A TEENAGER from Nantwich is amongst the brightest in the country after gaining a string of outstanding exam results.

Ben Ives, 16, from Stoneley Green, Ravensmoor, is celebrating an amazing 10 A-star grade passes at GCSE as well as an A in A-level Information Technology which he sat two years early.

Malbank High School pupil Ben said: 'I am still in shock but it hasn't really sunk in yet. I was really lucky for the five years that I have had the support of all my teachers.'

Ben, whose exam results are amongst the best in England and Wales, is staying on at Malbank to study A-levels in biology, geography, business studies and history but is not sure what career he will aim at.

He said: 'There is so much out there that I haven't discovered.'