Headmistress Rachel Owens has this morning shared her delight at this year’s A Level achievements, noting the Upper Sixth Form students’ exceptional results. “Their performance is in line with the high standards of recent years, leading to outstanding university placements. I am so proud of their accomplishments,” she said. “A heartfelt congratulations to all the students and their committed teachers for this well-deserved success.”

In fact, St George’s students’ grades compare very favourably with the school’s 2019 results, which is useful as a comparison to pre-pandemic marking:

	2019	2024
% Pass rate	100%	100%
*% Grade A - A**	55%	53.2%
*% Grade A/B**	83%	84%
*% Grade A-C**	95%	96%

Our students have won places at brilliant universities to study a wide range of subjects including International Business Management with French, Law, Biochemistry, Medicine and Photography.

It’s our tradition to invite students to a champagne brunch on results day, and today was no different. Even if the sun was struggling to peep through the clouds, there was a real sense of joy among the students gathered. Students excitedly discussed their results, their unis, their plans; aching cheeks from so much smiling. Yearbooks were distributed and students pored over their entries and delighted in the photos shared.

Among the students were 36 celebrating A*/A in every subject, including Georgia, Will and Charlotte. Georgia was awarded A*, A, A and will be taking up a place to study Cognitive Science at Edinburgh. Will was awarded three As and has accepted his place to Law at Exeter, and Charlotte is also on her way to Exeter with three As and a place to study History.

Two of our all A* students had their Cambridge places confirmed; Stefan, who will be studying Law at Trinity Hall, and Cat, who will be studying Human, Social, and Political Studies at Trinity College.

Annie and Isaac were also awarded all A*s, and Annie will be heading to Leeds to study Medicine while Isaac will be studying Biology at Imperial College London. Isaac commented: “I wouldn’t have achieved this without St George’s. The teachers have really got the best out of me.”

All the students agreed St George’s Sixth Form had offered so much more beyond the classroom, including an abundance of pastoral care and co-curricular activities. Students leave St George’s well equipped for the next stage in their lives.

Another all A*s student, Daisy, is using those skills in a planned gap year to play cricket for a club in Sydney, deferring her Durham place to study English. And Luella will be going onto study Photography at Oxford Brookes, a skill she has been developing during her time at St George’s.

Hannah, who honed her editorial skills as editor of our Sixth Form Journal Labor Amoris, will be going to Edinburgh with all A*s to study English. Already looking ahead she said: “I’m thinking I will do a Law conversion after my degree, and like the idea of practising Competition law!”

The statistics for individual subjects speak for themselves and demonstrate the school’s ‘Perfectly Balanced’ education. The following are a selection of subjects with the percentage of papers graded A*: Art (37.5%), DT (33.3%), French (80%), Spanish (37.5%), Mathematics (27.5%), Further Maths (50%), Biology (28.1%),

Jon Carr, Head of Sixth Form, said: “It was a wonderful to celebrate teachers and students for all the support and work that each has put in to ensure this current year of leavers have achieved one goal and are ready to achieve the next.”