A talented student has excelled in his A-level results achieving A*A*A A.

Adnan Raja from Blackburn was delighted to surpass his own expectations and will now study Government and Economics at the London School of Economics.

Adnan said, "I expected at the start of the year to get A*, A, A, B.

"I revised roughly between 5-7 hours a day, depending on whether it was a weekend or a weekday."

Adnan says he hopes to pursue a career in Investment Banking or be a Public Policy Specialist.

Official figures show that 8.5% of UK boys’ entries were given the highest result of A*, compared to 7.7% of girls’ entries, while there was just a 0.3 percentage point gap at A*-A, with girls ahead on 26%.