A student from Maldon has been named Holbrook Royal Hospital School's top performing male after receiving stellar GCSE results.

Jesse Dallas is the school's top performing boy this year, having gained a fabulous set of GCSEs results, all graded 8s and 9s. He sat ten GCSEs in Biology, Business, Chemistry, English Language, English Literature, French, Geography, History, Latin, Mathematics and Physics, and will be going on to study Economics, Further Mathematics, Physics A Levels in RHS Sixth Form.

Jesse, who is currently on holiday with his family in France, said: "I am really happy with my results and look forward to celebrating with family later".

Jesse balances his studies with being in the CCF and playing the drums, in which he recently achieved his Grade 5 exam.

The top GCSE performer overall is Molly Nichols from Manningtree. (Credit: RHS)

The Royal Hospital School in Holbrook is celebrating a bumper year of top grades, with pupils gaining 101 grade 9s between them, the largest number of nines achieved by a RHS cohort. The school's top performer was Molly Nichols, from Manningtree, who achieved an incredible clean sweep of ten grade 9s in her GCSEs.

Headmaster Simon Lockyer said: "I am really delighted for our 2023 GCSE cohort, who have had to navigate the disruption to some of their most formative educational years."

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