Academic Outcomes and University Destinations

At Exeter School we are proud of the many academic achievements of our pupils and the progress that they continue to make beyond school, in higher education and the wider world. These achievements are a result of their hard work, their love of learning, and high levels of independent thought.

Pupils aspire to learn and achieve in a variety of academic challenges and assessments. Character education fosters qualities that positively influence academic achievement, such as perseverance and fairness, and when combined with our broad curriculum and extra-curricular academic enrichment opportunities, together with the expert support of teachers and pastoral staff, our pupils have great success in GCSEs, A Levels and university admissions.

A Level results

The above graphic serves to show graduates university destinations for those entering in 2023 and 2024. It is correct at time of posting but we know there can be a period of settling as our graduates shape their next steps.

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Exeter School’s last full inspection was in 2021. The school achieved an excellent rating in each of the eight areas inspected. The report said:

“The quality of the pupils’ achievements is excellent in their academic work and their activities. Evidence gained during the inspection demonstrated that the pupils make excellent progress throughout the school, including in the junior school and sixth form.”

A Level results overview 2024

A* grades 25%

A*A grades 58%

A*AB grades 86%

8 D* and 7 D in BTEC sport

Recent A Level Results

A Level Summary 2017 – 2024

% Grades	A*	A* – A	A* – B	A* – E
2024	23	58	86	100
2023	23	61	83	100
2022	32	63	87	100
2020	26	62	88	100
2019	21	54	81	100
2018	26	59	82	100
2017	23	62	91	100

A Level results 2024 by subject

A Level Results

Count	Art & design	Biology	Business studies	Chemistry	Classical civilisation	Computer science	Design technology	Drama	Economics	Electronics	English literature	French	Further maths	Geography	German	History	Maths	Music technology	Music	Physics	Politics	Psychology	Religious studies	Spanish	Total
A*	1	5	2	10	2	0	0	0	7	4	3	0	4	9	0	2	18	1	0	9	2	1	0	0	80
A	1	10	1	10	1	1	2	3	11	1	2	1	4	12	1	10	17	0	1	15	4	1	0	1	110
B	1	5	7	8	2	4	0	0	5	1	5	2	1	11	0	9	11	0	2	4	6	5	1	1	91
C	0	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	0	2	7	0	1	1	4	1	0	1	35
D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	9
E	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
U	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	3	24	11	31	6	7	2	3	23	6	11	6	11	37	1	23	57	1	4	31	16	8	1	3	326

GCSE results overview 2024

34 pupils gained 10 or over 9 – 7 grades

62 pupils gained eight or more 9-7 grades

67% of all grades were 9-7 grades

Recent GCSE outcomes

GCSE Summary 2017 – 2024

% Grades	A*A / 9 – 7	A*-C / 9 – 4
2024	67	98
2023	73	99
2022	81	99
2020	79	100
2019	74	99
2018	75	99
2017	82	100

GCSE results 2024 by subject

GCSE Results 9-1

Subject	Entries	9	8	7	6	5	4	3-1
Art and Design	23	2	5	4	6	1	2	3
Biology	98	26	26	22	18	3	3	0
Chemistry	98	21	21	23	17	6	7	3
Chinese	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Classical Civilisation	14	0	2	5	3	0	3	1
Computer Science	42	14	5	4	10	3	4	2
Design Technology	37	4	10	7	10	6	0	0
Drama	28	7	9	6	5	1	0	0
Dual Science 1	21	0	0	1	7	8	2	3
Dual Science 2	21	0	0	1	4	6	5	5
English Language	119	48	35	15	15	4	2	0
English Literature	119	18	17	31	30	17	6	0
French	33	10	7	6	2	3	3	2
Further Maths	22	12	4	4	1	1	0	0
Geography	81	12	21	17	18	9	3	1
German	36	11	10	9	3	0	3	0
History	72	26	14	15	10	4	2	1
Latin	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mathematics	119	30	25	29	19	12	2	2
Music	20	6	7	5	2	0	0	0
Physics	98	32	23	26	12	3	1	1
Religious Studies	17	3	2	3	7	1	0	1
Russian	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Spanish	56	7	11	7	10	12	6	3

Totals:	1185	298	256	240	209	100	54	28
Percentage:		25.1%	21.6%	20.3%	17.6%	8.4%	4.6%	2.4%

University destinations 2023*

Bournemouth University	1
Cardiff University	9
Durham University	9
Falmouth University	1
Gap year	22
Hartpury University	2
Leeds Beckett University	1
Loughborough University	2
Met Film School	1
Newcastle University	4
Nottingham Trent University	1
Oxford Brookes University	3
Ravensbourne University London	1
SOAS University of London	1
Solent University (Southampton)	1
St George’s, University of London	1
St Mary’s University, Twickenham	1
The University of Edinburgh	2
UCFB	1
UCL	4
University of Amsterdam	1
University of Bath	14
University of Birmingham	1
University of Bristol	7
University of Cambridge (Homerton)	1
University of Cambridge (Jesus)	1
University of Exeter	6
University of Glasgow	2
University of Manchester	7
University of Nottingham	4
University of Oxford (Trinity)	1
University of Plymouth	1
University of Reading	4
University of Sheffield	1
University of Southampton	1
University of St Andrews	1
University of Strathclyde	1
University of Suffolk	1
University of Surrey	1
University of Sussex	2
University of the Arts London	1
University of Warwick	4
University of Worcester	1
University of York	2