Caterham on Cloud Nine with Stellar GCSE Results

Pupils at Caterham hit the top numbers once again this year with almost half of all GCSE grades the highest possible Grade 9. The average result profile for a Caterham pupil in 2024 is 10 GCSEs at grade 8 (previously an A*) and the average individual grade an 8. A total of 20 pupils got 10 grade 9s or more. Over 85% of all GCSE grades were 9 to 7 with today’s success at GCSE following last week’s record-breaking A Level results.

Ceri Jones, Headmaster, said: “Today’s results are outstanding and well deserved by a fantastic group of young people who have proven themselves in every aspect of school life, inside and beyond the classroom. They step up to our Sixth Form with an impressive set of results, ready to enjoy and succeed in the next stage of their education at Caterham. I am thrilled for our pupils and their parents who must celebrate today.

“I am also delighted for what this today’s, and this year’s, results represent for the school– a consistent excellence in academic achievement that opens doors of opportunity for our young people. Not only do Caterhamians secure top grades, and thrive in their wider co-curricular and sporting school life, but they also build crucial problem solving, entrepreneurial and digital skills in our unique Digital & Innovation EDGE curriculum. They are open minded and open hearted, taking an active role in our important Partnership work across the local area.”

The School’s top results shone brightly across the full gamut of subjects studied. Almost half of the year group got a 9 in maths with half the year group also gaining a 9 in both English Language and Literature. The sciences and the arts brought top grades too. Physics saw three quarters of all grades at either 9 or 8, Biology 90% of results at top grades 9 to 7 and Chemistry 91% of results at 9 to 7. The Drama department’s stellar performance saw 70% of grades at the top 9 and half of all grades in Art were also at grade 9.

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Today’s results follow hot on the heels of record-breaking A Level results last week with over 70 per cent of results at A* or A grades and 92 per cent at A* to B grades. Almost a third of all A Level grades were the top A* grade. The 2024 results secured impressive UK, US and global university destinations including a full scholarship at Princeton and an unconditional place at fellow Ivy League institution The University of Pennsylvania.  Caterham pupils join the 50 Old Caterhamians currently studying at Oxford and Cambridge Universities and, for the second year running, 100 per cent of Caterham pupils applying for Medicine (8 pupils in 2024) secured their place.  Overall, 85 per cent of pupils gained their first choice university place.

2024’s A Level and GCSE results once again secure Caterham’s position in the premier league of independent schools and follow a glowing Independent Schools Inspection report in spring 2024 and the Times Educational Supplement naming Caterham as the UK’s top independent senior school in 2023.