Public Exam Results

A-Level Results 2024

Students at St Edmund’s School Canterbury are celebrating an excellent set of A-Level examination results.

The percentage of A* and A grades was up slightly from last year at 29% (2023 = 26%) despite the exam boards using standard (non Covid-adjusted) grade boundaries.  The number of A*-C grades was the same as last year, at 76%, with 58% of grades achieved at A*-B.  (This compares with 53% in 2023).  This year there were twice as many A* grades as 2023 distributed across a range of academic subjects, including Ceramics, Computer Science, Drama, DT, English Literature and Mathematics.  The overall pass rate this year was 97%.

The Head Edward O’Connor said:

“I am immensely proud of this group of students.  These results are fitting reward for their hard work and application over their school careers. They now move on to a fantastic range of universities to continue their education in a broad range of academic disciplines.  Moreover, they leave the school as well-rounded, socially responsible and empathetic individuals who will undoubtedly go on to be leaders in their chosen fields. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our extraordinary teachers whose subject expertise and dedication underpin these excellent results and form the bedrock of our school.”

GCSE Results 2024

The year group has performed strongly and with a 90% overall pass rate (Grades 9-4).

• 90% pass rate at GCSE (88% 2023)
• 37% of entries were graded 9-7 (35% 2023)
• 0.26+ Value-Added across all GCSE entries. This indicates that last year our teaching and learning added a quarter of a grade of added value to pupils’ results at GCSE. This is a statistically significant level a and indicates that the performance of St Edmund’s School at GCSE is 0.26 of a grade above the mean value for all schools using the MidYis system.

Head of St Edmund’s, Edward O’Connor said: “We are delighted with these superb GCSE results. Once again, St Edmund’s students and staff have delivered an impressive set of examination outcomes – fitting reward for two years of hard work. It is especially pleasing to see the increase in our overall 9-4 pass rate to 90% and the increase in the percentage of 9-7 grades to 37%. However, we recognise at St Edmund’s that ‘success’ is as unique as a fingerprint and we also assess our performance on an individual basis and look closely at the value-added scores for each pupil. These continue to be excellent and underline the tremendous benefits of small classes, a pastoral ethos and expert teaching for our pupils. I am always immensely proud of St Edmund’s pupils and teachers but never more so than on days like these.