Academic Results & University Destinations

KES ranked second highest performing independent school in the South West and the top performing co-ed independent school regionally.
The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide 2023

A Level Results 2023

Subject	Entries	A*	A	B	C	D	E	U	A*/B%	Pass %
Art	6	3	1	2					100	100
Biology	37	10	17	7	2		1		91.9	100
Business Studies	19	4	4	9		2			89.5	100
Chemistry	43	11	22	7	3				93.0	100
Classical Civilisation	4		1	2	1				75.0	100
Computer Science	10	2	4	2	1	1			80.0	100
Drama	8	1	3	4					100	100
Design & Technology	2			2					100	100
Economics	28	11	7	6	3		1		85.7	100
English Literature	10	7	1	2					100	100
French	2		1	1					100	100
Further Maths	20	4	7	3	3	3			70.0	100
Geography	22	4	8	6	4				81.8	100
German	2		1	1					100	100
History	13	6	4	2		1			92.3	100
Latin	4	1	2	1					100	100
Mathematics	63	17	30	7	6		2	1	85.7	98.4
Music	3	1	2						100	100
Physical Education	7	3	2	1		1			85.7	100
Philosophy	2	1	1						100	100
Photography	7	1	4	1	1				85.7	100
Physics	25	7	8	5	3		2		80.0	100
Politics	10	4	4	1	1				90.0	100
Psychology	34	9	11	7	2	2	3		79.4	100
Religious Studies	2	1		1					100	100
Spanish	3	1	2						100	100
Totals	386	109	147	80	30	10	9	1
Cumulative %		28.2	66.3	87.0	94.8	97.4	99.7	100

Correct at time of upload (11/10/23). Subject to reviews of marking.

Year	A*	A*/A	A* to B	A2 Pass rates
2023	28.2%	66.3%	87.0%	99.7%
2022	39.0%	73.5%	90.0%	100%
2021 (TAGs)	58.3%	85.0%	97.0%	100%
2020 (CAGs)	40.7%	73.4%	92.5%	100%
2019	30.4%	61.6%	83.3%	100%
2018	28.4%	60.4%	79.2%	99.7%
2017	25.8%	63.4%	86.3%	98.9%
2016	27.6%	63.9%	88.3%	99.7%
2015	25.7%	67.9%	88.4%	100%
2014	25.9%	61.5%	85.9%	100%
2013	24.9%	62.8%	84.6%	100%
2012	21.4%	59.7%	86.2%	100%

GCSE Results 2023

Understanding the new grading system

Subject	Entries	9	8	7	6	5	4	9-7	9-4
Art	29	8	5	7	6	3		69.0	100
Biology	101	39	32	20	9	1		90.1	100
Business Studies	63	13	18	13	15	3	1	69.8	100
Chemistry	100	39	20	27	12	2		86.0	100
Chinese	1	1						100	100
Computing	28	4	10	3	8		3	60.7	100
Drama	34	17	9	5	2	1		91.2	100
Design & Technology	18	5	3	2	4	3	1	55.6	100
English Language	126	81	21	13	4	3	4	91.3	100
English Literature	126	73	24	17	10	1	1	90.5	100
French	38	16	11	5	2	4		84.2	100
Further Maths	44	20	11	5	6	1	1	81.9	100
Geography	51	19	15	7	5	4	1	80.4	100
German	43	17	17	3	4		2	86.0	100
Greek	11	4	5	1	1			90.9	100
History	64	34	14	11	2	1	2	92.2	100
Latin	22	9	9	3	1			95.2	100
Mathematics	126	42	28	28	17	10	1	77.8	100
Music	9	2	4	2	1			88.9	100
Physical Education	14	4	6	2	2			85.7	100
Physics	100	34	34	22	10			90.0	100
Religious Studies	21	7	8	4	2			90.5	100
Russian	1	1						100	100
Combined Science	50	2	11	16	16	5		58.0	100
Spanish	57	17	21	14	4		1	91.2	100

Totals	1277	508	336	230	143	42	18
Cumulative%		39.8	66.1	84.1	95.3	98.6	100

*Combined Science leads to 2 GCSEs per candidate entry. The grades must be consecutive (eg: 9,9; 9,8; 8,8)
Correct at time of upload (11/10/23)

Year	Grades 9-8/A*	Grade 9-7/A* & A	Grades 9-4/A*-C
2023	66.1%	84.1%	100%
2022	74.7%	90.2%	99.9%
2021 (TAGs)	78.7%	92.0%	99.9%
2020 (CAGs)	58.5%	80.8%	99.8%
2019	46.7%	70.2%	99.3%
2018	55.3%	78.8%	99.0%
2017	54.9%	82.5%	99.3%
2016	44.9%	72.3%	98.0%
2015	44.7%	73.3%	97.7%
2014	51.2%	81.6%	99.4%
2013	47.6%	80.1%	98.7%
2012	38.4%	73.3%	98.8%

UNIVERSITY DESTINATIONS 2023

University of Arts London	1
Arts University Bournemouth	1
University of Bath	1
University of Birmingham	6
University of Bristol	6
University of Cambridge	3
Cardiff University	4
Coventry University	1
Durham University	4
University of Edinburgh	6
University of Exeter	15
University of Glasgow	1
Hartpury University	1
Imperial College London	3
Kent and Medway Medical School	1
King’s College London (KCL)	2
Lancaster University	1
University of Leeds	3
University of Leicester	1
University of Liverpool	1
London Sch. of Econ. & Pol. Science	1
Loughborough University	1
University of Manchester	10
Manchester Metropolitan University	2
Middlesex University	1
Newcastle University	2
University of Nottingham	2
Our Lady of the Lake University, Texas	1
University of Oxford	2
Oxford Brookes University	1
Queen Mary University of London	4
Queen’s University, Belfast	2
University of Reading	3
Royal Holloway, University of London	1
University of St Andrews	1
University of Sheffield	3
University of Southampton	4
University College London (UCL)	6
University of Warwick	4
University of the West of England	3
Wiltshire College & University Centre	1
University of York	1

Correct at time of upload (11th September 2023)

Academic Results & University Destinations

A Level Results 2023

GCSE Results 2023

UNIVERSITY DESTINATIONS 2023

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