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North London Collegiate School. A-level entries graded A*: 54.3% of 280 entries, summer 2025 exams. Status: Unclear what it counts. Source: NLCS official examination results 2025, PDF page 1, https://www.nlcs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-Exam-Results-NLCS.pdf. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/new:nlcs:2025:a-level:pdf-total-grades/
NLCS’s publications give different lettered GCSE figures for 2017. We show the figure but don’t compare it. The latest year we compare is 2016: 85.9%.
Our latest figure is for 2017. NLCS’s 2018 lettered GCSE table doesn’t give A* on its own. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school numbered GCSE figure for 2018. NLCS: A* or 9–8 grades rose from 59.2% in 2002 to 85.9% in 2016, over the 14 years we can compare.
North London Collegiate School. GCSE/IGCSE entries graded A*: 87.0% of 1,092 entries, summer 2017 exams. Status: Checked against the original. Source: NLCS official examination results 2017, PDF page 1 (printed page 4)., https://www.nlcs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Exam-Results-June-2017-Information-Booklet-2017-18.pdf. Checked by The Schools Record on 6 September 2026. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/new:nlcs:2017:gcse-igcse:gcse-table/
North London Collegiate School. Cambridge offers: 12 of 30 applications from the school, 2025 admissions round. Status: Checked against the original. Source: Applications, Offers and Acceptances by applicant’s school (UCAS) 2025, p. 10, 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:nlcs:2025:cambridge-apply-centre:offers/
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GCSEs move to grades 9 to 1, English and maths first, in 2017. 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.
The 17 years covered here, newest first. Missing figures are explained alongside the results we have found. A* or equivalent: A-level A*, Pre-U D1 and D2 and IB Higher Level 7, as a share of all entries.
North London Collegiate School: Sixth form · A* or equivalent, 2025 and 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
NLCS’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
A-level 49.5% at A*Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 49.5% at A* (A-level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
NLCS reported 49.5% at A* for 2026 without an A-level entry count. We also haven’t found an IB Higher Level figure covering the whole school that can be used here, so the A-level and IB results cannot be combined.
IB Higher Level 48% at 7Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
NLCS printed 63%, counting a different group. Published by qualification: 48% at 7 (IB Higher Level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
We don’t have NLCS’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 ↗
A-level 44.53% at A* · IB Higher Level 63% at 7Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
NLCS printed 46.26%, counting a different group. Published by qualification: 44.53% at A* (A-level) and 63% at 7 (IB Higher Level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school Pre-U figure for 2015, so we cannot give a combined annual figure.
A-level 42% at A*Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 42% at A* (A-level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
NLCS printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school IB figure for 2010.
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, Pre-U D1 to D3 and IB Higher Level 7 or 6, as a share of all entries.
North London Collegiate School: Sixth form · A*–A or equivalent, 2025 and 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
NLCS’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
A-level 81.3% at A*–AResults for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 81.3% at A*–A (A-level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
NLCS printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school IB figure for 2026.
IB Higher Level 91% at 7–6Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
NLCS printed 87%, counting a different group. Published by qualification: 91% at 7–6 (IB Higher Level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
We don’t have NLCS’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 ↗
A-level 83.2% at A*–A · IB Higher Level 93% at 7–6Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
NLCS printed 86.98%, counting a different group. Published by qualification: 83.2% at A*–A (A-level) and 93% at 7–6 (IB Higher Level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school Pre-U figure for 2015, so we cannot give a combined annual figure.
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, Pre-U D1 to M2 and IB Higher Level 7 to 5, as a share of all entries.
North London Collegiate School: Sixth form · A*–B or equivalent, 2025 and 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
NLCS’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
A-level 97.4% at A*–BResults for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 97.4% at A*–B (A-level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
NLCS printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school IB figure for 2026.
IB Higher Level 99% at 7–5Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 99% at 7–5 (IB Higher Level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
We don’t have NLCS’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 ↗
A-level 98.05% at A*–B · IB Higher Level 96% at 7–5Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
NLCS printed 98.34%, counting a different group. Published by qualification: 98.05% at A*–B (A-level) and 96% at 7–5 (IB Higher Level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school Pre-U figure for 2015, so we cannot give a combined annual figure.
The 25 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.
North London Collegiate School: GCSE · A* / 9–8, 2017 to 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
NLCS’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
numbered GCSE 94.6% at 9 or 8Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 94.6% at 9 or 8 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
NLCS reported 94.6% at grades 9–8 for 2026 without an entry count. Its record also includes lettered GCSEs without a whole-school figure, so we cannot combine the two grading scales.
numbered GCSE 95.9% at 9 or 8Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 95.9% at 9 or 8 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
NLCS printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school lettered GCSE figure for 2025.
numbered GCSE 89.9% at 9 or 8Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 89.9% at 9 or 8 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
NLCS printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school lettered GCSE figure for 2024.
numbered GCSE 94% at 9 or 8Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 94% at 9 or 8 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
NLCS printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school lettered GCSE figure for 2023.
numbered GCSE 94% at 9 or 8Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 94% at 9 or 8 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
NLCS printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school lettered GCSE figure for 2022. Grades in 2022 were set at a midpoint between summer 2019 and 2021, on Ofqual’s account. Ofqual ↗
numbered GCSE 99.4% at 9 or 8Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 99.4% at 9 or 8 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
Grades were set by teachers. NLCS printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school lettered GCSE figure for 2021.
Grades were set by teachers. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school lettered GCSE or numbered GCSE figures for 2020, so we cannot give a combined annual figure.
The 25 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.
North London Collegiate School: GCSE · A*–A / 9–7, 2017 to 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
NLCS’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
numbered GCSE 98.5% at 9–7Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 98.5% at 9–7 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
NLCS printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school lettered GCSE figure for 2026.
numbered GCSE 99.2% at 9–7Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 99.2% at 9–7 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
NLCS printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school lettered GCSE figure for 2025.
numbered GCSE 96.6% at 9–7Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 96.6% at 9–7 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
NLCS printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school lettered GCSE figure for 2024.
numbered GCSE 99% at 9–7Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 99% at 9–7 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
NLCS printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school lettered GCSE figure for 2023.
numbered GCSE 98% at 9–7Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 98% at 9–7 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
NLCS printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school lettered GCSE figure for 2022. Grades in 2022 were set at a midpoint between summer 2019 and 2021, on Ofqual’s account. Ofqual ↗
numbered GCSE 100% at 9–7Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 100% at 9–7 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
Grades were set by teachers. NLCS printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school lettered GCSE figure for 2021.
Grades were set by teachers. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school lettered GCSE or numbered GCSE figures for 2020, so we cannot give a combined annual figure.
lettered GCSE 97% at A*–AResults for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
NLCS printed 97.21%, not compared. Published by qualification: 97% at A*–A (lettered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
NLCS printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school numbered GCSE figure for 2018.
The 25 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.
North London Collegiate School: GCSE · A*–C / 9–4, 2017 to 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
NLCS’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
NLCS’s 2022 numbered GCSE table doesn’t give 9–4 on its own. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school lettered GCSE figure for 2022. Grades in 2022 were set at a midpoint between summer 2019 and 2021, on Ofqual’s account. Ofqual ↗
Grades were set by teachers. NLCS’s 2021 numbered GCSE table doesn’t give 9–4 on its own. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school lettered GCSE figure for 2021.
Grades were set by teachers. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school lettered GCSE or numbered GCSE figures for 2020, so we cannot give a combined annual figure.
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.
North London Collegiate School: GCSE · Grade 9, 2026
Year
Grade 9
Entries graded 9–1
NLCS’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
numbered GCSE 79.4% at 9Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 79.4% at 9 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
NLCS printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school lettered GCSE figure for 2026.
numbered GCSE 83.4% at 9Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 83.4% at 9 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
NLCS printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school lettered GCSE figure for 2025.
numbered GCSE 72.4% at 9Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 72.4% at 9 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
NLCS printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school lettered GCSE figure for 2024.
numbered GCSE 75% at 9Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 75% at 9 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
NLCS printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school lettered GCSE figure for 2023.
numbered GCSE 79% at 9Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 79% at 9 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
NLCS printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school lettered GCSE figure for 2022. Grades in 2022 were set at a midpoint between summer 2019 and 2021, on Ofqual’s account. Ofqual ↗
numbered GCSE 95% at 9Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 95% at 9 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
Grades were set by teachers. NLCS printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school lettered GCSE figure for 2021.
Grades were set by teachers. We don’t have NLCS’s whole-school lettered GCSE or numbered GCSE figures for 2020, so we cannot give a combined annual figure.
We are still researching the earlier years. Finding and checking one year’s source does not give us a complete annual history.
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 · . Latest list of where leavers went: 2025 leavers · . Last checked 15 Oct 2026
2025 · Where leavers went
University destinations
1 · destinations
Source: Original publication
What these figures count
Count in the school-published leavers’ destinations table. No application/offer rate or inferred count of pupils.
Worth knowing: Source-era institution label retained; joint programmes are one stated row, not split. Tables are evidence retrieval only; do not sum with school summaries.
How the source defines it: Count in the school-published leavers’ destinations table. No application/offer rate or inferred cohort denominator.
Count in the school-published leavers’ destinations table. No application/offer rate or inferred count of pupils.
Worth knowing: Source-era institution label retained; joint programmes are one stated row, not split. Tables are evidence retrieval only; do not sum with school summaries.
How the source defines it: Count in the school-published leavers’ destinations table. No application/offer rate or inferred cohort denominator.
2,716 records from 1992 to 2026: results for IB, GCSE/IGCSE and A level (7 qualifications in all), and 352 university records. Taking the school’s figures as published, the longest run on one unchanged definition is A-level grades at A*, 2025–2026 (2 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 16 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 159 of 296 entries, searched without finding one for 10, haven’t searched 92 yet, and 35 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 haven’t searched 2 yet. Figure found: 1992–2025. Found, not compared: 2026. Not researched yet: 1990–1991.
Not searched yet: 1990–1991. A blank here says nothing about what the school published.
GCSE/IGCSE
Covers GCSE and IGCSE grades, numbered and lettered. We have a figure for 30 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we haven’t searched 7 yet. Figure found: 1992, 1995 and 1999–2025. Found, not compared: 2026. Not researched yet: 1990–1991, 1993–1994 and 1996–1998.
Not searched yet: 1990–1991, 1993–1994 and 1996–1998. A blank here says nothing about what the school published.
Pre-U
Covers Cambridge Pre-U grades, which are not charted as a separate series. We have a figure for 14 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we searched 1 without finding a figure yet and haven’t searched 1 yet, and 21 didn’t apply. Figure found: 2012–2024. Found, not compared: 2011. No figure yet: 2010. Not researched yet: 2009. Did not apply: 1990–2008 and 2025–2026.
Where we looked for the 1 missing year
2010
Inspected named-school return availability in original ISC annual workbook
Not searched yet: 2009. A blank here says nothing about what the school published.
IB
Covers International Baccalaureate results, which are not charted as a separate series. We have a figure for 21 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we haven’t searched 2 yet, and 14 didn’t apply. Figure found: 2006–2025. Found, not compared: 2026. Not researched yet: 2004–2005. Did not apply: 1990–2003.
Not searched yet: 2004–2005. 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 3 without finding a figure yet and haven’t searched 17 yet. Figure found: 2009–2025. No figure yet: 2006–2008. Not researched yet: 1990–2005 and 2026.
Where we looked for the 3 missing years
2006–2008
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.
Not searched yet: 1990–2005 and 2026. 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 3 without finding a figure yet and haven’t searched 17 yet. Figure found: 2009–2025. No figure yet: 2006–2008. Not researched yet: 1990–2005 and 2026.
Where we looked for the 3 missing years
2006–2008
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.
Not searched yet: 1990–2005 and 2026. 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 17 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we searched 3 without finding a figure yet and haven’t searched 17 yet. Figure found: 2009–2025. No figure yet: 2006–2008. Not researched yet: 1990–2005 and 2026.
Where we looked for the 3 missing years
2006–2008
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.
Not searched yet: 1990–2005 and 2026. 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 8 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we haven’t searched 29 yet. Found, not compared: 2018–2025. Not researched yet: 1990–2017 and 2026.
Not searched yet: 1990–2017 and 2026. A blank here says nothing about what the school published.
We last checked one of NLCS’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 NLCS
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