At Astrea Academy Woodfields in Balby, South Yorkshire, principal David Scales said he was delighted to be able to celebrate with students.
“It has been an exceptionally challenging time in education,” he said.
“What’s day-to-day inspiring is seeing young people who challenge those odds and put in all that hard work and effort and then it gets rewarded on a day like today.
“Today is a day of celebration and a time to recognise the incredible achievements that these young people have made.”
Student Denis, who received the grades he needed to go on to Doncaster College, said it had been a challenging journey.
“I came here from the capital city of Romania, Bucharest. It’s been hard moving from one country to another.
“I had to leave all my friends and it was hard to make friends here because I didn’t know the language.”
Abi, another Woodfields student, who received 8s and 9s across the board, said: “I’m going to go to college to study maths, further maths and English literature. I’m hoping to go into finance.”
