Results 2025

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This summer, our pupils and students demonstrated that hard work and ambition yield excellent results. A Level results were particularly strong and we are exceptionally proud of our students. Many of them secured places at their first-choice universities — including Oxford, Imperial, LSE, Durham and Warwick – and will go on to study a wide range of subjects across many disciplines.

Our Year 11 pupils also achieved results above the national average with a good number of pupils gaining a combination of the very highest grades across all subjects. These successes are more than statistics; they are the stories of resilience, aspiration, and perseverance. They set the tone for the year ahead, showing us what is possible when talent meets opportunity.

La Rochelle Music Tour 2025

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At the end of the Summer Term, we took 80 pupils and students from Concert Band, Choir, Jazz Band, String Group and Chamber Choir on tour to La Rochelle. It was a fabulous week with three concerts, a water park trip, boat trip, visits to the old town of La Rochelle and the beach, and some lovely restaurant meals. Next year’s tour in July 2026 will be announced in the next few weeks and will be open to all regular members of Choir, Concert Band, Jazz Band, String Group and Chamber Choir. It will be an exciting tour so look out for the letter which will be emailed in early October.

Celebration Evening and Sports Awards

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Last week we celebrated the individual successes of our pupils and students at two memorable evening events: the Sports Awards and our Celebration Evening, where parent and award-winning film editor Peter H Oliver delivered an inspiring keynote on his journey to success. We were honoured to welcome trustees from the OWMT to both occasions and who presented the prestigious HR King Award at Celebration Evening.

Year 12 Hastings Visit

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On Monday 7th July, the Year 12 Geography A Level class went on a field trip to Hastings. The trip was an ideal opportunity to test fieldwork techniques studied in class and witness key geographical processes in action. The students used different techniques to measure the beach profiles in two locations. They looked at the impact of longshore drift by measuring the height of sediment either side of groynes. Some students also attempted to measure the rate of longshore drift with home-painted pink pebbles, which was a less successful method! In addition the students sketched the numerous types of human management of the coast.