The RGS is consistently one of the top boys’ schools in the country at both A Level and GCSE according to the national league tables. These foundations provide the springboard for our students to have the most ambitious of aspirations with regard to A Level choices and subsequent Higher Education.
Exam Results
The Sunday Times Parent Power 2024 ReportRanked as the number 4 independent boys’ school nationally.
ISI Report 2022Pupils, including those with SEND or EAL, achieve outstanding results in public examinations.
ISI Report 2022Pupils achieve outstanding results in a wide variety of academic and other areas such as music, sport and drama.
Outstanding results
The most common grade achieved by GCSE students was the gold-standard grade 9; in total 571 grade 9s were achieved. 63 students achieved nine or more grade 8 and 9s; 9 students secured the remarkable profile of 10 or more grade 9s.
37% of all A Level grades were the gold standard A*; in total, 341 A* and A grades were secured by our hard-working cohort. 84 students achieved a clean sweep of grades at A or A*, 30 of those achieved 3 or more A* grades
Results 2023-24
GCSE
| Subject | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| Biology | 70 | 39 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 143 |
| Chemistry | 53 | 45 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 143 |
| Chinese | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Computer Science | 29 | 12 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 44 |
| Design & Technology | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | – | – | 33 |
| Drama & Theatre Studies | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 9 |
| English Language | 52 | 41 | 30 | 12 | 6 | – | 143 |
| English Literature | 17 | 27 | 50 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 143 |
| French | 24 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 65 |
| Geography | 15 | 39 | 21 | 6 | 1 | – | 82 |
| German | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 17 |
| Greek | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 6 |
| History | 17 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 9 | – | 82 |
| Latin | 27 | 14 | 2 | 3 | – | – | 46 |
| Mathematics | 80 | 44 | 15 | 4 | – | – | 143 |
| Mathematics (Further) | 37 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 3 | – | 84 |
| Music | 4 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 9 |
| Physical Education | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | – | – | 20 |
| Physics | 72 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 142 |
| Religious Studies | 31 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | – | 65 |
| Russian | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Spanish | 13 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 2 | – | 69 |
| Totals | 575 | 449 | 270 | 149 | 57 | 9 | 1513 |
*Information correct as of 4 September
A Level
| Subject | A* | A | B | C | D | E/U | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Biology | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| Chemistry | 13 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 52 |
| Design & Technology | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 4 |
| Drama & Theatre Studies | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Economics | 25 | 24 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 61 |
| Electronics | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| English Literature | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 6 |
| French | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 5 |
| Further Mathematics | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 36 |
| Geography | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
| German | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Government & Politics | 3 | 10 | 3 | – | – | – | 17 |
| Greek | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| History | 4 | 5 | 7 | – | – | – | 16 |
| Latin | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | 7 |
| Mathematics | 53 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 114 |
| Music | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Physics | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | 41 |
| Physical Education | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 10 |
| Religious Studies | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 10 |
| Spanish | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | 7 |
| Totals | 176 | 170 | 80 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 458 |
