A 16-YEAR-old student banned from her school prom for refusing to attend extra revision classes has notched up five A*s and five As.

At the time of the dispute, the Hurworth Comprehensive School pupil was taken ill and lost a stone in weight and her local GP linked her condition to stress.

Yesterday, Kayleigh Baker collected her results from school and, after sharing the news with her delighted parents, immediately set off for this weekend's Leeds Festival with other schoolfriends.

Kayleigh, of Hurworth, near Darlington, now has five A*s and seven As, having taken art and religious studies early.

Her mother, Kay, said: "She was horrendously affected by it all and was made ill by it.

"Now, she is absolutely thrilled with her results and will leave the school with five A*s and seven As which, in anyone's eyes, is a great achievement.

"She never needed the extra revision and, hopefully, these results will show everyone that what we were saying was right.

"She is very happy and healthy again and this shows that what the school did was a bad thing.

"Kayleigh is just delighted that she is now done with the school, and doesn't have any more to do with it now."

Trouble flared earlier this year after the teenager's parents told the school they would not allow her to attend the extra classes as she did not need extra tuition, and that they would prove a burden to her.

School bosses said the extra classes, despite being voluntary, were important to pupils in general and no exceptions could be made.

They then banned her extra curricular activities, including the netball team, school trips and the end-of-term school prom.

At the time, the school's chief executive, Eamonn Farrar, said: "We know what is best for the children, and that is why we make them go to these lessons.

"If one child doesn't go to them, it will have a massive effect on the other children.

"It might affect their life chances."

One school governor, Chris Aston, who resigned over the issue, described the school's attitude as "severe" and "extremely punitive".

Kayleigh now hopes to study French, Spanish, modern history, and law at Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College, in Darlington, and pursue a career in law linked to European languages.