Exam Results & Destinations
A LEVEL RESULTS 2026
Exam Results & Destinations
Consistently one of the UK’s leading schools for A level exam results and the top-performing school in Cambridge.
| A level | A* | A | B | C | D | E | U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (% cumulative) | 43 | 77 | 95 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 2025 (% cumulative) | 43 | 80 | 94 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 2024 (% cumulative) | 45 | 82 | 95 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 2023 (% cumulative) | 48 | 78 | 93 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 100 |
| 2022 (% cumulative) | 52 | 84 | 96 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Subject | No of candidates | A* | A | B | C | D | E | U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Design | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Biology | 64 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chemistry | 81 | 23 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Classics: Ancient History | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Computer Science | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Design & Technology | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Economics | 38 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| English Literature | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| French | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Further Maths | 57 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Geography | 25 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| German | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| History | 39 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maths | 143 | 77 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Music | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philosophy | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Physics | 74 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Politics | 25 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Psychology | 18 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Religious Studies | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spanish | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkish | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 655 | 282 | 225 | 114 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Subject | No of candidates | A* | A | B | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maths | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Russian | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Subject | No of candidates | A* | A | B | C | D | E | U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPQ | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Further Maths | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Subject | No of candidates | A* | A | B | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 11 | n/a | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
University Destinations
Discover where our class of 2026 are continuing their studies and the subjects they are reading.
| Overseas Destinations | |
|---|---|
| US – UCLA | 1 |
| US – NYU | 1 |
| US – Hartford | 1 |
| US – Missouri | 1 |
| US – Washington | 1 |
| Italy – Bocconi | 1 |
| Netherlands – Delft | 1 |
| Canada – University of British Columbia | 1 |
| Czechia – Charles University | 1 |
| UK DESTINATIONS | |
|---|---|
| Durham | 28 |
| Oxford | 21 |
| University College London | 20 |
| King’s College London | 13 |
| Warwick | 12 |
| Imperial College London | 11 |
| Cambridge | 9 |
| Exeter | 8 |
| Edinburgh | 7 |
| Bath | 7 |
| Manchester | 7 |
| Nottingham | 7 |
| York | 7 |
| Bristol | 5 |
| St Andrews | 5 |
| London School of Economics and Political Science | 4 |
| Leeds | 4 |
| University of East Anglia | 2 |
| Leicester | 2 |
| Southampton | 2 |
| Birmingham | 1 |
| Cardiff | 1 |
| Guildhall School of Music and Drama | 1 |
| Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts | 1 |
| Loughborough | 1 |
| Newcastle | 1 |
| Queen Mary University of London | 1 |
| Glasgow | 1 |
| Hertfordshire | 1 |
| Liverpool | 1 |
| Reading | 1 |
| Sheffield | 1 |
| Surrey | 1 |
| University of the Arts London | 1 |
| Total | 195 |
| Course choices | |
|---|---|
| Aeronautical Engineering | 3 |
| Applied Medical Sciences/Human Sciences | 2 |
| Architecture | 2 |
| Automotive Engineering/Electronic and Information Engineering/Engineering/ Engineering (Aeronautical)/Engineering Mathematics/General Engineering/ Mechanical Engineering | 13 |
| Biochemistry/Biological sciences/Biomedical Sciences/Biology/Biomedical Engineering/Anatomy | 12 |
| Business and Management/Business with work placements | 2 |
| Chemistry/Chemical engineering | 7 |
| Cognitive Science (humanities) | 1 |
| Computer Science/Computer Science and Mathematics/ Computing (AI & Machine learning) | 5 |
| Criminology | 1 |
| Dentistry | 1 |
| Economics/Economics and Management/Economics with placement year/Economics, Econometrics and Finance/Statistics, Economics and Finance | 13 |
| Education, Society and Culture/Youth, Society and Sustainable Futures | 2 |
| English Language & Literature/English Literature | 2 |
| French and Spanish | 2 |
| Geography/Geography with Business | 5 |
| History/History and French/History and Politics | 12 |
| International Development/International Management/Management | 3 |
| Law/Law with German Law/Law with Study Abroad | 4 |
| Liberal Arts | 2 |
| Mathematics/Mathematics and Statistics/Mathematics with professional placement/MORSE | 12 |
| Medical Innovation and Enterprise | 1 |
| Medicine | 19 |
| Music/ Actor Musician | 3 |
| Natural Sciences | 6 |
| Nursing | 1 |
| Philosophy/Philosophy and Modern Languages/Philosophy, Politics and Economics | 6 |
| Physics/Physics with Astrophysics | 5 |
| Politics/Politics and International Relations/Politics, Philosophy and Law/Social and Political Sciences | 9 |
| Psychology/Psychology and Linguistics/Psychology with Education | 4 |
| Theatre and Performance Design/ Costume Design | 2 |
| Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion | 1 |
| Urban Planning | 1 |
| Zoology | 2 |
| Total | 165 |
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