A-Level results day is often a mixed bag for students, some celebrate and others commiserate, although one teen was jubilant after being predicted to fail by her teachers.
Marta Cerkasina was shaking with excitement as she spoke to the ECHO, just minutes after she was told she had a place through clearing at Gloucestershire University where she will study biology, something that seemed a million miles away just six months ago. The 18-year-old was devastated after she took her mock exams in January, with her teachers at Christ the King Sixth Form in Southport predicting the student to finish with EUE.
Despite her teacher's predictions, Marta worked hard with her teachers to get the grades she need to go to university. She told the ECHO: "I struggled through lockdown and covid. I started off at KGV and then moved to Christ the King where I changed my A-levels about. It was hard.
