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The Sunday Times' Parent Power 2023
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The Sunday Times' Parent Power 2022
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The Sunday Times' Parent Power 2021
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A-Level
The table below show our results from 2022/23 with a breakdown by subjects.
Despite the turbulent few years this generation of students faced due to pandemic disruption, including missing out on sitting formal GCSE examinations, collectively students have shown strength across the 29 different A-Level options available at the school.
| Subject | A* | A | B | C | D | E | U | Total | % A* | %A*-A | %A*-B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 89.47% | 94.74% | 100.0% |
| Biology | 26 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 38.24% | 72.06% | 83.82% |
| Chemistry | 25 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 31.25% | 81.25% | 92.50% |
| Ancient History | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0% | 75.0% | 100.0% |
| EDT | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66.67% | 66.67% | 100.0% |
| Economics | 11 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 25.58% | 76.74% | 97.67% |
| English | 11 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 39.29% | 53.57% | 96.43% |
| Film Studies | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50.0% | 75.0% | 100.0% |
| French | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0% | 60.0% | 80.0% |
| Further Maths | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 33.33% | 80.95% | 80.95% |
| Geography | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 48.15% | 74.07% | 96.3% |
| German | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0% | 66.67% | 100.0% |
| History | 7 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 20.59% | 76.47% | 91.18% |
| Latin | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.00% | 75.0% | 100.0% |
| Maths | 37 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 105 | 35.24% | 71.43% | 84.76% |
| Music | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Greek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Physics | 13 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 28.26% | 54.35% | 78.26% |
| Politics | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 27.27% | 63.64% | 90.91% |
| Spanish | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40.0% | 80.0% | 100.0% |
| Philosophy | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0% | 16.67% | 100.0% |
| Psychology | 8 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 20.0% | 47.5% | 85.0% |
| Drama and Theatre | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.67% | 83.33% | 100.0% |
| Physical Education | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.0% | 40.0% | 80.0% |
| EPQ | 26 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 38.24% | 72.06% | 95.59% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.69% | 46.15% | 76.92% |
| TOTAL | 188 | 217 | 112 | 39 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 582 | 32.3% | 69.6% | 88.8% |
GCSEs
Despite the past unprecedented couple of years, our Year 11 students have excelled with their GCSE results, still far exceeding the national average. 85.2% of GCSE grades were 7-9 (equivalent to the old A-A* grades), 66.8% of GCSE grades were 8-9 (equivalent to A*), 40.6% were at the highest possible level, grade 9.
By subject the breakdown is as follows for 2022/23:
| 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Total | %9 | %8 | %7 | %9-7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 60.7% | 21.4% | 17.9% | 100.0% |
| Biology | 61 | 32 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 44.2% | 23.2% | 19.6% | 87.0% |
| Chemistry | 56 | 38 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 40.6% | 27.5% | 17.4% | 85.5% |
| Further Maths | 21 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 35.0% | 28.3% | 15.0% | 78.3% |
| EDT | 7 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 24.1% | 48.3% | 13.8% | 86.2% |
| English Language | 78 | 43 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 56.1% | 30.9% | 11.5% | 98.6% |
| English Literature | 80 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 60.6% | 19.7% | 12.9% | 93.2% |
| French | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 35.7% | 23.8% | 16.7% | 76.2% |
| Geography | 22 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 30.1% | 23.3% | 24.7% | 78.1% |
| History | 20 | 32 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 25.6% | 41.0% | 24.4% | 91.0% |
| German | 9 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 15.3% | 16.9% | 22.0% | 54.2% |
| Latin | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 85.7% | 14.3% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Maths | 64 | 47 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 46.0% | 33.8% | 16.5% | 96.4% |
| Greek | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Spanish | 14 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 30.4% | 28.3% | 19.6% | 78.3% |
| Physics | 44 | 45 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 31.9% | 32.6% | 21.7% | 86.2% |
| Ancient History | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15.8% | 10.5% | 31.6% | 57.9% |
| Drama | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23.1% | 46.2% | 0.0% | 69.2% |
| Economics | 41 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 41.0% | 7.0% | 17.0% | 65.0% |
| Music | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 100.0% |
| Computer Science | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 16.2% | 21.6% | 37.8% | 75.7% |
| Total | 556 | 359 | 251 | 107 | 67 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1369 | 40.6% | 26.2% | 18.3% | 85.2% |
SATS
2019 was the last year our pupils completed the SATs. Whilst our outstanding results, consistently well above the national average (as demonstrated in the results depicted below), were an understandably tempting marketing tool, in our opinion they served little purpose beyond that. In our endeavours to put the children at the front and centre of the decisions we make at RGS, we decided it was time to say goodbye to the ‘high-stakes’ SATS and replace them with a far more informative and child-centred assessment system for Maths and English, that starts as soon as children join the Junior School.
Our new system for tracking pupil progress, with a continued focus on high standards and academic excellence, is built around termly ‘low-stakes’ assessments in Maths in English. The system is highly informative and rigorous, whilst also enabling us to deliver our wide and rich curriculum with no restrictions, and helping to preserve childhood for our pupils, for as long as possible.
| Subject | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Reading 93% (49%) SPAG 94% (52%) |
Reading 99% (66%) SPAG 100% (72%) |
Reading 100% (71%) SPAG 100% (79%) |
Reading 100% (75%) SPAG 99% (78%) |
Reading 99% (73%) SPAG 99% (78%) Writing 100% (78%) |
| Maths |
Maths 90% (43%) |
Maths 100% (70%) | Maths 100% (75%) | Maths 100% (76%) | Maths 99% (79%) |