THE long and nerve-racking wait is finally over for scores of Bromsgrove students with the announcement of A-level results.

Hundreds of teenagers rose early last Thursday and flocked to schools and colleges to see if they had made the grade.

Emotions were running high and their tears flowed as freely as their cheers.

The first excited students arrived at North Bromsgrove High School, in School Drive, at around 9am.

Ahmed Hussein was delighted after scooping higher grades than expected.

He scored an A in computer studies and two Bs in maths and chemistry and is now sure of a place at Birmingham University.

And an ecstatic Guy Rogers was celebrating after finding out he still had a place at Oxford University to read English.

The youngster, who needed an A in English, scored two As in politics and history and a B in English. He said: "I just missed my offer but I've had my placed confirmed."

And by the end of the morning even Steven Glanvill, who picked up an N in business studies and two Ds in biology and computer studies, was smiling.

He beamed: "I'm really pleased because I've got my place at De Montfort University to study law and accounting."

Off to celebrate

Eighteen-year-old Beavis Mackie was off to celebrate after getting a D in psychology and two Es in history and English Literature.

He said: "It's enough to get me into Derby to study environmental management."

But the pressure is off for 18-year-old James Chang, despite clocking up two Es in history and general studies, because he is staying on for a year to take AS-level psychology.

Nina Bennett, 18, was disappointed with her D grade in French, she was expecting a B, but pleased to achieve Bs in English and psychology and a C in general studies.

She said: "I'm pleased that I got into Leicester to take English."

And it was a mixed bag of results for Katie Hunt, aged 18, who gained two As in communication studies and geography but two Ds in music and general studies.

She is going to Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education to do media studies but not before she enjoys a meal with her boyfriend, Dan Chesham.