King Edward’s School is one of the leading independent schools in the UK and pupils achieve excellent exam results each year.
An overview of our most recent results as well as downloads of the full exam results and university destinations for the last four years are available below.
International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma results 2024
Comparing our 2024 Higher Level IB results to equivalent A Level grades provides the following:
Higher Level IB grade | Equivalent A Level grade | % of grades achieved |
7 | A* | 34% |
7/6 | A*/A | 67.1% |
7/6/5 | A*/A/B | 92.2% |
Boys who sat the IB Diploma in 2024 achieved excellent results, highlights of which include:
- Average points score per pupil of 36.7 points, which is more than six points higher than the global average of 30.32
- 31% of the cohort attained scores of 40 points or above
- Two pupils achieved the maximum score of 45 points, a feat accomplished by less than 0.5% of pupils worldwide. In addition, five pupils scored 44 points, and eleven pupils scored 43 points.
- Pupils continue to uphold the long-standing tradition of attending top UK universities like Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial and other Russell Group universities, as well as choosing a wonderfully diverse range of subjects. Find out more about the 2024 cohort of university destinations here.
Please note figures are correct as of 9 September 2024.
GCSE results 2024
The 132 boys who took their GCSEs in 2024 produced another set of outstanding results, highlights include:
| 9/8 (A*) | 9/8/7 (A*/A) | |
| 2024 | 68.8% | 85.6% |
| 2023 | 68.6% | 87.5% |
| 2022 | 73.5% | 89.4% |
| 2021 | 73.8% | 89.3% |
| 2020 | 71.7% | 88.7% |
| 2019 | 67.6% | 85.4% |
