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Wellington College. GCSE/IGCSE entries at grades 9–8: 68.3% (GCSE/IGCSE entries (the total isn’t printed)), summer 2025 exams. Status: Checked against the original. Source: Wellington College: 2025 GCSE results, Page 1 TOTAL row, https://www.wellingtoncollege.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2025-GCSE-RESULTS.pdf. Checked by The Schools Record on 6 September 2026. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/new:wellington:2025:gcse:published/
Cambridge offers · of 20 applications from the school · 2025 admissions round
1–5
Checked against the original
The original uses 5 to conceal small counts. We show those as 1–5 because the exact number is not published. Offers aren’t places: one pupil can hold several offers but take up one place.
Wellington College. Cambridge offers: 1–5 of 20 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:wellington: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.
Wellington: between 38.7% and 41.8% grade 9 in the 3 years we can compare, except 2022 (49.1%).
20250%20%40%60%2025
Exams sat, by share of entries
20202025
Grade 9
Shown, not compared
No whole-year figure
Numbered GCSE entries
Entry shares unknown
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*, Pre-U D1 and D2 and IB Higher Level 7, as a share of all entries.
Wellington College: Sixth form · A* or equivalent, 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
Wellington’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
A-level 26.7% at A*Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 26.7% at A* (A-level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
Wellington’s 2026 record has IB Higher Level grade counts, but its A-level percentages have no entry count. Without that count, the A-level and IB results cannot be combined into one figure.
A-level 39.2% at A*Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 39.2% at A* (A-level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
Wellington printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have Wellington’s whole-school Pre-U or IB figures for 2022. Grades in 2022 were set at a midpoint between summer 2019 and 2021, on Ofqual’s account. Ofqual ↗
A-level 45.12% at A*Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 45.12% at A* (A-level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
Grades were set by teachers. Wellington printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have Wellington’s whole-school IB figure for 2021.
A-level 36.7% at A*Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 36.7% at A* (A-level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
Grades were set by teachers. Wellington printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have Wellington’s whole-school IB figure for 2020.
A-level 23.6% at A*Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 23.6% at A* (A-level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
Wellington printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have Wellington’s whole-school IB figure for 2019.
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.
Wellington College: Sixth form · A*–A or equivalent, 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
Wellington’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
A-level 76.2% at A*–AResults for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 76.2% at A*–A (A-level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
Wellington printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have Wellington’s whole-school Pre-U or IB figures for 2022. Grades in 2022 were set at a midpoint between summer 2019 and 2021, on Ofqual’s account. Ofqual ↗
A-level 78.8% at A*–AResults for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 78.8% at A*–A (A-level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
Grades were set by teachers. Wellington printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have Wellington’s whole-school IB figure for 2020.
A-level 57% at A*–AResults for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 57% at A*–A (A-level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
Wellington printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have Wellington’s whole-school IB figure for 2019.
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.
Wellington College: Sixth form · A*–B or equivalent, 2025 and 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
Wellington’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
A-level 95.3% at A*–BResults for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 95.3% at A*–B (A-level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
Wellington printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have Wellington’s whole-school Pre-U or IB figures for 2022. Grades in 2022 were set at a midpoint between summer 2019 and 2021, on Ofqual’s account. Ofqual ↗
A-level 94.5% at A*–BResults for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 94.5% at A*–B (A-level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
Grades were set by teachers. Wellington printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have Wellington’s whole-school IB figure for 2020.
A-level 85% at A*–BResults for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 85% at A*–B (A-level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
Wellington printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have Wellington’s whole-school IB figure for 2019.
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.
Wellington College: GCSE · A* / 9–8, 2025 and 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
Wellington’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
Wellington’s 2026 record gives 69.7% at grades 9–8, while a later check of the school’s page found “over 70%”. That difference and the grading scales covered remain unresolved, so no combined top-grades figure is shown.
numbered GCSE 61% at 9 or 8Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 61% at 9 or 8 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
Wellington printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have Wellington’s whole-school lettered GCSE figure for 2019.
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.
Wellington College: GCSE · A*–A / 9–7, 2025 and 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
Wellington’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
numbered GCSE 83% at 9–7Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 83% at 9–7 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
Wellington printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have Wellington’s whole-school lettered GCSE figure for 2019.
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.
Wellington College: GCSE · A*–C / 9–4, 2015 to 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
Wellington’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
Wellington’s 2022 numbered GCSE table doesn’t give 9–4 on its own. 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.
Wellington College: GCSE · Grade 9, 2025 and 2026
Year
Grade 9
Entries graded 9–1
Wellington’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
Wellington printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have Wellington’s whole-school lettered GCSE figure for 2019.
We haven’t found Wellington’s 2017 GCSE results yet. The search is still open.
Before you compare
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: 2018 leavers · . Last checked 15 Oct 2026
There are also 44 more recent university records that aren’t destination lists (applications, offers and acceptances): some cover more than one step of the application process. They’re on the destinations page. A blank year is not a zero.
2018 · Where leavers went
University destinations
11 · destinations
Source: Original publication
What these figures count
Destination count explicitly given in2018results article.
Worth knowing: No whole-leaver denominator or application/offer conversion rate. Source-era naming retained.
How the source defines it: Destination count explicitly given in2018results article.
2,423 records from 1992 to 2026: results for IB, A level and GCSE/IGCSE (6 qualifications in all), and 302 university records. Taking the school’s figures as published, the longest run on one unchanged definition is A-level grades at A*, 2022–2026 (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 10 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 133 of 296 entries, searched without finding one for 23, haven’t searched 99 yet, and 41 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: 1992–2019 and 2021–2026. Found, not compared: 2020. 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 28 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we searched 1 without finding a figure yet and haven’t searched 8 yet. Figure found: 1992, 1999–2005, 2007–2016, 2018–2019 and 2021–2026. Found, not compared: 2006 and 2020. No figure yet: 2017. Not researched yet: 1990–1991 and 1993–1998.
Where we looked for the 1 missing year
2017
Inspected named-school return availability in original ISC annual workbook
Original recent government qualification tables checked with school identity, contemporary metadata, exact numeric cells and complete distribution parity; IB diploma points/component/core grades and source size groups kept separate
Not searched yet: 1990–1991 and 1993–1998. 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 1 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we searched 13 without finding a figure yet and haven’t searched 2 yet, and 21 didn’t apply. Figure found: 2022. No figure yet: 2010–2019, 2021 and 2023–2024. Not researched yet: 2009 and 2020. Did not apply: 1990–2008 and 2025–2026.
Where we looked for the 13 missing years
2010–2016
Inspected named-school return availability in original ISC annual workbook
2017
Inspected named-school return availability in original ISC annual workbook
Original recent government qualification tables checked with school identity, contemporary metadata, exact numeric cells and complete distribution parity; IB diploma points/component/core grades and source size groups kept separate
2018–2019
Original recent government qualification tables checked with school identity, contemporary metadata, exact numeric cells and complete distribution parity; IB diploma points/component/core grades and source size groups kept separate
2021
Original recent government qualification tables checked with school identity, contemporary metadata, exact numeric cells and complete distribution parity; IB diploma points/component/core grades and source size groups kept separate
2023–2024
Original recent government qualification tables checked with school identity, contemporary metadata, exact numeric cells and complete distribution parity; IB diploma points/component/core grades and source size groups kept separate
Not searched yet: 2009 and 2020. 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 16 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we searched 1 without finding a figure yet, and 20 didn’t apply. Figure found: 2010, 2012–2019 and 2022–2026. Found, not compared: 2020–2021. No figure yet: 2011. Did not apply: 1990–2009.
Where we looked for the 1 missing year
2011
Inspected named-school return availability in original ISC annual workbook
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 18 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we searched 2 without finding a figure yet and haven’t searched 17 yet. Figure found: 2007 and 2009–2025. No figure yet: 2006 and 2008. Not researched yet: 1990–2005 and 2026.
Where we looked for the 2 missing years
2006
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.
2008
Read public school yearbook/report with year-specific headings and qualification/population distinctions; rendered Wellington spreads inspected
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 1 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we haven’t searched 36 yet. Found, not compared: 2018. Not researched yet: 1990–2017 and 2019–2026.
Not searched yet: 1990–2017 and 2019–2026. A blank here says nothing about what the school published.
We last checked one of Wellington’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 Wellington
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