A SCHOOLBOY who was given a one per cent chance of recovering from a brain injury following a skiing accident has achieved seven As and a B in his exam results.

Ross Nesbitt, 16, smashed his fourth-year exams – despite missing five months of school and being in a medically induced coma for three weeks in 2016. 

The skiing international, from Netherlee, East Renfrewshire, achieved his As in PE, English, maths, chemistry, physics, geography and business management.

Ross, who will go into fifth year at Williamwood High School, Clarkston, next term also got a B in French. 

In December of 2016 Ross, who was 14 at the time, was found unconscious on the ski slopes and was taken by air ambulance to a hospital in Austria.

It is still not clear what happened to Ross, who was training with Glasgow Ski Racing at the time of the incident. 

His mum Wilma, 55, said her son has defied all the odds to make a recovery and gain the amazing National 5 exam results. 

Wilma, a GP, said: “Ross has worked hard for these results. He has taken all the extra help and support the school has offered him.”

Maths genius has it all worked out

WHEN Meagan Neves arrived at St Thomas Aquinas Secondary teachers immediately spotted she was gifted.

It was only six weeks to go before assignment submission for the National 5 exams, but Meagan entered for four subjects – chemistry, English, maths and physics – and gained three Band 1 As and one Band 2 A. 

Showing this success was no fluke. Meagan has now achieved success in five Highers and an Advanced Higher with straight As. Meagan and her family moved from Goa, in India, to Glasgow and said they had heard about how good the city’s schools are.

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Meagan with deputy head Claire Wilson and head teacher Andrew McSorley

Meagan studied Higher and Advanced Higher maths – her passion. The 18-year-old said: “I love maths. People think that is slightly odd but I’m genuinely one of these unusual people who find maths fun.

“In sixth year I’m going to study Higher Mechanics, which is a mix of maths and physics because I would be parched without maths.”

Meagan is now torn between applying to study pure maths or medicine at university. And she plans to make the most of the year before going to uni by getting involved in extra-curricular activities.

She is part of her school’s St Vincent de Paul and Caritas groups, volunteering to help others.

Meagan added: “Education and opportunities are so much more abundant here than in Goa.”

Asylum seeker excels in the results

A TEENAGE asylum seeker who fears he will be killed if he is deported to Pakistan has excelled in his exams.

Somer Umeed Bakhsh overcame the stress and trauma of living under uncertainty to get six As and a B in his National 5 exams.

The 15-year-old, who aspires to be an astrophysicist, is a pupil at Springburn Academy. Nearly 81,000 people have signed a petition calling on the Home Office not to deport Somer and his brother, Areeb, 13.

Somer said: “I’m extremely pleased by my exam results.

“I want to thank my primary school teachers who provided me with a strong foundation and my secondary school teachers who put in the hard work and taught me.

“I am also very thankful for my parents who, despite the stressful situation, always encouraged and supported me.

“Above all, I want to thank God who helped me to stay focused on my studies in the midst of these tough times.”