THE ATMOSPHERE at All Hallows Catholic School’s Sixth Form College was buzzing last Thursday when students gathered to open those all-important envelopes.

Although many of the students had already received their results online, many still made their way to the college to meet and celebrate with friends.

And they had reason to celebrate, scoring the college’s “best A-level results ever recorded”, according to assistant head and director of the sixth form Ben Jones.

It was a 100 per cent pass rate for the class of 2019, with 66 per cent gaining A* to B grades and 34 per cent receiving the top marks of A* to A.

Mr Jones told the Herald the results were “absolutely brilliant” and that he was “delighted”. He added they were “proud of each student individually” and they all showed “resilience and perseverance”.

Head girl at the sixth form Ande McClintock was “really, really happy” with her results and will be heading to the University of Exeter to study medicine – something that was a “pipe dream at first”, but All Hallows “really helped me get there”.

She said: “It’s so lovely to see everyone again. This is the last time we’ll see each other before we go off, but it’s really nice to celebrate with everyone and obviously see all the teachers who helped make it happen.”

Fellow student Chris Larkin is set to study geophysics at Durham University after gaining “exactly what my offer was”, which he felt “great” about.

And although he felt “very nervous” on Thursday morning, he found out “quite early on” he had earned his place at the university.

Also off to university in the coming months is Scarlett Tommons, who will be reading history at the University of Oxford after scoring three A*s.

She told the Herald she was “so happy but so shocked”, adding: “I just can’t believe it.”

Scarlett said she can “finally get excited” about making her way to the prestigious university.

Students at Farnham College are set to move on to a diverse range of degrees and careers – including law, social work, nursing and architecture – after receiving their A-level results.

And for those not progressing to university, gap years, apprenticeships and the world of work awaits.

The University of Bath beckons for sensational student Oliver Penny, 18, who achieved fantastic results in his A-level exams.

Oliver, from Fleet, will be studying architecture after gaining A*AA in 3D architecture, maths and physics.

University also awaits for Luella Anderson and Ellie Tompkins, who both secured places at their first-choice universities.

Luella, 18, from Farnham, achieved A*AB in photography, English literature and business studies and will be studying English literature at Loughborough University.

Ellie, 18, from Farnham, achieved AAB in English literature, photography and psychology and will be spending the next year travelling around Australia and New Zealand before starting a law degree at Cardiff University.

Amelia Chalkley, 18, from Farnham, in contrast, is heading off in November to train as cabin crew for British Airways, following her achievement of BBB in business studies, English literature and geography.

Neil Brooks, head of Farnham College, said: “We are all very proud of our students.”

Sally Dicketts, group chief executive of Activate Learning, which Farnham College is now part of said: “I’m delighted to see all the hard work our students have put in has been rewarded.”