Some of the high achievers included Zoe Peters, Sophie Thomas, Zoey Wade, Zara Sheader, Jonathan Limbrick, Jacob Mounce-Stephens and Jasmine Kennedy.

With many students receiving early entries into university, keeping up motivation was hard, but last year's school captain Zoe Peters said it was all the hard work she had put in over the past two years that kept her going.

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"I got an entry into a few courses that I was interested in, so I didn't really have a goal that I was aiming for," she said.

"I was just looking to do the best that I could do for myself and leave knowing I achieved the best that I could in the years that we had.

"We've worked so hard for two years and that was the main thing that kept me going."

For the graduates of 2021, their entire senior years were disrupted due to COVID lockdowns and isolation periods.

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Students had to adapt to online learning and other alternative methods of studying, though Jacob said the new routine suited him.

"Having the quarantines and stuff for me personally ... it meant I could do things how I wanted to do them and when I wanted to do them," he said.

Former Bathurst High student Zoey Wade also made the most of the lockdowns by sticking to a strict study schedule.

"That was probably where I excelled from most people during the year was with all the lockdowns," she said.

"I tried to stay really focused with my timetables, just making sure I still did everything that I had to."

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Zoe Peters and Jacob both received an ATAR of 94.4 and Zoey Wade scored a 92.1.

Bathurst High principal Ken Barwick is very happy with the efforts of the students and said it's a reflection on the school's teachers as well.

"I'm extremely pleased with how the students performed in the HSC given all the obstacles," he said.

"Bathurst High have done extremely well, getting 15 band sixes in the cohort and more than 100 band fives and sixes collectively, so there's some outstanding results."