Schoolgirl Maggie sets sights on Oxbridge or Harvard as family toast latest success A schoolgirl has followed in her older brother’s footsteps by becoming the top performer at her school as pupils received their GCSE results this week. Maggie Briggs, 16, secured seven 9s, including in biology, physics and chemistry, as well as English literature, English language and maths, plus an 8 and a 7 from All Saints Catholic High School in Kirkby . Maggie’s brother Bobby, who is now 19, also secured some of the school's highest ever GCSE results three years ago.
Maggie’s dad, Franny, told the Echo: “We’re over the moon. They [the school] didn’t think Maggie would do as well as she has. They said she couldn’t do triple science.
" He added: “Even more, they told us if a 10 [grade] was available, she would have got it.” Maggie now plans to go to Winstanley College for a year to study an Oxford & Cambridge programme, which prepares outstanding students to apply for one of the country's top universities. Maggie is even considering studies further afield.
“She’s talking about all different universities,” said Franny. “She’s even looking at ones in the States, and has mentioned Harvard, but she can go anywhere she wants, her options are open.” Maggie’s success is all the sweeter as her teachers were only predicting her to achieve 5s and 6s.
“She’s worked so hard; I’ve come downstairs at three in the morning and found her revising at the kitchen table and .