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Grenfell survivor who sat exam hour after fire gets A for GCSE chemistry

Ines Alves, who had lived with her family on the 13th floor, also gained the highest possible grades in maths and Spanish.

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Image: Ines Alves' results have been called 'fantastic'
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A 16-year-old girl who sat a GCSE chemistry exam hours after escaping from the Grenfell Tower fire has been awarded an A grade in the subject.

Ines Alves, who had lived with her family in a flat they owned on the 13th floor, also gained the highest possible grade, a 9, in her maths GCSE - equivalent to an A* under the old system.

And she revealed she gained an A* in Spanish, with headteacher Marian Doyle calling her results "fantastic".

Meanwhile, the sister of , has achieved 11 A* grades.

Nik Hett sat some exams a day after she found out her brother had died in the explosion.

Her brother Dan Hett tweeted: "I have never been more proud or amazed by anyone.

"My kid sister is the toughest person I have ever met. don't mess with her. be inspired!"

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Ines fled the burning tower block during the night with just her phone and chemistry notes before sitting the 9am test in the same clothes she left in.

She said she initially thought the fire was "nothing major" and just wanted to take the exam.

"That's all I had on I had on my mind," she said.

"There was no point me carrying on watching the building burning so I just went in."

The teenager missed two history exams, one RE exam and one physics exam in the days after , which affected her overall grades.

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Image: The teen said she was 'quite happy' with her grades

Speaking at Sacred Heart High School in Hammersmith, west London, moments after opening her results, she said: "It's good. I'm quite happy with my grades."

She added: "I wish I did more, but then again, I don't know, it hasn't sunk in yet. For the exams I missed, I didn't do too well in them overall."

She plans to study chemistry, maths, economics and sociology when she begins her A-levels later this year.

The family are currently living in a hotel, more than two months on from the blaze.

They have received offers of temporary accommodation but want to wait until they are offered a place with the opportunity to turn it into their permanent home.

Ines said staying in a hotel was "not ideal but it's not terrible".