Andrew Lucas who was placed in them top five candidates in the UK in Design and Technology, pictured with Wallace High School Head of Technology Mr Monteith and Principal Mrs McBride. US3607108A0 Picture By Aidan O'Reilly	Wallace High School pupil Mark Belshaw who was placed in the top five candidates on the UK in AGA GCSE French, with Head of Modern Foreign Languages Miss Brown and Principal Mrs McBride. US3607-109A0

TWO Wallace High school students have been placed in the top five candidates in the UK in recent examinations.

At A Level, 18 year old Andrew Lucas was in the top five in his Design and Technology examination.

Andrew, who also achieved A grades in his Maths and Physics A Levels, is heading off to Bristol to read Computer Systems Engineering and is looking forward to experiencing life away from home.

He said: "I'm sure I'll miss home but I am looking forward to the independence university life will bring."

At GCSE level, Mark Belshaw was one of the top UK candidates in French, with over 100,000 people sitting the exam. The 16 year old gained an impressive 9 A Star grades.

"I visited France for the first time this summer and enjoyed putting my language skills into practice."

Mark has just commenced AS levels in Government and Politics, History, Biology and Chemistry at Wallace.