Rosie Cooper MP has welcomed the new GCSE results for West Lancashire schools. The 2009 statistics show that West Lancashire schools improved by nearly 3% over last year's scores.

Rosie Cooper MP said: "I would like to congratulate all of the hard-working pupils and their teachers for doing such a great job. I am very proud of West Lancashire schools and what they have achieved.

"It also shows a great improvement on last year's performance, and I would encourage them to keep up the hard work."

West Lancashire GCSE scores can be found at: http://videos.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpoolecho/West%20LancsGCSE.pdf

National GCSE scores can be found at: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/