Sir Winston Churchill's model great-granddaughter aces her GCSEs with 11 A*s

 
Isabella Soames, great grand-daughter of Sir Winston Churchill, celebrates achieving GCSE grades of 11 A*'s at Brighton College in Brighton, East Sussex, as students across the country receive their results. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Thursday August 22, 2013.
Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
22 August 2013

The great-granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill gained one of the best GCSE results in her school year - as her potential modelling career starts to take off.

Isabella Soames, 16, was scouted by leading modelling agency Storm, which also has Kate Moss, Lily Cole and Carla Bruni on its books.

The teenager, the daughter of Conservative Mid Sussex MP Nicholas Soames, gained 11 A*s at independent Brighton College in East Sussex.

As she prepared to celebrate her results at Reading Festival, she said: “I didn’t know what to expect. I’m just really happy.”

Isabella, who will go on to do A-levels in English, history, Latin and French, was spotted by a Storm scout while waiting for a bus on the King’s Road in London.

She said: “I thought it was a bit weird but then my mum said I should ring them up and I did.

“I haven’t done any real jobs yet. I might get to do London Fashion Week in September but you tend to wait until you’re older until you do jobs.

“I would definitely like to see how it goes but I don’t know whether I would want to do modelling as a profession. It’s a good thing to do if you can while you’re at school.”

Isabella was among the best GCSE students in a record-breaking year at Brighton College, where 95.3% of grades were awarded at A* or A. The college’s previous best year was last year when 91% achieved the same grades.

This year's GCSE results showed a biggest drop in grades in the 25 year history of the exam.

Exam chiefs warned that a huge increase in students taking exams early and multiple times risks damaging education in the UK as teenagers take “inordinate” amount of tests before they are ready.

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