LORETO Grammar School headteacher Jane Beever says the secret of the top Altrincham Catholic school's stunning academic success is intellectual exploration.

With a record 31 per cent of all grades at A*, Mrs Beever said: “We are proud of our girls' stunning academic achievements but Loreto is not an exam factory. We want our girls to develop in all areas of their lives not just in the classroom.. We are more than a school, we are a community.”

Pictured from left to right on the back row are: Daisy McDonnell, 16, from Sale who got four A*s, six As and one B; Sinead Quigley, 16, from Timperley who got seven A*s, two As, one B and an A hat in Further Maths; Sinead Gibbons, 16, from Urmston, who got seven A*s, two As, one B and an A hat in Further Maths; Olivia Pennington, 16, from Urmston who got six A*s and five As and wants to read Medicine; Georgia Brooks, 16, from Wilmslow, who got six A*s, three As, one B and an A hat in Further Maths and wants to apply to Oxford to read PPE; accomplished pianist Charlotte Haren, 16, from Timperley who got four A*s, six As and one B; Emma Cosgriff, 16, from Timperley, who got seven A*s and four As; Josie Woolham, 16, from Timperley and got nine A*s and an A; National Citizens Service volunteer and Duke of Edinburgh medallist Hannah Power, 16, from Timperley who got eight A*s and three As; Lucy O'Donnell, 16, from Timperley, who got seven A*s and three As and wants to be a dentist; Sarah Bailey, 16, from Timperley, who got 10A*s and an A; Fiona Bailey, from Timperley, who got five A*s and three As; Yasmin Tunnah, 16, from Urmston, who got eight A*s and two As and wants to read Medicine; Orla Godfrey, 16, from Altrincham, who got nine A*s and two As; Catherine Woolham, 16, from Timperley who got three A*s, three As and three Bs; Eve Graham, 16, from Hale who got a clean sweep of 10 A*s and an A hat in Further Maths; Lucy Payne, 16, from Stockport, who got six A*s and five As; debating champion Catriona Walsh, 16, from Cheadle who got eight A*s and three As; Zion Ilyas, 16, from Manchester who got six A*s and five As and wants to study Medicine and Charlotte Law, 16, from Sale who got four A*s, six As and one B.

On the front row are from left to right: Amy Wilkinson, 16 from Urmston, who got 10 A*s and one A; Saoirse Hepburn, 16, from Altrincham who got 8 A*s and three As and would like to be a food journalist and set up a bakery; Emilia Russell, 16, from Knutsford, who seven A*s and four As and wanst to study maths or engineering; Neha Morrison, 16, from Warrington, who got nine A*s and two As; Hollie Ross-Kenny, 16 from Stretford, who got 10 A*s and nine A; Hannah O'Donnell, 16, from Timperley, who got four A*s and six As and wants be a dentist; Fiona Davidson, 16, from Sale, who got seven A*s and four As; Caoimhe McGonnell, 16, from Sale, who got four A*s and Six As and wants to read Medicine. Madeleine Taylor, 16, from Altrincham who got nine A*s and two As and wants to be a doctor and Irish champion flautist Orla Felcey, 16, from Manchester, who got six A*s and five As.

Loreto Grammar School GCSE results

E. Adams 11 (11) I. Adams 11 (10) A. Allen 10 (10) K. Ayling 10 (10) F. Bailey 10 (10) S. Bailey 11 (11) A. Baldwin 10 (10) E. Barlow 11 (11) M. Barnard 10 (10) E. Barnes 10 (10) V. Berry 10 (10) M. Bowlam 11 (11) L. Boyle 10 (10) A. Brogan 11 (11) M. Brookbanks 11 (11) G. Brooks 10 (10) G. Brooks 11 (11) I. Burke 10 (9) M. Burton 10 (9) C. Carr 10 (10) A. Chadwick 10 (10) L. Chadwick 11 (11) A. Chambers 10 (10) G. Chandler 9 (6) J. Chandler 8 (8) G. Collins 10 (10) K. Collins 10 (10) C. Corrigan 10 (10) E. Cosgriff 11 (11) N. Cotton 10 (9) C. Cowan 11 (11) F. Davidson 11 (11) A. Dawson 10 (10) F. Deakin 10 (10) E. Dean 11 (11) E. Dolan 10 (10) M. Farrington 10 (10) M. Fay 10 (10) O. Felcey 11 (11) D. Fidler 10 (10) S. Fidler 10 (9) A. Fleet 10 (10) N. Flynn 10 (10) D. Foley 11 (11). 
E. Gajda 13 (13) I. Gamon 8 (8) A. Geary 11 (11) S. Gibbons 11 (11) O. Godfrey 11 (11) E. Graham 11 (11) S. Gribbon 11 (10) S. Hall 10 (10) M. Hallows 10 (10) C. Haren 11 (11) I. Harkin 11 (11) L. Harridge 11 (11) A. Heed 10 (10) S. Hepburn 11 (11) K. Higgins 10 (10) M. Howley 10 (9) Z. Ilyas 11 (11) C. Jambor 11 (11) M. Jolliff 9 (8) I. Jones 10 (10) E. Jordan-Leach 10 (10) M. Joyce 10 (9) A. Jude 11 (11) E. Kelly 10 (8) M. Kelly 10 (9) S. Kelly 10 (10) L. Kirk 11 (11) G. Kitson 10 (9) I. Lavery 10 (9) I. Lavin 10 (10) C. Law 11 (11) R. Leigh 11 (11) O. Lewis 10 (9) N. Lydon 10 (10) M. Lynch 10 (10) O. Mahon 10 (9) R. McCann 10 (10) D. McDonnell 11 (11) E. McDonnell 10 (9) L. McGeough 11 (11) L. McGlynn 10 (5) C. McGonnell 10 (10). 
E. McGuire 10 (10) A. McKay 10 (10) E. McElvie 10 (10) M. McNulty-Powell 10 (10) K. Molyneaux 10 (10) A. Morris 10 (10) N. Morrison 11 (11) O. Mowe 11 (11) O. Mulally 10 (10) E. Murphy 11 (11) Z. Murphy 11 (11) C. Neill 10 (9) R. O’Brien 10 (10) H. O’Donnell 10 (10) L. O’Donnell 10 (10) C. O’Neill 10 (10) F. Oultram 10 (10) A. Parker 10 (10) E. Parry 10 (10) L. Payne 11 (11) H. Pemberton 10 (10) O. Pennington 11 (11) L. Pickersgill 10 (10) H. Power 11 (11) M. Power 11 (11) L. Preston 10 (10) B. Price 11 (11) S. Punnoose 11 (11) S. Quigley 11 (11) M. Quirke 10 (10) E. Reddington 10 (10) L. Rogers 11 (11) F. Rossi 10 (10) H. Ross-Kenny 11 (11) H. Ruane 11 (11) E. Russell  11 (11) I. Rylance 10 (10) J. Sawyer 11 (11) K. Scanlon 10 (10) H. Sheedy 11 (11) M. Slater 10 (10) L. Smith 10 (10) M. Spiteri 11 (11) E. Taylor 11 (11) K. Taylor 10 (10) M. Taylor 11 (11) O. Taylor 11 (11) E. Thompson 10 (10) K. Thoms 10 (10) Y. Tunnah 11 (11) E. Tzirakis 10 (10) C. Walsh 11 (11) W. Waszelewska 10 (10) M. Whitfield 11 (11) A. Wilkinson 11 (11) G. Wilson 10 (10) H. Winstanley 10 (10) S. Wong 12 (12) C. Woods 11 (11) C. Woolham 11 (11) J. Woolham 11 (11) E. Worthington 10 (10).