The heads of the high-performing schools paid tribute to the hard work of students and staff.
Schools have provided two sets of results, showing the percentage of students who achieved five or more higher grades in any subjects and the percentage of students who achieved five or more higher grades including English and mathematics.

Ratton School

76 per cent achieved 5 or more A*-C grades
53 per cent achieved 5 or more A*-C grades including English and mathematics

Ratton had its best GCSE results this year, with a 19 per cent improvement on last year. More than 55 per cent of students opened their results to find an A* or A grade.

Head David Linsell said, "Congratulations to our students and staff who, supported by parents, have worked so hard to put our motto 'Achieving together' into action with such success.
"We are particularly pleased with these results because our students achieved them across a wide range of high-performing subjects."

Special congratulations go to Anna Winter, Edward Soper, Rosie Mitchell, Cameron Robertson, Michael Williams, Ryan Stevens, Zach Nye, James Mattock, Lottie Boniface, Chloe Dalton, Bobby Bertoli-Dibley, Alexandra Jewell, Mia Foyle and Peter Martin, who all achieved seven or more A* or A grades.

Wilingdon Community School

72 per cent achieved 5 or more A*-C grades
59 per cent achieved 5 or more A*-C grades including English and mathematics

Students at Willingdon did especially well in mathematics, ICT and PE and 10 students gained 10 or more A* and A grades.

Head Ian Jungius said, "We are again very pleased with Willingdon's results, which reflect the commitment and hard work of both students and staff at the school."

Thomas Kemp was given seven A* grades, Jason Thatcher six, and Danielle Lawrence, Charlotte Gillam and Tom Starley five.
Rosie Russell achieved two A*'s and the rest all As and plans to study four A-levels at college. She said, "I am so happy as I have done a lot better than I thought."
Lauren Howell, who achieved four A*s and eight As, plans to go on to study maths, chemistry, biology and sports studies at A-level.

The Causeway School

54 per cent achieved 5 or more A*-C grades
32 per cent achieved 5 or more A*-C grades including English and mathematics

As predicted, this secondary school's results showed a 10 per cent improvement from last year.

Headteacher Alison Dearden said, "These results demonstrate the huge improvements that have taken place at the Causeway, particularly in the high standards of teaching and the many opportunities on offer to our students.
"We are also greatly indebted to the fantastic support of parents and governors."

Ashley Chin, Corey Pellet, Mark Tickner and Kathy Brown achieved exceptional results.

Bishop Bell School

82 per cent achieved 5 or more A*-C grades
56 per cent achieved 5 or more A*-C grades including English and mathematics

For the third year running, more than 80 per cent of students received five or more top grades and top grades including English and maths jumped by 21 per cent from five years ago.

Headteacher Terry Boatwright said, "These results are a credit to the attitude and hard work of pupils and the expertise, commitment and professionalism of staff at the school."

Star pupil Stefanie Sinden had 12 GCSE A* and A grades.

Eastbourne Technology College

70 per cent achieved 5 or more A*-C grades
23 per cent achieved 5 or more A*-C grades including English and mathematics

Head Keith Pailthorpe said, "These results represent an excellent achievement for the college and its students, who continue to out-perform the targets set for them by the Government's statisticians. The college is now in its fifth year of high achievement."

The college congratulated Cosmin Atudosie, Eleanor Channer-Cleere, Joe Holdcroft, Heather Kemp, Yasmin Laggoune, Ami Pook and May Smith on their high grades.

The Cavendish School

61 per cent achieved 5 or more A*-C grades
45 per cent achieved 5 or more A*-C grades including English and mathematics

This year's percentage of students with five or more A* to Cs in their results was a significant improvement on last year's.

New head Kenny Fitzpatrick said, "These results, when combined with our successes in AS level maths, drama and media studies, represent a first-class set of results for Cavendish School."

Notable students included Laura Adde, Rory Franks, Anna Baginski, Matthew Baker, Alice Belcher, Rosannah Burden and Mateusz Grochowski.

Moira House

98 per cent achieved 5 or more A*-C grades
96 per cent achieved 5 or more A*-C grades including English and mathematics

Top grades of A and A* were achieved by 58.5 per cent of Moira House students.

Principal Lesley Watson said, "This summer's outstanding A-level and GCSE results have been brought about by the girls' enthusiasm and commitment to their subjects, supported by the excellent teaching they have received during their career at Moira House Girls School.
"We must congratulate the girls and thank all the staff for the opportunities they have created for them to achieve such success."

Stand-out pupils were Katy Fraser with 11 A* or A grades, Sara Davy, Phoebe Flude, Charlotte King and Joanna Trewern with 10, and Lucy Clarke, Alexandra Lagutova, Sophie Lambert and Samantha Rimington with nine.

Eastbourne College

98 per cent achieved 5 or more A*-C grades
98 per cent achieved 5 or more A*-C grades including English and mathematics

At Eastbourne College, 150 pupils celebrated their GCSE results, with 64 per cent taking home an A or A* and 65 per cent with five or more As or A*s. This is the fifth consecutive year in which more than 60 per cent of grades have been A or A*s.
GCSEs in maths, modern languages and Latin were taken early by some Year 9 and 10 pupils, of whom 99 per cent gained an A or A*.

Headmaster Simon Davies said, "These figures are certainly eye-catching but more important in a school such as Eastbourne, which is selective but not highly selective, is how pupils have performed in terms of their underlying ability.
"I am delighted that the very able have excelled themselves and that those of other abilities have achieved some remarkable outcomes too. I congratulate them on their success."

Superb individual performances came from Chandu Wickramarachchi, with 13 A*s and one A grade, and Nicholas Cereceda, Susannah Jones and James Wicks with 12 A*s and one A apiece. Close behind were James Barbour, with 12 A*s, Heather Holland and Emma Rowe, with 11 A*s and one A, and Tom Hutchinson and Anmol Pandey with 11A*s.

Newlands School

68 per cent achieved 5 or more A*-C grades

The number of students achieving A or A* grades more than doubled this year at Newlands and every art, music, photography student was given an A to C grade. In dance, every student got an A*.

Headmaster Chris Bridgman said, "Newlands is a non-selective school and pupils enter with a wide range of academic abilities. I am extremely pleased with the results which reflect the hard work of students, teachers and specialist learning support staff."

Seaford Head Community College

67 per cent achieved 5 or more A*-C grades
51 per cent achieved 5 or more A*-C grades including English and mathematics

Students at Seaford Head enjoyed the best GCSE results ever achieved by the college, with the number of students with five-plus A* to C grades up by nine per cent from last year and the number with five or more good grades including English and maths up by three per cent.
The proportion of students achieving at least one GCSE was 99.5 per cent.

Head Lynton Golds said, "These results are outstanding and a testimony to the commitment and hard work of our students and are evidence of the high quality of teaching at Seaford Head."

Top students were Megan Lalla-Hamblin who came out with eight and a half A*s and one A, Luke Dutton, with six and a half A*s and three As, and Tom Gayler, with three and a half A*s and six As.

Hailsham Community College

67 per cent achieved 5 or more A*-C grades
42 per cent achieved 5 or more A*-C grades including English and mathematics

The college beat all its own previous records this year, with 67 per cent of pupils achieving five or more GCSEs, up 11 per cent on last year.
The percentage of pupils with five or more top-grade GCSEs including English and maths improved by six per cent this year.

Principal Lesley Farmer said, "We are really delighted that the efforts of all our Year 11s and their teachers have been so justly rewarded."

Particular congratulations were in order for students including Hayley Bell, with ten GCSEs including four A*s and four As, Joshua Denness, who had nine GCSEs including eight As, and Jennifer Hare, with her 11 GCSEs, two A*s and five As.

St Bede's School

83 per cent achieved 5 or more A*-C grades
83 per cent achieved 5 or more A*-C grades including English and mathematics

Maths, French, Spanish and art were the subjects which really shone through at St Bede's Senior School. The 10 students who sat English literature and English language exams a year early achieved 13 A*s and 7 As between them.

Academic deputy John Tuson said, "Many students have achieved terrific results. We are now assessing the added value that these results reveal – those students who have achieved way above the expectations of them.
"We offer a very wide curriculum at St Bede's, with more than 30 GCSE subject choices and this really helps the students to obtain their optimum results."

Sophia Booth from Eastbourne discovered she had eight A*s and two A grades, whilst Chris Laughton, also from Eastbourne, celebrated five A*s and four As.
Doreen Namugumya, who joined the school two years ago from an orphanage school in Uganda, gained two Bs and six Cs and Emma Roberts, Nicholas Carter and George Vernon-Hunt were among the top ten in the country for photography.