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Exam Results 2026

At Sedgehill Academy Sixth Form, over half (56%) of all A Level entries were graded as A* to B, with a fifth (22%) of them awarded a top grade of A* or A.

At GCSE, two thirds of Year 11s (66%) achieved a Grade 5 or higher in both English and maths – +24% vs 2025!

56% of A Level entries were graded as A* to B
56% of A Level entries were graded as A* to B

Student destinations 2026

Claudia

A* A A B 

Arts and Sciences at UCL

 

Nikita

A* A A B 

General Engineering at King's College London

Rachel

A A A

Marketing at University of Leeds

GCSE Results 2026

This year, two thirds of Year 11s (66%) achieved a Grade 5 or higher in both English and maths – +24% vs 2025!

A similar trend of improvement was seen with the percentage of students achieving the two subjects at either 4+ or 7+.

81% of the year group achieved at least a Grade 4 in both English and maths, opening more doors for them as they choose their next steps at post-16.

66% achieved a Grade 5 or higher in both English and Maths in 2026

An impressive 24 percentage point increase on last year’s figures

81% of the year group achieved at least a Grade 4 in both English and Maths

“As a Head Teacher, it is wonderful to be able to celebrate these important moments in our students’ school careers. Gaining strong GCSE qualifications requires our young people to show up consistently, work hard, demonstrate ambition and push themselves.

Today’s results – whether those outstanding individual achievements or those improvements across the cohort as a whole – are therefore ones we will all take great pride in."

Principal, Clare Cassidy

Top Performing GCSE Students 2026

Along with these improvements, many of the cohort were celebrating a strong overall set of GCSE grades.

Among those celebrating were: 

  • Leah - six Grade 9s and two Grade 8s 
  • Kiernan - six Grade 9s, three Grade 8s, one Grade 7 and a D* in LS Extended Maths
  • Henry - six Grade 9s, two Grade 8s and one Grade 7
  • Yasmin -  four Grade 9s, two Grade 8s and three Grade 7s
  • Pamela - three Grade 9s, two Grade 8s and five Grade 7s
  • William - two Grade 9s, five Grade 8s and one Grade 7

 

Leah

Six Grade 9s and two Grade 8s

"I'm so happy. I love the teachers at Sedgehill, they really supported us. They gave up their time, and it's really paid off with my grades. I'm really grateful for the opportunities they've given me."

Henry 

Six Grade 9s, two Grade 8s and one Grade 7

"The teachers have been so supportive thoughout the years. They're just really open to helping out when you have a problem, which I really appreciate so much."

William 

Two Grade 9s, five Grade 8s and one Grade 7

"I'm grateful for the teachers at Sedgehill that have helped me get these results. I'm feeling very happy and the hard work has paid off."

Our GCSE results just keep getting better!

GCSE Results Trend
  2019/20* 2020/21* 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25
% of students achieving grade 4 or above in both GCSE English & maths 68% 62% 68% 71% 65% 64.4%
% of students achieving grade 5 or above in both GCSE English & maths 53% 50% 55% 50% 42% 41.6%
% of students achieving grade 7 or above in both GCSE English & maths 12% 10% 21% 13% 10% 8%
% of students achieving 5 or more GCSEs at grade 4 or above including English & maths 66%   66% 58.2% 54.4%  
% of students achieving 5 or more GCSEs at grade 5 or above including English & maths 49% 49% 53% 45.4% 40% 42%
Attainment 8 49.18   50.03 46.3 45.36 43.85
Ebacc strong pass whole cohort 18% 20% 24% 12.7% 14.6% 15.84%
MATHS - % of students achieving grade 4+ 85% 69% 73% 77.27 73.7% 72%
MATHS - % of students achieving grade 5+ 63% 57% 60% 57.4% 53.9% 48.5%
MATHS - % of students achieving grade 7+ 21% 16% 23% 23.2% 17.6% 15.8%
ENGLISH - % of students achieving grade 4+ 70% 79% 80% 78.9% 78.4% 76%
ENGLISH - % of students achieving grade 5+ 62% 62% 62% 58.7% 58.8% 60.4%
ENGLISH - % of students achieving grade 7+ 22% 21% 36% 23% 20.6% 23.7%

*denotes Teacher or Centre Assessed Grades due to exams not being sat

A Level & BTEC Results 2025

Over 50% of A Level grades awarded A*, A or B in 2025!

We are over the moon to see Sedgehill Sixth Formers secure even more top grades than last year with 52% of A Level entries achieving A*, A or B.

85% of A Level exams were awarded A* to C grades, continuing our strong upward upward trend in top grades being achieved by our students.

90% of students got into their first choice of university destination.

TWO Law Scholarships and a basketball scholarship to the USA for 2025 students.

Sedgehill Academy Sixth Form students have gone on to study at top Russell Group and international universities, these include:

  • Shilon, who has won a scholarship from Garden Court Chambers Law Firm to study law at the University of Lancaster.
  • Indiana, who also won a scholarship from Garden Court to study Law at the University of Essex.
  • Vodie, who will be heading to the United States, after winning a full basketball scholarship to Hill College Dallas, Texas.
  • Frankie, who achieved highly impressive straight As at A Level and will now be studying at King’s College London.
  • Adama, who achieved two Distinctions and one double Distinction at BTEC.

You can read more about the law scholarships from Garden Court here.

Indiana and Shilon won a law scholarship from Garden Court Chambers
Indiana and Shilon won a law scholarship from Garden Court Chambers
2025 Sixth Form Student Destinations

FULL TIME EDUCATION or TRAINING:      OTHER Institution: NAME

SUBJECT/S

City St George's

Computer Science with Cyber Security

City St George's

Media & Communications

De Montfort University

Accounting with Business Management

Escape Studios

Character Creation fro Animation

Hill College, Texas, USA

Physiotherapy

King's College London

Psychology

Kingston University

Cyber Security & Digital Forensics 

Kingston University

Business & Economics

Kingston University

Building Surveying

Kingston University

Cyber Security & Digital Forensic

Kingston University

Cyber Security & Digital Forensics 

Kingston University

Cyber Security & Digital Forensics 

Kingstone University

Creative & Cultural Industries

Lancaster University

Law

Loughborough University

Accounting & Finance 

Queen Mary University

Accounting & Finance 

Queen Mary University

Bio Science 

St Mary's University

PE & Engineering 

TEDI London

Engineering 

Teeside University

2D Animation & Stop Motion

Teeside University

Criminology with Psychology

UAL 

Fine Art

UAL 

Foundation Art & Design 

University in Bulgaria 

English 

University of Derby

Sport Management

University of Essex

Sports therapy

University of Essex

Law

University of Greenwich

Quantity Surveying

University of Greenwich

Software Engineering 

University of Greenwich

Psychology

University of Greenwich

Digital Marketing & Advertising 

University of Kent

Forensic Science

University of Kent

Business & Marketing 

University of Leicester

Business & Economics

University of Nottingham

Psychology

University of Surrey

Chemistry

University of West London 

Criminology with Forensic Investigation

University of Westminster

Business Management 

2025 GCSE Results

  • Almost 2/3 (64%) of students achieved a grade 4 or above in both English and maths
  • 42% achieved a grade 5 or higher in the two subjects

Top performers 2025

  • Isis achieved one grade 9, two grade 8s, five grade 7s and one grade 6
  • Frankie achieved two grade 9s, three grade 8s, five grade 7s and one grade 5 plus a Distinction

Key Information for 2025

  • Progress 8 score 2024/25 - 0.2
  • % pupils entering EBacc in 2025 - 45.54%
  • EBacc average points score (APS) in 2025 
    • Strong = 15.84% - Standard = 3.87%
  • Average points score for KS5 (APS) in 2025   
    • A Level/Academic = 35.05  Applied General = 28.7 -  Tech Level = 26
  • Y11 into Y12 retention rate 2024-25 - 45%
  • % pupils retained to the end of their course at KS5
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