Twin sisters land six straight As

Roxanne and Stefanie Taylor stayed in together for a month to revise

Twin sisters Stefanie and Roxanne Taylor, 18, have landed six straight As at A level between them.

The pair, students at Eirias High School in Colwyn Bay, say they were surprised to do so well because each found the exams harder than expected.

Stefanie, who took maths, chemistry and physics, is to study maths at Cardiff University.

Roxanne is to read French and English at Manchester after passing in French, English literature and IT.

The twins were among 113 students taking A levels at the school, which has around 1,500 pupils.

Stefanie said: "I did well last year but I thought examinations this year were horrible. I handed my paper in crying. I thought it was awful but I did enough to get an A overall."

"We were both trapped in the house for a month doing revision. We never went out, so we both went thought it together so it's nice that we've both done well."

Roxanne said the preparation for the exams was "really stressful".

She said: "I am really shocked. I honestly did not did not expect to get grade As. I expected Stefanie to grade As - she always does better than me which is why I'm so surprised!

'Together'

"I did find it very hard this year, a lot harder than last year. I was worried for my French, especially. To get a grade A was a really good surprise.

"It was help that we both did the revision together - one didn't jealous of the other having fun."

The girls said their mother burst into tears when she learnt their results.

Deputy headteacher Ian Gerrard, who taught Stefanie at maths, said: "They've done exceptionally well, the two of them. We're absolutely delighted they have both done so well."

"They've done everything together and now it's going to be a bit strange for them because they are going off to different universities."

The school said it had an overall A-level pass rate of 100% with 57% of students gaining either an A and B grade.