A school’s performance can be measured in many different ways.
GCSE results are one indicator, but these can sometimes be misleading in highly selective schools, which accept only pupils with high attainment in their Key Stage 2 SATs (pupils who may be expected to be high achievers in any school).
We are a semi-selective school and pride ourselves in providing excellent education for a wider range of children. As a result, we often accept students into Year 7 with average attainment at Key Stage 2. Nevertheless, our GCSE results are consistently excellent, well above the national average, and they regularly place us amongst the top three schools in the league tables in the borough of Brent. In fact, since 2015, on average 94% of our students have attained at least 5 GCSEs at grades 9-5 (incl. Maths and English).
A more informative measure however, of a school’s contribution to its pupils’ learning is something called ‘value added’.
This is a government statistic which looks at the progress made from the time students enter their secondary schools in Year 7 to their eventual attainment in Year 11 (i.e. GCSEs). It covers all secondary schools, independent and state, selective and non-selective.
The following tables show the school's GCSE results for 2022 and earlier. The 2023 tables will be added shortly.
| June 2022 | % Grade 9-7 | % Grade 6 | % Grade 5 | % Grade 9-5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 67% | 14% | 10% | 91% |
| English Literature | 48% | 29% | 24% | 100% |
| Maths | 81% | 10% | 5% | 96% |
| Religious Studies | 62% | 24% | 5% | 91% |
| French | 43% | 43% | 14% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 44% | 22% | 33% | 100% |
| Business Studies | 79% | 14% | - | 93% |
| Arabic | 50% | 13% | 31% | 94% |
| Biology | 94% | 6% | - | 100% |
| Chemistry | 88% | 13% | - | 100% |
| Physics | 81% | 19% | - | 100% |
| Combined Science 1 | 40% | 40% | 20% | 100% |
| Combined Science 2 | 20% | 60% | 20% | 100% |
| Geography | 30% | 50% | 20% | 100% |
| History | 90% | - | 10% | 100% |
| GCSE Results Comparison | June 2015 | June 2016 | June 2017 | June 2018 | June 2019 | June 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. Students in Year 11 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 21 |
| % of BOYS achieving 5 or more 9-5 | 100% | 91% | 100% | 89% | 95% | 95% |
| % of BOYS achieving 5 or more 9-7 | 55% | 39% | 56% | 50% | 38% | 76% |
| % of all entries graded 9-7 | 55% | 31% | 59% | 45% | 34% | 66% |
| % of all entries graded 9-6 | 82% | 64% | 84% | 71% | 56% | 86% |
| % of all entries graded 9-5 | 96% | 92% | 98% | 88% | 94% | 97% |
GCSE results for 2020 and 2021 are not comparable as no external exams were sat nationally.
