TWO Wirral women who struggled with maths at school can now say they have a GCSE in the subject.

Chrissy Jones, 53, and Angela Murray, 52, didn't achieve their Maths GCSE when they were at school.

They decided to come back to education, attending classes at Wirral Met College, to re-sit their Maths GCSE exams this year.

Both Chrissy and Angela found out yesterday (Thursday, August 24) on GCSE results day that they had both passed.

Chrissy explained that she got "good grades" in other subjects when she was at school but didn't get the result she had hoped for in maths.

She said: "Although I got good grades in other subjects at school I didn’t achieve my maths qualification at the time. I’m a strong believer that it’s never too late to further your education and after completing a number of other courses through Wirral Met over the past few years, I decided it was finally time to conquer my maths GCSE.

"I am over the moon with my results today and want to say a special thank you to my brilliant Wirral Met tutor Andrew Stewart, who I wouldn’t have been able to do this without."

Angela struggled with both English and Maths when she was at school. Last year she got her English GCSE and she has now got her Maths too.

She said: "I really struggled with maths and English at school and came away without my qualifications. The tutors at Wirral Met are so supportive and after completing a teaching assistant qualification at the college, they gave me the confidence to study for my English GCSE last year and now my maths GCSE. 

"With these qualifications, I am now hoping to study an Early Years degree at Wirral Met next year. I feel like I have done my life in reverse but it just shows that it is never too late to go back to education and achieve things you didn’t think you could."