Where will a Downe House education take your daughter?
Every year, students from the Upper Sixth leave us to take up places at top universities and institutions across the world. In 2023, over 90% took up places at their preferred choice universities, with 72% heading to Russell Group universities and 38% to QS World Top 50. Many students (30%) went on to read STEM subjects including 13% reading Medicine, Dentistry and Medical Sciences, with Politics, Economics, Policy and Management (27%), as well as creative and performing arts (23%) also being very popular with our students. This year we have seen an increase in the popularity of courses which offer international experience and courses which include study abroad (13%).
With 84% of the grades at A Level being A* to B, and 64% of all grades being A*/A, there is every reason to praise the girls’ diligence and recognise the support that they had from both their teachers and their parents. We have no doubt that they will be great assets to their chosen universities and institutions.
University destinations
Girls in our Class of 2023 were successful in securing university places in the UK and overseas for a wide range of courses, reflecting the diverse achievements and interests of this year group. We are hugely proud of their achievements and wish them every success in the next phase of their adventure in education.
Where more than one student is taking a course, the number is shown.
University/Institution |
Course |
| Architectural Association | Foundation Year |
| Bath | Economics, Politics with Economics |
| Birmingham | Biomedical Sciences, Politics and International Relations |
| Bristol | Biomedical Sciences, Cancer Biology and Immunology, International Social and Public Policy, International Social and Public Policy with Study Abroad, Law |
| Cambridge | English, Natural Sciences |
| Durham | Business and Management with Study Abroad, Chemistry, History, Modern Languages and Cultures (with year abroad), Sociology |
| Edinburgh | History of Art (2), History of Art and English Literature, Classics, Neuroscience |
| European University of Cyprus | Dentistry |
| Exeter | Archaeology, Art History & Visual Culture, Art History & Visual Culture and English, Biological Sciences, Business and Management, Conservation Biology and Ecology with Study Abroad, English Literature and Modern Languages, Flexible Combined Honors, International Relations |
| Glasgow | History and Politics |
| Goldsmiths | Music |
| Imperial | Chemistry with Molecular Physics, Maths |
| King’s College London | Biomedical Sciences, Digital Media and Culture, Geography, Philosophy, Politics and Economics |
| Kingston | Art Foundation |
| Leeds | Social Policy with Sociology and Crime |
| Liverpool | International Relations with German |
| London College of Communication (UAL) | Media, Design and Screen (Foundation) |
| Loughborough | Geography |
| LSE | Language, Culture and Society, Management, PPE |
| Manchester | Chemistry with Industrial Experience, English Literature, Modern Language and Business & Management (Chinese), Modern Language and Business & Management (Spanish) |
| Newcastle | Film Practices, Food Business Management and Marketing, Sociology |
| Nottingham | English Literature and History of Art |
| Oxford | Engineering, English Language and Literature, Fine Art, Music |
| Oxford Brookes | Business and Management, History of Art, History of Art and Archaeology |
| Queen Mary University of London | Medicine |
| Royal Agricultural University | Rural Land Management |
| Semmelweiss (Hungary) | Medicine |
| SOAS | Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities with Foundation Year |
| St Andrews | German and Philosophy (with year abroad) |
| Sussex | International Business (with professional placement year) |
| The New School (Parsons), USA | Fashion Management (2) |
| UCL | Ancient World, English, French and German, Global Humanitarian Studies, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence |
| University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | Liberal Arts |
| University of East Anglia (UEA) | Drama and Creative Writing |
| University of Hong Kong | Medicine |
| University of the Arts London | Production Arts for Screen |
| University of Wisconsin Madison, USA | Liberal Arts |
| York | Psychology in Education |
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