Exam Results

A level Results 2026

QMGS students achieve some outstanding A Level results; the best at the school in the past decade.

Headlines:

76% of grades at A* / A / B
43% of grades at A*/A
99% pass rate
Average grade of B+ across all entries
54 candidates achieved A*/A grades in all of their subjects
28 students achieved at least 2 A* grades, with 60 achieving 3 or more A/A*s
3 students have been successful in attaining Oxbridge places
More than 25 students have secured places on medicine and dentistry courses
A number of students have secured degree apprenticeships with national organisations
Yang Zhang has been named by OCR as one of the top performers nationally in her A Level in Art and Design: Fine Art

Headmaster’s comment:

“The 2026 A-level QMGS cohort have done themselves and the school proud, with a fantastic set of results. The proportion of A*-B grades is the highest in a non-Covid affected year in the past decade. A large proportion have secured their places at Russell group or top 50 universities, with others entering employment and apprenticeship routes. This group of students have embraced digital ways of working and engaged fully in the curriculum offering, achieving a wide range of qualifications and experiences, alongside their core A-levels.

Their achievements extend far beyond the classroom. Throughout their time at QMGS, these students have thrown themselves into the wider life of the school, contributing with energy and commitment across an impressive range of co-curricular activities. They have represented the school with distinction in music, sport, CCF, languages, and science and mathematics Olympiads, achieving success at regional and national level. They have broadened their horizons, formed lasting connections, and embodied the school’s CREDIT values in all that they have done. We are confident that they will go on to be outstanding ambassadors for QMGS in their future education and careers. We wish them every success and look forward to staying connected with them as valued members of the QMGS community and as Marians.”

Richard Langton,
Headmaster

PDF of overall A-level results

The Value-added progress measure in 2025 is -0.24.
Retention measure: the percentage of students retained to the end of the core aim of their study programme was 99.2%

Destinations

The percentage of students in education, training or employment after 16 to 18 study (2023 leavers) was 85%.

GCSE Results 2026

The Year 11 cohort of 2026 have produced a good set of GCSE results, which they have worked hard for. 63% of all entries were graded at 7-9, with 41% at 8/9. Over 75% of all results in maths and science were a 7 or better.

This cohort experienced a national lockdown in the last year of primary school, missed their SATS and started secondary school in an uncertain time. They have grown as young men over the past 5 years and have shown themselves to be future leaders across sport, CCF, music and other opportunities they have taken. Members of the year group have travelled internationally with the school and embraced the QM experience.

I am pleased for their success and look forward (for the vast majority) to their continued involvement with QMGS in the sixth form. For those leaving us, I wish them well for the future.

Key statistics:

63% of all grades were 7-9
41% of all grades were 8/9
97% of our pupils achieved 9-5 in at least 5 subjects
120 pupils scored 7-9 in at least 6 subjects
83 pupils achieved an 8 or 9 in at least 5 subjects
92 pupils achieved 7-9 grades in at least 8 subjects
94 pupils had an average points score of 7 or better across all of their subjects
29 pupils scored 7-9 in all of their subjects
The attainment 8 is 72.5

PDF of GCSE results

Percentage of pupils staying in education or going into employment after Key Stage 4 (2023 leavers) was 98%
EBacc average points score (APS) in 2025 was 7.23

For more detailed information, please visit: Department for Education’s School Performance Comparison