Celebrating GCSE success

Following last week’s outstanding A level results, we are delighted that our Fifth Form boys have secured an excellent set of GCSEs. 13% of papers received the top grade of 9 (compared to 4.7% nationally) and 28% were graded 9-8 (11.8% nationally).   51% were at grades 9-7 and 89% at 9-5 (compared to 21.8% and 53.5% across the country). 

More than 15% of the boys achieved at least seven grades 9 and 8 and over a quarter secured eight or more of their GCSEs at grades 7, 8 and 9.  Particular congratulations go to Hugh Ridgway who was one of only 837 out of more than 700,000 candidates to secure straight grade 9s, placing him in the top 0.1% of this year’s national GCSE cohort.

Commenting on the results, Lindsey Millar, the Assistant Head (Academic) said:

"We are immensely proud of the achievements of all the boys in this year's GCSE cohort. They all rose to the challenge of revision and tackled their examinations with focus and determination. The secret to success is teamwork and I am particularly grateful to both colleagues and parents for working together so supportively to encourage the boys to achieve the best results possible. The boys can now look forward to an exciting new chapter in their academic careers as they begin their chosen Sixth Form courses."