As a proudly mixed ability school, The Royal School is academically ambitious for all its pupils and 2024 is consistent with its usual excellent academic record and 'Added Value'.
A levels
Royal Sixth formers benefit from small classes, dedicated and specialist teaching staff, flexi boarding and exemplary pastoral care in a happy and close-knit pupil community. In 2024, there was success right across the curriculum. Pupils have emerged from school triumphant in securing impressive next steps.
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Cumulative % at each grade
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A*-A
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A*-B
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A*-C
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A*-D
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A*-E
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Cumulative Royal % 2024 Results
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22
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44
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66
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85
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100
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Cumulative Royal % 2023 Results
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20.8
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45.8
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75
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98
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100
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Cumulative Royal % 2022 Results
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31.8
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59.1
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84.8
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98.5
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100
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Cumulative Royal % 2021 Results (Covid - TAG)*
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57
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83.5
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93.7
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98.7
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100
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Cumulative Royal % 2020 Results (Covid - CAG)**
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50.4
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75.6
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92.4
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97.5
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100
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Cumulative Royal % 2019 Results
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22.9
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57.1
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82.9
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88.6
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97.1
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Cumulative Royal % 2018 Results
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50.7
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72.6
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86.3
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95.9
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98.6
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Cumulative Royal % 2017 Results
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42.5
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71.2
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83.6
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93.2
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97.3
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*Teacher Assessed Grade
**Centre Assessment Grade
GCSEs
In 2024 almost one-quarter of Royal pupils achieved the highest grade of 9 in their GCSE subjects, and 58% of all grades were awarded grades 9 to 7. The school is particularly proud of this, given its ongoing commitment to mixed-ability education.
Our Future Ready philosophy to education goes beyond traditional academic knowledge and focuses on fostering and developing emotional intelligence, practical skills, and critical thinking abilities.
| Cumulative % at each grade |
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9-8 |
9-7 |
9-4 |
| Cumulative Royal % 2024 |
38.8 |
57.9 |
98.5 |
| Cumulative Royal % 2023 |
18 |
30 |
94 |
| Cumulative Royal % 2022 |
18.1 |
33.2 |
94.8 |
| Cumulative Royal % 2021 (Covid - TAG)* |
47 |
67.4 |
99.6 |
| Cumulative Royal % 2020 (Covid - CAG)** |
31.8 |
55.5 |
99.3 |
| Cumulative Royal % 2019 |
21.9 |
45.3 |
96.4 |
| Cumulative Royal % 2018 |
19.8 |
39.1 |
94.2 |
| Cumulative Royal % 2017 |
16.4 |
36.7 |
93.8 |
*Teacher Assessed Grade
**Centre Assessment Grade
Added Value
‘Added value’ refers to the difference between the GCSE or A level grades a pupil would get at an ‘average’ school and the grades that they actually achieve.
Added value is tracked as part of a long-term project run by Durham University that processes over 40,000 Year 7 pupils per year. In Year 7, pupils sit a MidYIS test and the results are submitted to the project. Over the last 25 years, thousands of pupils’ test scores have been compared with their GCSE results which allows Durham University to provide statistical predictions for each pupil, benchmarked against other pupils. After GCSE results are sent to Durham University, a ‘value added’ score is calculated which analyses the difference between the predicted and actual results. An ‘average’ score would gain an overall value added score of zero, while a good school might expect an average uplift of a significant proportion of a grade per pupil. The Royal School achieves consistently high value added scores for every pupil.