After a nervous summer, students across the borough are celebrating with family and friends after another record year for A-level results in the London Borough of Hounslow.

With results in from every Hounslow school except one, 97.4 per cent of the 1174 students received a pass grade in their A-levels, up from 96.9 per cent last year. Of these, 69.4 per cent received A-C grades, compared to 66.9 per cent in 2005.

Top performer in the Borough was Gunnersbury School which achieved a 100% pass rate and 84% of grades at A-C. It was ranked by the Times as one of the top 500 state schools in the country.

Chiswick Community School achieved the biggest improvement with the number of A-C grades rising by seven percentage points compared with 2005.

Congratulating the students on their success, Cllr Dr Robert Kinghorn, Executive Member for Education and Children, said, "This will be a memorable time in the lives of many young people in the borough, and I want to congratulate them on their achievement. After all the work that they have put in, and their anxious wait for their results, students should feel proud of their success."

He also warmly congratulated the teachers for their dedicated work.

Students who may not have done as well as they hoped and need advice on what to do next can take get help from Hounslow Connexions. Their personal advisers can help explain the options available, and help make sure they have enough information to make a decision. Help in finding out more about the options available can also be found on www.hounslowattic.org.uk .

In the independent sector Latymer Upper has achieved record A level results with a 100% pass rate. 12% of pupils at the school achieved places at Oxbridge.

Results from schools in the London Borough of Hounslow

School	No. of Students 2006	A-C 2006 (%)	A-C 2005 (%)	A-C 2004 (%)	A-E 2006 (%)	A-E 2005 (%)	A-E 2004 (%)
Brentford School for Girls	26	54	51	47	95	99	78
Chiswick Community School	65	75	68	59	98	98	91
The Green School	86	68	64	48	98	97	88
Gumley House RC Convent School	102	69	75	58	97	98	92
Gunnersbury Catholic School	72	84	79	62	100	100	89
Isleworth and Syon School for Boys	66	71	67	63	96	99	92
St Mark's Catholic School	102	73	68	61	100	99	92
LA Totals	-	69	67	58	97.4	96.9	89.4