The final full stop has been placed on the 2024-25 academic year, with the release of GCSE results.

Following 1,198 exams for Westminster’s 122 pupils, the headlines are:

• 77% at grade 9
• 92% grades 9/8
• 97% grades 9-7

Exams were sat in 24 subjects: seven science or technical, eight languages (modern and ancient), three in the arts, and three in the humanities … not forgetting the core of English and maths. Seven of these subjects saw straight 9/8 grades, with 17 having straight 9-7 grades.

Individualy, 36 students achieved straight 9 grades, with 78 gaining straight 9/8 grades.

Head Master, Dr Gary Savage, said: “For anyone to achieve the highest possible grade across a wide range of subjects is testament both to a great deal of hard work and very impressive focus. For so many pupils to manage this feat, year after year, speaks not only to their dedication but also to an institutional passion for learning that goes far beyond the examined syllabus.

“I am hugely proud of all our pupils, as well as their teachers and all the other staff who help make this remarkable scholarly community what it is. Public examination results are of course very important and each year they mark a moment in time for everyone to see and take stock. But what they don’t really show is what a dynamic, stimulating and fun place Westminster is – not just a place where questions are posed, researched and debated, but where the next question is always being asked.”