Academic Achievement
The school has maintained a strong academic record. Once considered among the top ten academic schools in the country, the school has lost its former leading position. Note, however, that the school supports a sixth form that, at just under 200 pupils, is very much larger than those of the other Foundation Schools (with James Allen's Girls' School c.90 and Alleyn's School c.130), and bigger than most other public/independent schools in the United Kingdom. The school typically has about 120 pupils gaining 100% AB grades at A level. In recent years, the school has produced between 40 and 50 Oxbridge students per year.
With regard to GCSE results, the college's results may be understated, as boys take the IGCSE in English, Maths, History and (from 2012) all three sciences, and this result is not shown on the league tables.
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