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Rejected - the girl with six A grades

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A STUDENT has been turned away by a string of universities despite having SIX A-levels at grade A.

Philippa Scott has had five applications to study English literature rejected - even though teachers at Bury Grammar School for Girls predicted she would achieve the amazing haul.

Son inspired mum,18, to A-level success

AN 18-year-old single mum puts her A level success down to the birth of her son.

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Cambridge beckons for 15-year-old Niall

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MATHS prodigy Niall Thompson is celebrating A-level grades that add up to a place at Cambridge's Magdalene College - at the age of just 15.