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Public Examination Success 2019
Once again we were delighted to report a set of impressive results for our U6 leavers at A Level; the majority
of our candidates achieved places at their chosen universities, with the eleven pupils who held Oxbridge offers
having their places confirmed. Popular destinations this year included Nottingham, Cambridge, Durham,Warwick,
Birmingham, University College London, Exeter and the London School of Economics.
Sustained application and hard work by our pupils, together with support from teachers, saw 34% of all A Levels
taken graded at A* with 86.3% graded A*, A or B. Results in Art, Spanish, Electronics, History and Mathematics were
all particularly pleasing.Very well done to the seven candidates who achieved a straight run of four A*s: Soumya, Alex,
Milo, Oscar, Zac, Neil and Martin. Congratulations to all our leavers and we wish them the very best for the future.
GCSEs also reflected the hard work and dedication of our pupils and their teachers. Again Bancroftians rose to the
challenge of the restructured and more demanding examinations. This year we saw over 66% of all examinations
being awarded either an 8 or 9 (equivalent to an A*), with 99.2% of exams achieving grades 9-5. We had four pupils -
Sara, Ben, Charles and Chris - who achieved the distinguished and rare feat of a clean sweep of grade 9s
(it is estimated that of all the pupils who sat 7 or more GCSEs only 837 pupils nationally will have notched up
clear 9s). Congratulations to all our pupils: we welcomed the majority of them back to join our Sixth Form in
September and wished those who moved on from Bancroft’s every success in their futures.