School record · Eton, Windsor, Berkshire
1,521 evidence entries from 1990 to 2026: results for A level, GCSE / IGCSE and Cambridge Pre-U, among 6 qualifications; 122 university entries; and an inspection or history reading. The longest series comparable on one definition is Legacy GCSE / IGCSE entries at A*, 2011–2015 (5 years).
The newest figures we hold for each qualification. A school may have published further results or revisions.
A level
40.2%of A-level grades were A*
78.2%of A-level grades were A*–A
95.1%of A-level grades were A*–B
Published sources differ on A*–B: Eton’s 2025 A-level table gives 95.09% A*–B; its 2024/25 annual report prints 95.0%, which is not the table’s figure rounded.
What is counted: A-level subject entries
Subject entries counted: 916
Publication note: Primary
GCSE / IGCSE
61.9Top band · as published
Subject entries counted: 2756
Publication note: Primary
Research note: Official Examinations Office subject table; exact cumulative numbered-grade bands
Cambridge Pre-U
33.3%D1
81.7%D1–D3
Publication note: final school examinations-office table
Research note: Four modern-language subjects, all labelled PREU. This is a shrinking subject subset, not the whole sixth form. No overall entry total is printed.
Definition in the record: Published grade counts and cumulative percentages, with source qualification types preserved.
Newest results in our record: A level 2025 · GCSE / IGCSE 2025 · Cambridge Pre-U 2023.
These describe the information available when each check was made. They may pre-date later figures shown above.
Pending detailed publication — no 2026 A-level grade-entry bands released as of 30 August 2026
Read the publication notePending detailed publication — no 2026 GCSE or IGCSE grade-entry bands released as of 30 August 2026
Read the publication noteResearch questions
First identify the qualification and the entries behind the percentage. The held Eton tables distinguish native A-level results from a smaller Pre-U subject population. Their top grade bands cannot be exchanged simply because both describe sixth-form examinations.
Read the explanation and evidenceBoth schools have 166 recorded Oxford and Cambridge applications in the held 2025 cycle. Eton has 52 offers and 44 accepted outcomes; Westminster has 80 offers and 73 accepted outcomes. Westminster therefore has 28 more offers and 29 more accepted outcomes.
Read the explanation and evidenceA previously circulated Oxford series belonged to another institution and is excluded.
Use the same qualification, grade band and years for each school. Exam grades describe a cohort’s results; they do not tell you which school will suit an individual child.
What this school’s own published figures show, measure by measure, comparing only the years published on a single definition and naming those years.
A-level grades at A* · 2017–2025
Across 6 comparable years, 2017 to 2025, this school's published figure for A-level grades at A* ended 1.8 percentage points lower than it started (42% to 40.2%), which is no more than it moves between ordinary years. The record does not establish a direction.
Compared: all 6 years for which this school has a chartable figure on this measure (2017–2025).
Across the years compared the figure ranges from 38.3% (2019) to 55.4% (2022).
These 6 years are not consecutive: 3 years inside the span (2018 and 2020–2021) hold no comparable figure, because the record has no matching publication, its sources disagree, or the figure was published on a different definition. A missing year is not a zero.
This describes published figures only. It does not explain why they moved: cohorts, entry policies, subject mixes and grading regimes all change underneath them, and none of that is in this record.
Year to year the figure typically moves about 5 percentage points, which is as much as it moved across the whole span. Two years picked from this series could show a rise or a fall depending only on which two.
Legacy GCSE / IGCSE entries at A* · 2011–2015
Across 5 comparable years, 2011 to 2015, this school's published figure for Legacy GCSE / IGCSE entries at A* moved from 70.9% to 79.3% — 8.4 percentage points higher at the end than at the start.
Compared: all 5 years for which this school has a chartable figure on this measure (2011–2015).
Across the years compared the figure ranges from 70.7% (2013) to 79.3% (2015).
This describes published figures only. It does not explain why they moved: cohorts, entry policies, subject mixes and grading regimes all change underneath them, and none of that is in this record.
Year to year the figure typically moves about 5.4 percentage points, so a difference of 8.4 percentage points across the whole span is larger than its ordinary movement.
The charts keep A-level, numbered GCSE grades and older GCSE grades apart, because a grade on one qualification is not a grade on another.
Each school is shown against the same scale and years.
Select a point to check its source. A break in a line means a year has no comparable figure; nothing is interpolated and no result has been estimated. Requested period: 2011–2025; figures are held for 2017–2025. The figures behind the chart are listed below.
| School / year | Published value | Population and denominator | Status and precision | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eton College 2017 | 42%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | A-level subject entriesDenominator: Unknown / not recorded | Primary / Secondary0 decimal places | Inspect evidence: Eton College, 2017, a_starfig:eton_alevel_headline_gap_years:6 |
| Eton College 2019 | 38.3%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | A-level subject entriesDenominator: 624 | Primary1 decimal places | Inspect evidence: Eton College, 2019, a_starfig:eton_alevel_primary_sheets:1 |
| Eton College 2022 | 55.4%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | A-level subject entriesDenominator: 758 | Primary1 decimal places | Inspect evidence: Eton College, 2022, a_starfig:eton_alevel_primary_sheets:2 |
| Eton College 2023 | 43.7%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | A-level subject entriesDenominator: Unknown / not recorded | Source disagreement · versions retained0 decimal places | Inspect evidence: Eton College, 2023, a_starnew:eton:2023:school-final-a-level-distribution |
| Eton College 2024 | 38.7%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | A-level subject entriesDenominator: 935 | Primary1 decimal places | Inspect evidence: Eton College, 2024, a_starfig:eton_alevel_primary_sheets:3 |
| Eton College 2025 | 40.2%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | A-level subject entriesDenominator: 916 | Primary1 decimal places | Inspect evidence: Eton College, 2025, a_starfig:eton_alevel_primary_sheets:4 |
There are no comparable figures to plot for this period. The coverage and source records explain which figures are missing or cannot be compared.
Each school is shown against the same scale and years.
Select a point to check its source. A break in a line means a year has no comparable figure; nothing is interpolated and no result has been estimated. Requested period: 2011–2016; figures are held for 2011–2015. The figures behind the chart are listed below.
| School / year | Published value | Population and denominator | Status and precision | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eton College 2011 | 70.86%GCSE / IGCSE A*–G · Grade awards | Legacy grade entriesDenominator: 2745 | Verified primary publication; calculated bands identified0 decimal places | Inspect evidence: Eton College, 2011, a_starresearch:eton:2011:audit-gcse2011 |
| Eton College 2012 | 76.2%GCSE / IGCSE A*–G · Grade awards | Legacy grade entriesDenominator: 2778 | Verified primary publication; printed percentages0 decimal places | Inspect evidence: Eton College, 2012, a_starresearch:eton:2012:audit-gcse2012 |
| Eton College 2013 | 70.7%GCSE / IGCSE A*–G · Grade awards | Legacy grade entriesDenominator: 2817 | Verified primary publication; printed percentages0 decimal places | Inspect evidence: Eton College, 2013, a_starresearch:eton:2013:audit-gcse2013 |
| Eton College 2014 | 76.1%GCSE / IGCSE A*–G · Grade awards | Legacy grade entriesDenominator: 2863 | Verified primary publication; calculated bands identified0 decimal places | Inspect evidence: Eton College, 2014, a_starresearch:eton:2014:audit-gcse2014 |
| Eton College 2015 | 79.3%GCSE / IGCSE A*–G · Grade awards | Legacy grade entriesDenominator: 2809 | Verified primary publication; printed percentages0 decimal places | Inspect evidence: Eton College, 2015, a_starresearch:eton:2015:audit-gcse2015 |
For Pre-U, IB, mixed qualifications and figures that cannot be charted directly, browse the full exam results.
641 records, with dated results from 1990 to 2026. There may be gaps within that period.
Read the results and definitions472 records, with dated results from 1994 to 2026. There may be gaps within that period.
Read the results and definitions158 records, with dated results from 2011 to 2024. There may be gaps within that period.
Read the results and definitions117 records, with dated results from 2006 to 2018. There may be gaps within that period.
Read the results and definitions1 records, with dated results from 2019 to 2019. There may be gaps within that period.
Read the results and definitions10 records, with dated results from 2021 to 2021. There may be gaps within that period.
Read the results and definitionsExplore published university figures. An offer is not the same as a place taken up, and one pupil may receive several offers.
Latest dated destination entry held: 2023 · 10 newer records (several outcome stages, outcome definition not established) are held in the full university records below. Coverage varies by year; a blank is not a zero.
Approximate annual level stated in 2023 interview · Actual destinations
Approximate destination claim
About 50 Etonians head to US universities each year
Publication note: Low · Secondary · media
Research note: Approximate interview wording; stored as ~50 in notes, not as an exact count.
Definition in the record: About 50 Etonians head to US universities each year
2015 · Actual destinations
University destinations
68 · Oxford + Cambridge
final leaver destination basis; accepted university should equal Oxbridge+other UK+abroad
What is counted: Leavers taking up destinations
Publication note: Destination booklet/list
Research questions
Curriculum, pupil initiative and institutional oversight become visible in inspection reports. Read the findings alongside the recommendations, dates and age groups inspected.
Read the explanation and evidenceA long date range can still contain gaps. This table shows how many years are available for each chart measure and where a comparison needs care.
| Measure and years | Years with figures | Years in charts | Sources differ | 2020–2021 | Qualified figures | Years with no record at all |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-level grades at A* 2011–2025 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| GCSE / IGCSE entries at grade 9 No chartable series yet — see the year-by-year record below | Not applicable: this measure has no recorded span | Not applicable: this measure has no recorded span | Not applicable: this measure has no recorded span | Not applicable: this measure has no recorded span | Not applicable: this measure has no recorded span | Not applicable: this measure has no recorded span |
| Legacy GCSE / IGCSE entries at A* 2011–2016 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A dash means this measure has no chartable series yet, so none of these counts applies to it; the year-by-year record below still says what was searched for it. “Qualified figures” includes ranges and descriptions such as “over 90%”. The last column counts years inside the measure’s span for which we hold no record of any kind; they are not zero results. A year can hold records and still not be comparable — those are counted in the columns to its left, which is why this column is smaller than the number of years missing from a chart. The year-by-year record below names every year either way. Categories can overlap, so do not add the columns together.
This is our record of our own work, not a statement about the school. 141 of the 206 school-year cells researched here hold a figure; 39 were searched without one being recovered; 24 have not been searched yet; 2 did not apply. No search for this school is yet recorded as closed: every year without a figure here remains open. A year without a figure is never a zero, and never evidence that the school published nothing.
Covers A-level grades, including the A* measures charted above. 17 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026 hold a figure here, 17 were searched without one being recovered and 3 have not been searched yet.
Not searched yet: 1990–1992. Their absence here tells you nothing about what the school published.
Covers GCSE and IGCSE grades, numbered and lettered. 26 of the 27 years from 2000 to 2026 hold a figure here and 1 were searched without one being recovered.
Covers Cambridge Pre-U grades, which are not charted as a separate series. 13 of the 15 years from 2012 to 2026 hold a figure here and 2 did not apply.
Covers International Baccalaureate results, which are not charted as a separate series. None of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026 holds a figure here yet, 21 were searched without one being recovered and 16 have not been searched yet.
Not searched yet: 1990–2005. Their absence here tells you nothing about what the school published.
Covers applications made, which are not offers or places, and are not charted as a series. 20 of the 21 years from 2006 to 2026 hold a figure here and 1 have not been searched yet.
Not searched yet: 2026. Their absence here tells you nothing about what the school published.
Covers offers received, which are not places taken up, and are not charted as a series. 20 of the 21 years from 2006 to 2026 hold a figure here and 1 have not been searched yet.
Not searched yet: 2026. Their absence here tells you nothing about what the school published.
Covers places accepted, which are not confirmed destinations; no chart plots them. 20 of the 21 years from 2006 to 2026 hold a figure here and 1 have not been searched yet.
Not searched yet: 2026. Their absence here tells you nothing about what the school published.
Covers where leavers actually went, read on the destinations page rather than as a chart. 25 of the 27 years from 2000 to 2026 hold a figure here and 2 have not been searched yet.
Not searched yet: 2024 and 2026. Their absence here tells you nothing about what the school published.
Figures with different definitions, blank values or an unknown group counted remain available in the source records. Other qualifications appear in the full exam results.
Most recent recorded source check: 2026-09-09. This date applies to an individual publication, not every result on this page.
Open a subject below to see the figures, their sources and any limitations. A missing year or qualification means there is more to research.