I am very proud of our students - they have been a fantastic year group who have worked incredibly hard and challenged themselves to do their very best.

"I am delighted that students of all abilities are celebrating excellent personal academic achievements in their exams today.

"I would like to thank the staff and parents who have done so much to support the students over the last few years.

"I know that because of this support, the students have achieved much more than academic success and leave school well equipped to take on the challenges they will face in the years ahead.

"Brighton and Hove schools have worked as a partnership over the last few years, with staff at all levels working together across the city to challenge each other and to share best practice.

"This has clearly already had a positive impact on results and we look forward to continuing to work together to improve outcomes for the children in our city.

"It has become clear that the old measures used to define success at whole school-level, such as the GCSE pass rate, have been less helpful in determining how much progress students make when at school.

"It is far more useful to consider the progress of all of our young people and this is reflected in the new Progress 8 Government measures which will be released later in the year.

"Early indications suggest that the progress made by students will be better than that made nationally.

"None of us will be satisfied until there is no gap in educational outcomes for disadvantaged young people in this city.

"We believe in the potential of every young person, and work daily to inspire, enthuse and improve progress for all students."