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Downe House. A-level entries graded A*: 22% (A-level entries (the total isn’t printed)), summer 2026 exams. Status: Checked against the original. Source: Downe House A Level results 2026, https://www.downehouse.net/a-level-results-2026/. Checked by The Schools Record on 6 September 2026. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/new:downe-house:2026:a-level:results-day/
A* / 9–8 · summer 2010 exams · number of entries not published
53.3%
Compared
Our latest figure is for 2010. We have found Downe House’s 2011 GCSE results, but not as percentages covering all subject entries. The result cannot be included in this comparison. Downe House: between 43.5% and 56.1% A* or 9–8 grades in the 5 years we can compare.
Downe House. GCSE/IGCSE entries graded A*: 53.31% (GCSE/IGCSE entries (the total isn’t printed)), summer 2010 exams. Status: Checked against the original. Source: ISC 2010 examination results: gcse, boys and girls, https://www.isc.co.uk/media/2497/2010_examresults_year11_boysandgirls_isc.xls. Checked by The Schools Record on 6 September 2026. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/new:downe-house:2010:gcse-full-short:isc-return/
Downe House. Cambridge offers: 0 of 6 applications from the school, 2025 admissions round. Status: Checked against the original. Source: Applications, Offers and Acceptances by applicant’s school (UCAS) 2025, p. 1, https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2026-05/undergraduate_admissions_by_apply_centre_2025_cycle.pdf. Checked by The Schools Record on 15 October 2026. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/research:downe-house:2025:cambridge-apply-centre:offers/
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GCSEs are still graded from A* down to G. Ofqual aligned the bottom of grade 4 with the bottom of the old C. At these schools it sits close to 100%, so it is not offered first in comparisons.
A*–C / 9–4: A*–C on lettered GCSEs and 9 to 4 on numbered ones, as a share of all entries.
We have found published results by qualification for 1 year. There are too few combined annual figures to draw a line. You can read the available results and the reasons for the gaps in the table below.
Every year Sixth form · A* or equivalent
The 17 years covered here, newest first. Missing figures are explained alongside the results we have found. A* or equivalent: A-level A* and Pre-U D1 and D2, as a share of all entries.
Downe House: Sixth form · A* or equivalent, 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
Downe House’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
A-level 27% at A*Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 27% at A* (A-level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
Downe House reported 27% at A* for 2023 without an A-level entry count. Government records also show Pre-U that year, but we lack a whole-school Pre-U figure, so the results cannot be combined.
We don’t have Downe House’s whole-school A-level or Pre-U figures for 2022, so we cannot give a combined annual figure. Grades in 2022 were set at a midpoint between summer 2019 and 2021, on Ofqual’s account. Ofqual ↗
The 17 years covered here, newest first. Missing figures are explained alongside the results we have found. A*–A or equivalent: A-level A*–A and Pre-U D1 to D3, as a share of all entries.
Downe House: Sixth form · A*–A or equivalent, 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
Downe House’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
A-level 64% at A*–AResults for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 64% at A*–A (A-level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
Downe House printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have Downe House’s whole-school Pre-U figure for 2023.
We don’t have Downe House’s whole-school A-level or Pre-U figures for 2022, so we cannot give a combined annual figure. Grades in 2022 were set at a midpoint between summer 2019 and 2021, on Ofqual’s account. Ofqual ↗
The 17 years covered here, newest first. Missing figures are explained alongside the results we have found. A*–B or equivalent: A-level A*–B and Pre-U D1 to M2, as a share of all entries.
Downe House: Sixth form · A*–B or equivalent, 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
Downe House’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
A-level 84% at A*–BResults for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Downe House printed 85%, not compared. Published by qualification: 84% at A*–B (A-level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
Downe House printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have Downe House’s whole-school Pre-U figure for 2023.
We don’t have Downe House’s whole-school A-level or Pre-U figures for 2022, so we cannot give a combined annual figure. Grades in 2022 were set at a midpoint between summer 2019 and 2021, on Ofqual’s account. Ofqual ↗
The 21 years covered here, newest first. Missing figures are explained alongside the results we have found. A* (letter grades) or 9–8 (number grades), as a share of all entries.
Downe House: GCSE · A* / 9–8, 2010 to 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
Downe House’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
Downe House’s 2026 results-day percentages count passes rather than all entries, and the page does not name the qualifications. They cannot supply the combined top-grades figure shown on this chart.
We don’t have Downe House’s whole-school numbered GCSE figure for 2022. Grades in 2022 were set at a midpoint between summer 2019 and 2021, on Ofqual’s account. Ofqual ↗
The 21 years covered here, newest first. Missing figures are explained alongside the results we have found. A*–A / 9–7: A*–A on lettered GCSEs and 9 to 7 on numbered ones, as a share of all entries.
Downe House: GCSE · A*–A / 9–7, 2016 to 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
Downe House’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
We don’t have Downe House’s whole-school numbered GCSE figure for 2022. Grades in 2022 were set at a midpoint between summer 2019 and 2021, on Ofqual’s account. Ofqual ↗
The 21 years covered here, newest first. Missing figures are explained alongside the results we have found. A*–C / 9–4: A*–C on lettered GCSEs and 9 to 4 on numbered ones, as a share of all entries.
Downe House: GCSE · A*–C / 9–4, 2016 to 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
Downe House’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
We don’t have Downe House’s whole-school numbered GCSE figure for 2022. Grades in 2022 were set at a midpoint between summer 2019 and 2021, on Ofqual’s account. Ofqual ↗
The 10 years covered here, newest first. Missing figures are explained alongside the results we have found. Grade 9, as a share of entries graded 9–1 only. Lettered GCSE entries are excluded.
Downe House: GCSE · Grade 9, 2021 to 2026
Year
Grade 9
Entries graded 9–1
Downe House’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
We don’t have Downe House’s whole-school numbered GCSE figure for 2022. Grades in 2022 were set at a midpoint between summer 2019 and 2021, on Ofqual’s account. Ofqual ↗
Separate A-level, Pre-U and I/GCSE tables are available for 2021, alongside selected later summaries. Some GCSE percentages count passes rather than all entries. The 2022 A-level article contains a difference we have not yet resolved.
Start with the same qualification, grade band and years for both schools. That gives you a fairer reading of their results. Whether your child would enjoy and thrive in either school needs a wider conversation.
Where leavers went
Offers aren’t places: one pupil can hold several offers but take up one place.
Latest Oxford and Cambridge figures: 2025 admissions round · . Last checked 15 Oct 2026
There are also 16 more recent university records that aren’t destination lists: not all of them say what they count. They’re on the destinations page. A blank year is not a zero.
2025 · Where leavers went
University destinations
90% · to Russell Group universities (as published)
Source: Original publication
What these figures count
Class of 2025 destinations highlights
Worth knowing: Categories overlap and must not be added. Population denominator is not supplied. International focus includes study abroad.
How the source defines it: Class of 2025 destinations highlights
1,463 records from 1992 to 2026: results for A level, GCSE/IGCSE and Cambridge Pre-U (5 qualifications in all), and 345 university records. Taking the school’s figures as published, the longest run on one unchanged definition is A-level grades at A*, 2023–2026 (4 years). The record above counts its years on our combined annual figure, which joins qualifications and grading systems by a stated rule.
How many years each measure has, with a reason where a comparison is unavailable.
Years in each measure’s span. Columns overlap, so don’t add them up.
We have figures for 5 years, but they do not count the same thing consistently enough to draw a comparison: covers a different group from the school-wide series.
The last column counts years in the span with no record at all, not zero results. A year can have figures and still not be comparable; those are counted in the columns to its left.
What we’ve searched
Across the years and categories below, we have a figure for 126 of 296 entries, searched without finding one for 141, haven’t searched 8 yet, and 21 didn’t apply. The search for missing figures is still open. A year without a figure isn’t a zero, and isn’t evidence the school published nothing.
Figure found — We have a figure for this year, with the document it came from.
Found, not compared — We have found a figure, but cannot establish exactly what it counts or whom it covers. It stays out of comparisons until that is clear.
No figure yet — We haven’t found a figure for this year. The notes below say where we looked and whether the search remains open. A missing figure does not mean the school published nothing.
Not researched yet — We haven’t searched for this year yet, so a blank here tells you nothing about what the school published.
Did not apply — This qualification or outcome didn’t exist, or wasn’t offered here, in this year, and we have a source that says so.
1990200020102020
A-level
Covers A-level grades, including the A* measures charted above. We have a figure for 35 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we searched 2 without finding a figure yet. Figure found: 1992–2025. Found, not compared: 2026. No figure yet: 1990–1991.
Where we looked for the 2 missing years
1990–1991
Year-specific search-engine discovery attempted; exact queries in search-log-last-four.json
GCSE/IGCSE
Covers GCSE and IGCSE grades, numbered and lettered. We have a figure for 23 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we searched 14 without finding a figure yet. Figure found: 1992 and 2005–2025. Found, not compared: 2026. No figure yet: 1990–1991 and 1993–2004.
Where we looked for the 14 missing years
1990–1991
Year-specific search-engine discovery attempted; exact queries in search-log-last-four.json
1993–2004
Year-specific search-engine discovery attempted; exact queries in search-log-last-four.json
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
Pre-U
Covers Cambridge Pre-U grades, which are not charted as a separate series. We have a figure for 12 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we searched 4 without finding a figure yet, and 21 didn’t apply. Figure found: 2012–2023. No figure yet: 2009–2011 and 2024. Did not apply: 1990–2008 and 2025–2026.
Where we looked for the 4 missing years
2009
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
2010–2011
Inspected named-school return availability in original ISC annual workbook
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
2024
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
Original government qualification workbooks inspected with exact school identity, contemporary metadata, actual header/row support, complete numeric grade-sum and direct source-cell checks; no suppressed grade reconstructed
IB
Covers International Baccalaureate results, which are not charted as a separate series. We don’t have a figure for any of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026 yet. Of those, we searched 35 without finding a figure yet and haven’t searched 2 yet. No figure yet: 1992–2026. Not researched yet: 1990–1991.
Where we looked for the 35 missing years
1992–2006
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
2007–2012
Inspected named-school return availability in original ISC annual workbook
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
2013–2017
Inspected named-school return availability in original ISC annual workbook
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
Original government qualification workbooks inspected with exact school identity, contemporary metadata, actual header/row support, complete numeric grade-sum and direct source-cell checks; no suppressed grade reconstructed
2018–2019
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
Original government qualification workbooks inspected with exact school identity, contemporary metadata, actual header/row support, complete numeric grade-sum and direct source-cell checks; no suppressed grade reconstructed
2020
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
2021–2025
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
Original government qualification workbooks inspected with exact school identity, contemporary metadata, actual header/row support, complete numeric grade-sum and direct source-cell checks; no suppressed grade reconstructed
2026
Inspected named-school return availability in original ISC annual workbook
Not searched yet: 1990–1991. A blank here says nothing about what the school published.
university applications
Covers applications made, which are not offers or places, and are not charted as a series. We have a figure for 17 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we searched 18 without finding a figure yet and haven’t searched 2 yet. Figure found: 2009–2025. No figure yet: 1992–2008 and 2026. Not researched yet: 1990–1991.
Where we looked for the 18 missing years
1992–2005
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
2006–2008
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
Oxford FOI 202405/468 original workbook: school/cycle row identified by UCAS school ID, name, postcode and group; applications, offers and acceptances tokens transcribed with the literal <3 suppression band retained. This is a university admissions-cycle count, not a leaver destination.
2026
Original 2026 results article/university hub fully read for separately defined applications, offers, acceptances and intended destinations; 2026-destination-followup-checks.json.
Not searched yet: 1990–1991. A blank here says nothing about what the school published.
university offers
Covers offers received, which are not places taken up, and are not charted as a series. We have a figure for 17 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we searched 18 without finding a figure yet and haven’t searched 2 yet. Figure found: 2009–2025. No figure yet: 1992–2008 and 2026. Not researched yet: 1990–1991.
Where we looked for the 18 missing years
1992–1996
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
1997
Read retrospective school-leaver story; original text and rendered page checked
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
1998–2005
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
2006–2008
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
Oxford FOI 202405/468 original workbook: school/cycle row identified by UCAS school ID, name, postcode and group; applications, offers and acceptances tokens transcribed with the literal <3 suppression band retained. This is a university admissions-cycle count, not a leaver destination.
2026
Original 2026 results article/university hub fully read for separately defined applications, offers, acceptances and intended destinations; 2026-destination-followup-checks.json.
Not searched yet: 1990–1991. A blank here says nothing about what the school published.
university acceptances
Covers places accepted, which are not confirmed destinations; no chart plots them. We have a figure for 18 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we searched 17 without finding a figure yet and haven’t searched 2 yet. Figure found: 2003 and 2009–2025. No figure yet: 1992–2002, 2004–2008 and 2026. Not researched yet: 1990–1991.
Where we looked for the 17 missing years
1992–2002
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
2004–2005
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
2006–2008
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
Oxford FOI 202405/468 original workbook: school/cycle row identified by UCAS school ID, name, postcode and group; applications, offers and acceptances tokens transcribed with the literal <3 suppression band retained. This is a university admissions-cycle count, not a leaver destination.
2026
Original 2026 results article/university hub fully read for separately defined applications, offers, acceptances and intended destinations; 2026-destination-followup-checks.json.
Not searched yet: 1990–1991. A blank here says nothing about what the school published.
university destinations
Covers where leavers actually went, read on the destinations page rather than as a chart. We have a figure for 4 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we searched 33 without finding a figure yet. Figure found: 2004–2006 and 2026. No figure yet: 1990–2003 and 2007–2025.
Where we looked for the 33 missing years
1990–1991
Year-specific search-engine discovery attempted; exact queries in search-log-last-four.json
1992
Year-specific search-engine discovery attempted; exact queries in search-log-last-four.json
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
1993
Year-specific search-engine discovery attempted; exact queries in search-log-last-four.json
Read retrospective school-leaver story; original text and rendered page checked
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
1994–1996
Year-specific search-engine discovery attempted; exact queries in search-log-last-four.json
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
1997
Year-specific search-engine discovery attempted; exact queries in search-log-last-four.json
Read retrospective school-leaver story; original text and rendered page checked
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
1998–2000
Year-specific search-engine discovery attempted; exact queries in search-log-last-four.json
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
2001–2002
Year-specific search-engine discovery attempted; exact queries in search-log-last-four.json
Read retrospective school-leaver story; original text and rendered page checked
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
2003
Year-specific search-engine discovery attempted; exact queries in search-log-last-four.json
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
2007–2020
Year-specific search-engine discovery attempted; exact queries in search-log-last-four.json
School-filed original annual report: full-PDF OCR search, exact used results/outcome page visually checked, literal qualification/band/population wording retained
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
2021–2025
Original official publication inspected; row-specific transcription
School-filed original annual report: full-PDF OCR search, exact used results/outcome page visually checked, literal qualification/band/population wording retained
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
We last checked one of Downe House’s figures against its original on 15 Oct 2026. Each figure’s record page says which document it came from and when we checked it. Check a figure from Downe House
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