Oundle School pupils have one again been awarded a brilliant set of GCSE results, maintaining the School’s reputation as one of the foremost academic co-educational schools in the country.
53.3% of grades were A*, beating the previous year’s performance by 0.1%. It is the fifth year in a row that the A* percentage has topped 50. 84.5% of grades were A* or A.
The number of pupils achieving exceptional grades is a School record, with 25 pupils achieving at least ten A* grades and 49 pupils (over 25% of the cohort) scoring at least nine A* grades.
Performance was strong across all subjects with Mandarin (94%), Greek (90%), Chemistry (70%), Physics (64%), Latin and German (both 61%) and Mathematics (60%) all scoring at least 60% A* grades.
The School is delighted that its pupils have performed so well in all public examinations.
New Head Sarah Kerr-Dineen said, “The pupils deserve to feel proud of what they have achieved and can now embark on Sixth Form study with justified ambition.”