Students at St Mary’s College, Crosby, have been celebrating another successful summer after receiving their A-level and GCSE results. 

Across the two results days, students came together with families, friends and staff to celebrate their achievements and look ahead to exciting next steps, including university, sixth form and apprenticeships. 

A-level students received their results first, with more than half of the class of 2026 (52 per cent) achieving three or more passes at A*, A or B grades. Overall, 35 per cent of all grades awarded were A* or A, while almost three quarters (71 per cent) were awarded at A*, A or B. 

Among those celebrating were Luke Pomeroy and Ben Bearon who both achieved A* grades in all four of their A-level subjects. Luke is progressing to Durham University to study geography, while Ben is also heading to Durham to study classics. 

Also celebrating was Anna Quint, who achieved three A* grades in English literature, music and religious studies and will go on to study law at the University of Manchester. 
There were further successes for head girl Evie Clark, who is preparing to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh, while head boy John Tattersall is starting a consultant quantity surveying apprenticeship with Gleeds. 

The celebrations continued on GCSE results day, with students recording another outstanding set of outcomes. 

Almost half of all GCSE passes (43 per cent) were awarded at grades 9-7, up from 39 per cent in 2025, while more than a quarter of students (29 per cent) achieved seven or more passes at those highest grades. More than half of students secured ten or more GCSE passes. 

Joint top performers were Sophie Quint and Joseph Olayinka- Lawal, who both achieved seven grade 9s and four grade 8s across their 11 GCSE subjects. 

The Quint family had double cause for celebration, with Anna Quint achieving three A* grades at A-level before her younger sister Sophie went on to achieve seven grade 9s and four grade 8s at GCSE. Sophie thanked Anna for supporting her while the pair were studying for their exams.

She said: “I was quite nervous picking up my results but I am relieved now and pleased with how I did. I would like to thank my sister Anna who got her A-level results last week for always supporting me while we were both studying.” 

Alongside Andres Funes-Cervera, Hazel Liu and Samuel Miller, Sophie and Joseph formed the college’s ‘famous five’, with all five students achieving 11 or more GCSEs at grades 9-7. 

Other notable achievements included Solomiia Protsenko, who achieved a grade 9 in GCSE Russian after taking the exam two years early in Year 9, and Jan Wolski, who secured a grade 9 in GCSE Polish after sitting the exam a year early in Year 10. 

Students also performed strongly in further mathematics, with 19 per cent of candidates achieving the highest grade 9 and half securing grades 9-7 in the demanding qualification. 

Commenting on the results, principal, Mike Kennedy, said: “We are all very proud of our students whose hard work, commitment, resilience and positivity is reflected in these results. 

“It’s also important to pay tribute to our staff and the students’ families for the all-important support they have provided along the way.”