The RGS is consistently one of the top boys’ schools in the country at both A Level and GCSE according to the national league tables. These foundations provide the springboard for our students to have the most ambitious of aspirations with regard to A Level choices and subsequent Higher Education.
Exam Results
The Sunday Times Parent Power 2024 ReportRanked as the number 4 independent boys’ school nationally.
ISI Report 2022Pupils, including those with SEND or EAL, achieve outstanding results in public examinations.
ISI Report 2022Pupils achieve outstanding results in a wide variety of academic and other areas such as music, sport and drama.
Outstanding results
The most common grade achieved by our students was the gold-standard grade 9; in total 752 grade 9s were achieved, 46% of all grades. In addition, 469 grade 8s were also secured: 74.5% of grades were at grade 9 or 8. 64 students achieved ten or more grade 8 and 9s; 22 boys secured the remarkable achievement of a clean sweep of 10 or more grade 9s.
Results 2022-23
GCSE
| Subject | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art | 7 | 4 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 14 |
| Biology | 78 | 46 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 154 |
| Chemistry | 71 | 48 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 155 |
| Chinese | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| Computer Science | 17 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 61 |
| Design & Technology | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| Drama & Theatre Studies | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 12 |
| English Language | 53 | 41 | 36 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 155 |
| English Literature | 50 | 49 | 30 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 154 |
| French | 23 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 70 |
| Geography | 35 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 97 |
| German | 7 | 10 | 4 | – | – | – | 21 |
| Greek | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| History | 30 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 84 |
| Latin | 12 | 11 | 5 | – | – | – | 28 |
| Mathematics | 105 | 37 | 9 | 4 | – | – | 155 |
| Mathematics (Further) | 49 | 22 | 10 | 1 | – | – | 82 |
| Music | 8 | 5 | – | 1 | – | – | 14 |
| Physical Education | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 28 |
| Physics | 98 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 156 |
| Religious Studies | 34 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 72 |
| Russian | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Spanish | 33 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 87 |
| Totals | 751 | 470 | 248 | 102 | 39 | 27 | 1637 |
A Level
| Subject | A* | A | B | C | D | E/U | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient History | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 5 |
| Art | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 5 |
| Biology | 13 | 11 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| Chemistry | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 40 |
| Design & Technology | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Drama & Theatre Studies | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Economics | 24 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 1 | – | 67 |
| English Literature | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 9 |
| French | 1 | 4 | 5 | – | – | – | 10 |
| Further Mathematics | 18 | 15 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 37 |
| Geography | 6 | 10 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 20 |
| German | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 4 |
| Government & Politics | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 17 |
| Greek | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| History | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | – | – | 17 |
| Latin | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 8 |
| Mathematics | 53 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 4 | – | 106 |
| Physics | 27 | 7 | 7 | 6 | – | – | 47 |
| Physical Education | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | 8 |
| Religious Studies | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | 13 |
| Spanish | 3 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | 9 |
| Totals | 192 | 155 | 85 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 460 |
