336 Westminster School pupils in Years 11 and 13 collected more than 2,000 grades on the results days in August, again reflecting strong outcomes from a broad curriculum. Westminster School’s exam results and university destinations from previous years are published on our A Level and GCSE Results page.
The 2026 results at a glance
| A Level | GCSE | |
| Pupils | 207 | 129 |
| Grades awarded | 801 | 1,222 |
| Subjects taken | 22 | 24 |
| Top grade | 58% at A* | 75% at grade 9 |
| Top two grades | 88% at A*/A | 91% at 9/8 |
| Top three grades | 99% at A*–B | 97% at 9–7 |
A Levels
On A Level results day 207 Westminsters gained 801 grades, the vast majority taking four full A Levels, as remains the norm at Westminster, reflecting our commitment to academic breadth, intellectual challenge and preparation for highly competitive degree courses.
Between them, pupils studied 22 subjects across our academic departments, from mathematics (181 pupils, with 89 also taking further maths) to Mandarin, taken by two pupils.
Seven of the 22 subjects studied were languages, both ancient and modern, with 28 pupils taking French and four studying Classical Greek.
Across all examinations:
- 58% of grades were A*
- 88% were A*/A
- 99% were A*-B
- 96 (46%) of pupils achieved at least three A* grades, while 53 (26%) received only A* grades.
So where next?
For most, to Russell Group universities across the UK. 169 of our 207 leavers will take up places at one of 15 Russell Group institutions, notably:
| University | Places |
| Oxford | 43 |
| UCL | 27 |
| Cambridge | 24 |
| Imperial | 23 |
| Durham | 12 |
| Bristol | 9 |
| Warwick | 9 |
30 will head across the Pond, to schools including seven of the eight Ivy League (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, UPenn, Yale), Stanford, Chicago and Duke.
The courses are numerous and varied (with many making good use of all those maths A Levels):
| Course | Leavers |
| Economics | 33 |
| Sciences | 29 |
| Engineering | 18 |
| Maths | 14 |
| Modern foreign languages | 13 |
| Law | 11 |
| Medicine or dentistry | 11 |
| English | 8 |
| History | 8 |
| Computer science | 6 |
| Classics | 5 |
GCSEs
GCSEs remains a big and broad challenge for our 15- and 16-year olds, with ten or 11 subjects taken by all; each pupil showing great dedication and the capacity to soak up, process and draw interesting conclusions from vast amounts of information.
129 Westminster School pupils were awarded 1,222 grades covering 24 different subjects: from the ‘core’ taken by almost all pupils (two Englishes, maths, French, and the three sciences), to the more specialist disciplines, the most niche of all being Japanese, with two students.
| Subject area | Grades awarded |
| Modern languages (seven) | 200 |
| Humanities (geography, history, RS) | 130 |
| Technical (computer science, electronics, 3D design) | 92 |
| Arts (art, drama, music) | 56 |
| Classics (Latin and Classical Greek) | 38 |
Across all examinations:
- 75% of grades were 9
- 91% were 9/8
- 97% were 9-7
27 pupils achieved straight 9 grades, with more than half earning all 9/8 grades.
The results on this page may be subject to some change. Westminster School’s finalised GCSE and A Level results are published on the Exam Results and Higher Education page by 31 October each year.
