Photos of GCSE results day 2024 in Herefordshire

On Thursday, August 22, thousands of GCSE students poured into schools to collect their highly anticipated results. To see the moment pupils saw their grades for myself, I headed to St. Mary’s RC High School in Lugwardine to chat with some of the teachers and elated year 11s.

St. Mary's year 11s with their headteacher, Stuart Wetson (Image: Cameron Thornton)

Head teacher Stuart Wetson introduced me to Charlie Wallace, Martha Finlay and Justyna Michniok who had all done “very well" and were "very happy” with their amazing results. Mr Wetson said he was "absolutely delighted for our pupils. They have done so well, and their results are nothing more than they deserve”.

Earl Mortimer's Anna Swan being interviewed after collecting her results (Image: Tom Barnes)

Leominster’s Earl Mortimer High School were “delighted” on results day after attaining “the best set of results” the school has seen “for many years,” according to principal Alison Banner. Highest achiever Anna Swan said achieving her outstanding grades was “a bit surreal”.

Wigmore students with their GCSE results (Image: Wigmore High School)

Wigmore High School had also “worked incredibly hard to achieve some excellent performances,” said executive headteacher, Dr Rob Patterson. Talking overall statistics, 61 per cent of Wigmore’s students passed in both English and maths, with 75 per cent passing English and over 20 per cent achieving a grade 7 or above in maths.

Weobley year 11s proudly holding their results (Image: Weobley High School)

Weobley High School noted their “outstanding results”, particularly “the very high proportion of students who have achieved the English Baccalaureate suite of qualifications” in which “over a third of students” achieved a strong pass - “more than double the national average,” said Headteacher, Dean Williams. 

Tristan Harvey with his incredible results (Image: Weobley High School)

Weobley’s highest achiever, Tristan Harvey earned “a special mention” for achieving “a remarkable 10 GCSEs at grade nine!"

Ben and David were delighted with their results (Image: Julia Baker)

HT reporter Julia Baker was also at a scene of the result’s day excitement at The Bishop of Hereford’s Bluecoat School. She spoke to pupils David and Ben; David received only grade sevens, eights and nines and Ben’s were all grade nines.

Both said the "close knit environment" at Bishops had helped massively in achieving their fantastic results.

Whitecross students with their GCSE results (Image: Whitecross School)

Whitecross High School’s headteacher, Tim Knapp, applauded their pupils, saying he was “so proud of the achievement of all our students,”. 26 Year 11s achieved five or more GCSEs at grade 7 or above this year!

A thumbs up from Aylestone School! (Image: Aylestone High School)

Aylestone School saw so many individual successes and positive stories that they believed it was “unfair to highlight individuals”, with headteacher Simon Robertson saying, “the students should be rightly proud of their achievements”.

Allen Brace, head teacher at Kington’s Lady Hawkins’ School was "particularly proud of a really good set of English and History results which have shown a big increase in students achieving grades 7-9".

Lucy Weaver, Jack Hartwright, Jack Bayliss, Felicity Read, Lewis Hood and Hannah Marshall stood next to QE's Hereford bull (Image: Queen Elizabeth High School)

Bromyard’s Queen Elizabeth High School’s fantastic GCSE results “mark a celebration of their dedication and hard work,” said Head of School, Seb Seneque, with executive head, Martin Farmer, saying their grades were very well deserved.

Ledbury's John Masefield High School also celebrated strong results with Deputy Headteacher, Adem Osbourn, saying "it has been a pleasure to work with this motivated group of students, who have worked hard to secure the grades that they deserve”.

L-R: Hereford College of Arts' Raife and Kiki (Image: Hereford College of Arts)

Hereford College of Arts student, Kiki, achieved a distinction in her level 2 Art and Design Diploma and Raife Green also achieved a distinction in his level 2 Music Diploma.

The RNC celebrating their spectacular GCSE results (Image: Royal National College for the Blind)

Young people from the Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford produced outstanding Level 2 results also, including 100 per cent pass rates in Audio Music Production, Business and IT. 

RNC's Aiden Berry was apecially congratulated for completing his two-year course (Image: Royal National College for the Blind)

John Kyrle High School in Ross-on-Wye rolled out a red carpet for the Year 11 students, treating them to ice-creams as they collected their “stellar” examination results, with headteacher Julian Morgan saying the achievement had “very much been a team effort”.

John Kyrle pupils with their fantastic GCSE results (Image: John Kyrle High School)

In their "very pleasing" set of examination results, 75 per cent of Fairfield High School’s Year 11's achieved a grade 4 in English and Maths, with 53% achieving a grade 5 in both. Kingstone also significant number of strong passes in English and Maths, with 17 students achieving top Grades of 7+ in the latter.

Fairfield's year 11's with their exciting brown envelopes (Image: Fairfield High School)

At the end of the very busy day, Herefordshire Council congratulated the county’s Year 11s, provided support options for those suffering with their mental health and offered advice on next steps for the GCSE pupils of 2024.