RUGBY High School students are celebrating after nearly a quarter of all GCSE grades were a grade 9, with over half of all grades being grades 9-8.
The average grade achieved was a grade 8, with two per cent more grade 9s than 2019 and three per cent more grades 9-8 than 2019.
Some 13 per cent of the cohort gained eight grade 9s or more, and 72 per cent of all grades awarded were grades 9-7. 18 per cent of students taking Art GCSE were commended by the exam board for having received some of the highest marks in the country overall.
Head teacher Mark Grady said: “We could not be prouder of our students. They have worked incredibly hard, and deserve every success. To have exceeded the number of grade 9s and 8s achieved last year and in 2019 is a superb effort.
“Clearly, our students follow the motto of Rugby High School, and have set the highest of heights in their hearts. What wonderful success! It is a real testament to the quality of education students receive at RHS, and proof of our students’ determination and hard work to achieve the very best. We could not be happier for our students and their families, and they should be rightly proud of such outstanding results.
“I’m sure our students have read the doom-laden news stories about fewer top grades and ‘return to pre-pandemic levels’. That speculation is difficult to read when waiting for your results.
“But I am so pleased to say that the 2025 cohort have been prepared brilliantly, and have achieved incredibly highly – above pre-pandemic levels.
“We are so proud of their efforts, and wish them every success in their next steps, the vast majority of whom will be staying on to complete A-levels at Rugby High School.
“We are quite simply overwhelmed at the success stories of our students.”
