Eighteen pupils, almost a quarter of the Upper Sixth (24%), achieved straight A or A* grades in their A-levels in 2010, up 3% from the previous year.

One in ten of all the A-levels taken at the School was awarded the new A* grade – for marks of above 90% – while 93% were at grades A*-C. The School also recorded a 100% pass rate (A-E) for the fifth consecutive year among the 76 boys in the year.

There were many successes among the large number of the Upper Sixth who will be proceeding to university this year, including:

• Three pupils who won places to study Dentistry at university and one to study Medicine, thereby maintaining the School's longstanding reputation for putting boys on the path to a successful medical career
• Four boys boys who are to take degrees in Mathematics, three in Engineering, seven in Economics, four in Business, two in Politics and one each in Law, Architecture and Accounting
• Many pupils joining leading universities, such as Bristol (two), Durham (one), Warwick (seven), Manchester (four), LSE (two), Nottingham (four), UCL (five) and Southampton (three).

Other significant statistics among the GCSE results for the 93-strong Year 11 included:

• Over a fifth of all examinations were graded A*
• The A*-B rate exceeded 90%
• For the third consecutive year, 99% of boys achieved the Government's preferred benchmark of at least five A*-C passes including English and Mathematics
• In Religious Studies, from 63 candidates, 86% gained grades A*/A.