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 best results. 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 that our girls achieve.
These young women have worked extremely hard and, although they did not sit examinations, they have every reason indeed to be proud of all of their achievements. At A Level/Pre-U, 95% of the grades achieved were A* to B with the A*/D1/D2 percentage remaining at 46%. At GCSE, 90% of the grades were at 7 to 9 and over 71% were graded 8/9 (A* and A**). Most pleasing of all was the number of grade 9s across all the subjects once again stands at 45% against a national percentage is 6.6%.
Read the full I/GCSE results for 2020 here.
Read the A Level, Pre-U and full Sixth Form results.
I/GCSE results 2020
A* | A | B | C | D | E | ||||
Subject/Grade | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Total |
| Art | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Biology | 41 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
| Chemistry | 37 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| Chinese | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Classical Greek | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Computing and ICT | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Design Technology | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Drama | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| English Language | 36 | 12 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
| English Literature | 45 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
| French | 31 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| Geography | 13 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| German | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| History | 11 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| Italian | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Japanese | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Latin | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Maths | 39 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
| Music | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Physics | 33 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 82 |
| Religious Studies | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Russian | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Spanish | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | ||
| 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Textiles | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Total | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 868 | ||
| 384 | 217 | 160 | 63 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Percentages | 71.9% | 18.4% | 7.4% | 2.3% | 0% | 0% | |||
A Level results 2020
Subject/Grade | A* | A | B | C | D | E | U | Total |
| Art | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Biology | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Business Studies | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Drama | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Economics | 14 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| English Literature | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| French | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Further Maths | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Geography | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| German | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| History | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Italian | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Latin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mathematics | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Music | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Photography | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Physics | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Politics | 4 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Product Design | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Religious Studies | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Spanish | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Textiles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total exc EPQ | 104 | 87 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 223 |
| EPQ | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Total inc EPQ | 111 | 94 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 240 |
% inc EPQ | 46.25% | 39.17% | 9.58% | 4.58% | 0.42% | 0% | 0% |
Cambridge Pre-U results 2020
Subjects/Grade | D1 | D2 | D3 | M1 | M2 | M3 | P1 | Total |
| Chemistry | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Chinese | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| History of Art | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Total | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
Percentage | 7.41% | 33.33% | 25.93% | 14.81% | 18.52% | 0% | 0% |
All results
Totals | A*, D1, D2 | A, D3 | B, M1, M2 | C, M3 | D, P1 | E | U | Total |
| All Results | 122 | 100 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 267 |
| Excluding EPQ | 115 | 93 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 250 |
Percentages | ||||||||
| All Results | 45.7% | 37.5% | 12.4% | 4.1% | 0.4% | 0% | 0% | |
| Excluding EPQ | 46% | 36.8% | 12.8% | 3.6% | 0.4% | 0% | 0% | |
| Cumulative | 45.7% | 83.1% | 95.5% | 99.6% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
Results booklet
Read more information about our most recent results and our girls’ university choices in our Downe House I/GCSE, A Level and Pre U Results Booklet for 2020.
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