MORE than 100 school leavers came together for one last time to celebrate their GCSE achievements.

The former Witton Park High School pupils, Blackburn, were met by the new headteacher, Dean Logan, together with his predecessor Gwen Onyon.

Mrs Onyon, who retired at the end of the school year, congrat-ulated the youngsters at a ceremony in King George’s Hall last night.

The former year 11 students were praised for their hard work and were wished the best for the future.

The summer’s GCSE results were the best ever at the school.

The results saw 47 per cent of students gaining five A* to Cs including English and maths.

Mrs Onyon said: “As a school our vision and ambition for you when you joined Witton Park five years ago was to ensure that we did our best by every student and that every student could achieve the best that they possibly could."

She added: “We are all very, very proud of you.

“All the best in the future and don’t forget to keep in touch with your friends at Witton Park.”

Prize winners:

Headteacher Award Nabila Ebrahim;

Governors Award Huong Phan, Pirashanthan Nagadevan;

Stephen Anderton Prize Mustafa Saddique;

Science Award Jamie Brooks;

Maths Award Aamirah Ayub;

English Award Tobias Hargreaves,

BICT Award Josh Alston;

Humanities Award Sana Randera;

Expressive Arts Award Teigan Kiss;

MSL Award Raeesa Jassat;

Technology Award Halima Ali;

PE Award Lauren Postlethwaite;

Alternative Curriculum Award Samantha Threlfall.