Latest results
For A level results, please see our sixth form results pages.
Our pupils excel at GCSE and in recent years around 90% of entries have been graded at A* or A. In 2014, 2015 and 2016, The Perse was the top-placed co-educational school in national newspaper GCSE league tables: see
The Telegraph and The Times.
In 2017:
- Just under 90% of the 1818 entries were awarded at A*/A level (1617 out of 1818 entries) with 67% of entries awarded at A* level (compared with 6.5% of entries nationally in 2016).
- 107 of the 178 students achieved 7 or more A* grades.
- 98% of entries were awarded at A*-B.
- 37 students achieved a clean sweep with all A* grades in all of their I/GCSE entries.
- 42 students completed the prestigious HPQ independent research qualification in addition to their I/GCSE entries with 36 of these being graded at A*.
I/GCSE results by year
| Year (% cumulative) |
A* |
A |
B |
C |
D |
|---|
| 2017 |
67 |
89 |
98 |
99.6 |
99.9 |
| 2016 |
77 |
95 |
99 |
99.9 |
100 |
| 2015 |
72 |
94 |
99 |
99.9 |
100 |
| 2014 |
70 |
92 |
99 |
99.9 |
100 |
| 2013 |
67 |
90 |
98 |
99.8 |
100 |
I/GCSE results by subject in 2017, Year 11
(Includes subjects taken by this year group in previous years)
| Subject |
No. of candidates |
A* |
A |
B |
C |
Below C |
|---|
| Ancient history |
31 |
16 |
13 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Art |
36 |
11 |
16 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
| Biology |
178 |
126 |
26 |
19 |
5 |
2 |
| Chemistry |
178 |
126 |
22 |
17 |
10 |
3 |
| Chinese |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Computer Science |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Design and technology |
45 |
24 |
16 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
| English |
178 |
100 |
64 |
13 |
1 |
0 |
| English literature |
178 |
114 |
47 |
16 |
1 |
0 |
| French |
129 |
72 |
32 |
19 |
4 |
2 |
| Geography |
128 |
65 |
47 |
15 |
1 |
0 |
| German |
34 |
23 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
| Greek |
8 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| History |
142 |
106 |
28 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
| Italian |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Japanese |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Latin |
37 |
28 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| Mathematics |
179 |
143 |
32 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
| Modern Greek |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Music |
34 |
33 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Physics |
173 |
116 |
27 |
26 |
4 |
0 |
| Portuguese |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Religious studies |
70 |
58 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| Russian |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Spanish |
34 |
29 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| TOTALS |
1818 |
1220 |
397 |
158 |
36 |
7 |
I/GCSE results by subject in 2017, other year groups
| Subject |
No. of candidates |
A* |
A |
B |
|---|
| Year 9 |
| Chinese |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| German |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Italian |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Japanese |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Modern Greek |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Russian |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Spanish |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Year 10 |
| Computer science |
10 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
| Chinese |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| German |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Italian |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| Irish |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Music |
18 |
17 |
1 |
0 |
| Year 13 |
| Computer science |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Additional maths results 2017
| Subject |
No. of candidates |
A |
B |
C |
Below C |
|---|
| Additional maths |
78 |
67 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
HPQ results 2017
| Subject |
No. of candidates |
A* |
A |
B |
C |
Below C |
|---|
| HPQ results |
42 |
36 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
