A talented pupil is pursuing a career in medicine after impressive GCSEs following her move to the UK from Hong Kong two years ago.

Hang Lam Kan, who attended Turton School, says that moving to the UK has been a challenge, especially with her main languages being Cantonese and Mandarin.

So, she was taken aback when she gained seven nines in her GCSEs and four eights, including two eights in English language and English literature.

Hang’s family decided to move to the UK as a family and started in Year 10 at the school after finding a home in Bolton.

She said: “I was feeling a bit stressed at the time because English is not my first language – it’s my second language - and I am not that confident in it.

“But I think the more I studied here the better I got at English.

“I was a bit scared before moving here because I haven’t been to this country before, and I wasn’t good at English at all.”

She says that it was a challenging experience when it came to making friends, but she was glad to see new things and make different connections.

Hang will now study biology, chemistry, maths, and further maths at the sixth form.

She said: “It’s always been my dream to be a doctor some day and I want to study medicine later on.

“I feel like it’s really meaningful to help people and help the sick.

“For example, being a paediatrician is really meaningful because you get to help children and connect with them.”

After getting a nine in art and design at GCSE she says she would love to continue this as a hobby.

She said: “I think I will keep drawing and keep doing art.

“Moving here wasn’t an easy decision and I really want to thank my parents for this because they have helped me a lot during my experience here, and they have helped me during my studies.

“They always encourage me to not give up on things, and even when I struggled in English a bit, they helped me and they were really patient with me, so I am really thankful for that.”