Alice Brett joined the A team after notching up nine out of nine in her GCSE exams.
Alice, 16, a student at Burgess Hill High School for Girls, achieved seven A* and two A grades.
Yesterday, hundreds of students from Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, Crawley, Horsham and surrounding villages picked up their results after a tense wait over the summer.
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