Performance & Results

Performance & Results

Our reputation for academic excellence alongside our holistic all-round education offering is consistently impressive, and we are so proud of all the work our pupils put in. 

GCSE Results

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021* 2022 2023
7+ (A*-A for 2016-2017) 25% 31% 22% 33% 38% 50% 22% 25%
4+ (A*-C for 2016-2017) 87% 84% 80% 93% 98% 98% 88% 90.3%
2+ (A*-E for 2016-2017) 99% 99% 98% 98% 100% 100% 98% 99.6%

A-Level Results

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021* 2022 2023
A* 13% 8% 3% 4% 16% 21% 7% 12%
A*-A 35% 30% 23% 19% 41% 57% 22% 36%
A*-B 63% 49% 51% 49% 69% 77% 57% 64%
A*-C 84% 71% 79% 72% 88% 95% 79% 86%
A*-E 99% 93% 98% 98% 100% 100% 100% 98%

*No exams were undertaken due to the pandemic. Calculated assessment grades were awarded for each subject; these are the grades BCS believe students would be most likely to have achieved had exams gone ahead, taking into account a range of evidence including, for example, non-exam assessment and mock results.  


Value Added at GCSE and A-Level

At the start of Years 10 and 12, pupils sit a general IQ Baseline test, which is processed by Durham University (http://www.cem.org/). The results will indicate a probable flight path over the two years to GCSE/A Level, and probable outcome. From this, we are able to judge how much value the school adds to the academic potential of pupils over the period. In the last four years BCS has achieved a value-added score which puts us in the top 30% nationally, and top 2.5% at A Level. To consistently add value across our cohort of pupils demonstrates our ability to work with each pupil individually in the Sixth Form.