Exam Results

Typically, the ISC publishes a sector-wide analysis of Year 11 and Year 13 exam results for independent schools every August. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, there will be no sector-wide publication of results in 2020 because exams have been temporarily replaced by an assessment process that Ofqual had to create in response to the crisis. Schools will provide students with their grades in August as they normally would and the Department for Education is expected to publish results for all schools (state and independent) in January 2021.

Looking back at exam results in 2019, 45.7% of Year 13 exam entries at independent schools were graded A*/A, compared to the national average of 25.5%. This year also saw 95.6% of Year 11 exams at independent schools graded C/4 or higher, compared to the national average of 67.3%. Figures recorded in 2019 also demonstrated more students are following different pathways post-GCSE.