Turning aspiration into reality
We work hard to provide girls with the very highest quality of academic tuition needed to fulfill their potential and achieve their goals. Girls are supported and encouraged to turn their aspirations for the future into reality and it is always the personal triumphs and individual achievements of the girls that give most pleasure. However, the statistics provide plenty of evidence of the academic success our girls achieve.
In 2018, at I/GCSE 84.5% of grades were A*-A (9-7) and remarkably 30% of girls achieved 9 A* (new grade 8-9) or above. Read the full I/GCSE results.
At A Level and Pre-U, almost 89% of grades were at A*-B (D1-M2). Read the full A Level and Pre-U results.
Celebrating success with a flourish!
I/GCSE results 2018
A* | A | B | C | D | E | ||||
Subject/Grade | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Total |
| Art | 5 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| BCS* | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | o | o | 12 | ||
| Biology | 52 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 81 | ||
| Chemistry | 52 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 76 | ||
| Chinese | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Design Technology | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Drama | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| English Language | 20 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
| English Literature | 30 | 33 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
| French | 9 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| French (early entry) | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Geography | 13 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 44 |
| German | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| History | 22 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | ||
| Italian | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Latin | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Maths | 11 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| Maths (early entry) | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Music | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Physics | 44 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 75 | ||
| Religious Studies | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Spanish | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | ||
| Textiles | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
Total | 529 | 166 | 84 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 822 | ||
Percentage | 64.4% | 20.2% | 10.2% | 4.5% | 0.5% | 0.2% | |||
| * – Business and Communications Systems | |||||||||
A Level results 2018
Subject/Grade | A* | A | B | C | D | E | Total |
| Art | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Biology | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Business Studies | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Chinese | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Classical Civilisation | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Classical Greek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Design Technology | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Drama | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Economics | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| English | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| French | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Geography | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| German | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Italian | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Latin | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mathematics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Music | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Music Technology | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Politics | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Photography | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Physics | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Spanish | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Textiles | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total excluding EPQ | 34 | 93 | 49 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 192 |
| Percentage excluding EPQ | 17.7% | 48.4% | 25.5% | 7.3% | 0.5% | 0.5% | |
| Extended Project Qualification | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Total including EPQ | 38 | 96 | 53 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 203 |
Percentage including EPQ | 18.7% | 47.3% | 26.1% | 6.9% | 0.5% | 0.5% |
Cambridge Pre-U Results 2018
Subjects/Grade | D1 | D2 | D3 | M1 | M2 | M3 | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
| Chemistry | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Chinese | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| German | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Further Maths | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| History of Art | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| History | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Mathematics | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Philosophy and Theology | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Total | 6 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 94 |
Percentage by grade | 6.4% | 19.1% | 21.3% | 21.3% | 13.8% | 13.8% | 4.3% | 0% | 0% |
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