Examination Results

Sixth Form Examination Results 2019

This year’s Charterhouse School leavers have equalled last year’s superb examination record by attaining 92% Distinction and Merit grades in their Pre-U public examinations.

Forty-three pupils attained Distinctions (or A Level equivalent) in every one of the subjects they took. Over 50% of all grades achieved were A* or A, and over 4 out of 5 grades were A*-B.

The largest Sixth Form cohort on our International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) has recorded excellent results too, and our IBDP graduates have maintained an average points score well beyond the international average.

Our pupils have secured places at some of the world’s top universities: eleven will take up offers at Oxford and Cambridge, nine at Durham, and fifteen at UCL. Beyond the UK, this year’s leavers will attend Bocconi, NYU Stern, Princeton, Brown, Columbia and Chicago.

Dr Alex Peterken, Headmaster, is delighted: “Our leavers have done exceptionally well, and I am so happy to see their academic success. Our pupils committed diligently to challenging academic courses, and they are to be congratulated on the perseverance and hard work they have shown in the Sixth Form”.

Dr Peterken also thanked all the school’s teachers, for their dedication in working closely with pupils, and expressed gratitude for the support for pupils that comes from all in the Charterhouse community.

Pre-U / A Level / IB Diploma Programme Percentages

In a small number of subjects an A level syllabus is followed. Pre-U equivalent grades have been given for A level and IB Diploma Programme (IBDP) subjects.

Results By Subject 2019
	Course	Dist %	Merit %	Pass %
Art	Pre-U / IBDP	82	18	0
Biology	A Level / IBDP	41	57	1
Business & Management	Pre-U	58	42	0
Chemistry	Pre-U / IBDP	41	56	4
Classics	A Level	0	100	0
Economics	Pre-U / IBDP	58	41	1
English	Pre-U / IBDP	47	53	0
French	Pre-U / IBDP	66	31	3
Further Mathematics	Pre-U	46	31	19
Geography	Pre-U / IBDP	60	33	5
German	Pre-U / IBDP	46	54	0
Greek	Pre-U	100	0	0
History	Pre-U / IBDP	47	50	3
Italian	A Level / IBDP	56	38	6
Latin	Pre-U / IBDP	75	25	0
Mathematical Studies	IBDP	50	50	0
Mathematics	Pre-U / IBDP	46	44	10
Music	Pre-U	50	50	0
Philosophy & Theology	Pre-U / IBDP	27	59	14
Physics	Pre-U / IBDP	45	40	15
Politics	A Level / IBDP	59	34	7
Russian	A Level / IBDP	100	0	0
Spanish	Pre-U / IBDP	67	33	0
Theatre Studies	A Level	100	0	0
Theory of Knowledge	IBDP	0	91	9

† IB DP grades have been converted thus: Distinction = 7 / 6; Merit = 5 / 4; Pass = 3 / 2 /1 and for EE and ToK: Distinction = A; Merit = B / C; Pass = D / E.

Cambridge Pre-U Results 2010-2018
	Entries	Distinction %	Merit %	Pass %
2019 Totals	504	52	40	7
2018 Totals	547	56	36	7
2017 Totals	646	61	34	4
2016 Totals	634	58	34	6
2015 Totals	456	56	37	7
2014 Totals	552	63	30	6
2013 Totals	467	64	30	6
2012 Totals	563	63	33	3
2011 Totals	479	67	25	8
2010 Totals	500	66	27	6

GCSE Results 2019

This is the first year that all GCSEs at Charterhouse have been graded on the new 9-1 scale.

The grades 9, 8 and 7 replace the previous A* and A grades, and at Charterhouse over 50% of pupils’ grades were 9-8, an incredible achievement in this new grading system. Furthermore, 25% of all grades awarded were 9, the highest possible grade attainable, and well above the former A*.

All of our pupils take at least 9 GCSEs, and of these an impressive 46 pupils gained 9 or more GCSEs that were all graded 9-7.

Finally, 24 pupils achieved grades all of which were classed in the 9-8 band, the highest marks available at GCSE.

Dr Alex Peterken, Headmaster, expressed his delight at what pupils have achieved, and gratitude to teaching staff who have guided and supported pupils so well through these examination reforms.

Percentages
	9-8 / A*	A*A	A*AB	A*ABC
2019	50	71	86	98
2018	57	75	91	97
2017	49	79	95	99
2016	45	76	93	99
2015	53	83	96	99
2014	51	82	97	100
2013	43	78	95	100
2012	44	79	96	99
2011	46	80	96	99
2010	33	73	91	98
2009	49	82	96	99
2008	37	76	95	100
2007	39	78	96	100
2006	35	75	97	100
2005	35	72	93	99