After two years in which students’ GCSE, IGCSE, AS and A Level grades were decided by evidence-based teacher assessments, in 2022 grades were determined as a result of students’ performance in public examinations and non-examination assessment.

To be fair to all students nationally and to recognise that all students’ learning had been disrupted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to some degree, the government decided that a range of mitigations should be put in place for the 2022 summer examination series, and that the results for each qualification would be approximately at the midpoint between 2019 (the most recent full examination series) and 2021 (Teacher Assessed grades).

As a result of this process, students at St Helen’s were awarded the following grades:

A LEVEL

  • 33% of A Levels graded A*
  • 80% of students achieved A*-A
  • 94% of grades awarded A*-B
  • 98% of grades awarded A*-C
  • 60.8% of our Year 13 students achieved A Level grades comprising only A* and A grades
  • 78.4% of our Year 13 students achieved AAB grades or better at A Level (the minimum grade profile typically required to study many competitive courses at leading universities)

Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)

  • 46% of grades awarded A*
  • 100% of students achieved A*-A
  • 100% of grades awarded A*-B
  • 100% of grades awarded A*-C

GCSE & IGCSE (overall)

  • 43% of students achieved grade 9
  • 71% of students achieved grades 9-8
  • 90% of grades awarded 9-7
  • 97% of grades awarded 9-6
  • 18.8% of students achieved 9 or more grade 9s
  • 30.4% of students achieved 7 or more grade 9s
  • 53.6% of students achieved exclusively grades 9-7

The grades in both GCSE and A Level comfortably exceed those of 2019 which was the last public examination series pre-pandemic, and are also largely in line with last year’s teacher assessed grades. The girls have worked so hard over the past two years in what have been unique and unsettling circumstances and we are incredibly proud of them. These outstanding results are testament to their work ethic, resilience, and, of course, to the support, dedication and expertise of their teachers.

A Level results 2022 by subject

Subjects Entries % A* % A*-A % A*-B % A*-C
Art (Fine Art) 4 50.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Biology 30 30.0% 80.0% 96.7% 100.0%
Business 5 0.0% 60.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Chemistry 37 24.3% 64.9% 81.1% 94.6%
Computer Science 1 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
D&T (Product Design) 2 50.0% 50.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Drama & Theatre Studies 4 0.0% 75.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Economics 15 40.0% 80.0% 100.0% 100.0%
English Literature 15 13.3% 93.3% 100.0% 100.0%
French 4 50.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Geography 10 30.0% 90.0% 100.0% 100.0%
German 3 66.7% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
History 16 43.8% 87.5% 100.0% 100.0%
History of Art 3 66.7% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Japanese 3 33.3% 33.3% 66.7% 100.0%
Mathematics 31 38.7% 77.4% 90.3% 96.8%
Maths (Further) 5 20.0% 80.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Music 1 0.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Physics 8 12.5% 75.0% 87.5% 87.5%
Politics 6 16.7% 50.0% 83.3% 100.0%
Psychology 8 75.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Religious Studies 9 55.6% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Spanish 8 37.5% 87.5% 100.0% 100.0%
Overall 228 33.3% 79.8% 93.9% 98.2%
Extended Project 2 0.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

GCSE results 2022 by subject

Subjects Entries 9 9 to 8 9 to 7 9 to 6
Art 12 8.3% 58.3% 83.3% 100.0%
Biology 110 54.5% 89.1% 99.1% 99.1%
Chemistry 109 45.0% 75.2% 92.7% 98.2%
Classics 7 14.3% 57.1% 71.4% 85.7%
Computer Science 23 47.8% 82.6% 95.7% 100.0%
Design & Technology 20 15.0% 45.0% 65.0% 85.0%
Drama 35 42.9% 65.7% 82.9% 97.1%
English Language 112 40.2% 67.9% 85.7% 98.2%
English Literature 112 28.6% 57.1% 82.1% 93.8%
French 31 25.8% 64.5% 83.9% 96.8%
Geography 56 39.3% 73.2% 92.9% 98.2%
German 15 26.7% 53.3% 80.0% 93.3%
Greek 7 71.4% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
History 66 53.0% 66.7% 93.9% 97.0%
Italian 9 0.0% 11.1% 22.2% 66.7%
Japanese 2 50.0% 50.0% 50.0% 100.0%
Latin 13 84.6% 92.3% 100.0% 100.0%
Mandarin 3 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 66.7%
Mathematics 112 34.8% 61.6% 86.6% 94.6%
Maths (Further) 34 73.5% 91.2% 97.1% 100.0%
Music 16 56.3% 87.5% 100.0% 100.0%
PE 10 40.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Physics 110 48.2% 73.6% 94.5% 97.3%
Religious Studies 62 67.7% 88.7% 96.8% 100.0%
Science (Double Award) 4 0.0% 75.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Spanish 59 32.2% 67.8% 89.8% 98.3%
Overall 1149 43.0% 71.3% 89.6% 96.9%

All results accurate as of 14th October 2022.