Academic Gabrielle does her late mother proud

A NEWCASTLE academic high-flyer has secured a place at Oxford to study modern languages - fulfilling a promise made to her mum before she passed away just months into her Sixth Form studies.

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Gabrielle Morgan joined Dame Allan’s Schools in Year 12 after being home-schooled by her late mother Faustina.

The 18-year-old, from Newcastle, today achieved straight A* grades in A Level English literature, Spanish and Chemistry, along with an A* in an Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), and will go on to study Spanish and Beginners’ Portuguese at the University of Oxford.

Her academic success comes just a year after her older sister, Francesca, who was also home-schooled by Faustina before joining Dame Allan’s Sixth Form, achieved straight A* grades and secured a place at Cambridge to study Natural Sciences.