Mute until age of 12, Ella earns uni place

TALES of success achieved through hard work were everywhere yesterday as Guernsey students celebrated another year of excellent A-level results.

Among them was Ladies' College student Ella McClymont, 19, who achieved passes in Spanish, French and drama despite being mute until the age of 12.

'I've had to work incredibly hard from being little and being told I would never go to senior school, being told I was dumb, being told I would never pass my GCSEs,' she said.

'Now I'm not mute any more – I'm multi-lingual. I've achieved everything I set out to do.'

She has been accepted to study translation studies at London Metropolitan University.