Exam Results
Wellington’s excellent results reflect our commitment to ensuring that every student fulfils their academic potential.
A Level Results
Average attainment at A level for the past 5 years is consistently well above the national average at all grade points, and in 2023 and 2025 close to a third of all grades were A* or A, whilst in 2024 this figure was an impressive 40%. In 2025 this included 71% A*-B for the Extended Project Qualification. Over the past three years on average almost two thirds of all grades have been awarded A*-B. In 2025 the figure was 80% or above for subjects including History, French, Chinese, Psychology, RS and Drama. In 2024 100% of the grades were awarded A*-B in Mathematics, Spanish, Music and Music Technology, Latin and German.
Students also consistently achieve outstanding results in BTEC Sport. In 2025 86% of the cohort achieved at least one distinction grade and in 2024 more than 50% of the cohort achieved one or more of the very top D* grades.
However, it is our outstanding value-added data that perhaps best reflects how a Wellington Education enables pupils to excel across a diverse range of subjects. In 2025 this put Wellington in the top 7% of all schools nationally, whilst in the national league tables published for A level performance in 2024 Wellington was given a progress score of 0.48. This puts the school into the top ‘well above average’ band for progress, meaning that Wellington is in the top 5% of schools and colleges in the country.
Wellington is committed to ensuring that each individual student finds the best possible pathway for them. In both 2024 and 2025 100% of students were offered places at their firm or insurance university. In 2025 and for the second year in a row all Medicine and Vet applicants were offered places and achieved the top A*/A grades in all subjects to secure their place in these competitive courses. The destinations of our students are wide ranging with success securing their chosen courses in Law, medicine, veterinary and allied health care professions such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, optometry and sports and exercise science. Our thriving STEM students have places in engineering, biomedical sciences, neuroscience, psychology, mathematics and in the Performing Arts students have places at RADA and Point Blank Music School.
GCSE results
Average attainment at GCSE for the past 5 years is well above the national average at all grade points. In 2024 the percentage of grades awarded the top grades 9-8 was well over double the national average, and over a third of grades are consistently awarded grades 9-7. In 2024 this figure was 44%, and in both 2021 and 2022 it was 50% or higher. In 2024 over 40% of the grades were awarded 9-8 on Chemistry, Music, Latin, Chinese and Spanish, whilst in 2025 a quarter of the grades awarded in German and 100% in Latin were at grade 9. Our top Mathematicians also achieve impressive outcomes in challenging additional qualifications. In 2025 4 students achieved A grades in the Level 3 Additional Maths qualification and 6 students were awarded distinction grades in the level 2 Additional Maths qualification. A number of students also take their GCSE Mathematics GCSE a year early. In 2025 100% of these students achieved a grade 7 or above, with 86% grades 9-8. The School’s value-added data also consistently shows that pupils make very strong progress, reflective of the individual journeys they embark upon at Wellington and the bespoke support they receive here.