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Exam Results

GCSE Summary
 

Measure

2023

2024

2025 Provisional 2026

Progress 8

+0.13

+0.19 Not reported this year* Not reported this year*

Attainment 8

48.2

46.9 46

47

Percentage of pupils who achieved 5+ in English and Mathematics

47%

47.8% 48.6% 46.5%

Percentage of pupils who achieved 4+ in English and Mathematics

66%

63.7% 62% 62.8%

EBacc Average Point Score

4.28

4.29 4.1 4.21

EBacc Entry Percentage

44 %

41.1% 30.5% 38.7%

Percentage of pupils who achieved the EBacc Certificate at 5+

18%

26.3% 17% 20%

Percentage of pupils who achieved the EBacc Certificate at 4+

25%

30.4% 21.3% 27.5%

 

  • *Progress 8 is the key measure of progress across students' best 8 subjects, including English and Maths, from the end of year 6 tests to GCSE. It is expressed as fractions of a GCSE grade, with zero being average progress. Since the 2025 and 2026 year 11 cohorts didn't do SATS at primary school, there is no progress result published this year.
  • Attainment 8 is the total of the grades in students’ best 8 subjects including English and Maths.
  • The 2023 and 2024 GCSE results put Cheney in the top 20% of state schools nationally for progress.

At the end of Year 11, the significant majority of students remain in education, many in our Sixth Form. 

A Level Summary
 

Results

2023

2024 2025 2026

% passes at A*-A

28%

28% 31% 27.8%

% passes at A*-B

55%

51% 60% 58.5%

% passes at A*-E

99.7%

99.3% 99.6% 98%
Progress Band not published Above average Above average TBC
Progress Score not published 0.19 0.17 TBC


Both the 2023 and 2024 A Level results put Cheney in the top 15% of schools nationally (including private and selective) for absolute results. The 2024 progress results (not published in 2022 and 2023 because of Covid disruption to GCSEs) put Cheney in the top 10% nationally. The provisional progress scores for 2025 will probably put Cheney in the top 5% nationally for progress.

 

University Destinations

Our destinations data at the end of Year 13 is equally strong, reflecting many students who achieve places at Oxbridge and Russell Group universities and on competitive courses such as Medicine and Law. 

University Destinations

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

Total students to university

101 104 92 95 119

of which to Russell Group universities

35 44 47 41 54

of which to Oxbridge

1 4 5 5 9

of which studying medicine/dentistry/veterinary science

2 5 4 1 2

 

The DfE performance tables website below contains the KS4 and KS5 (age 16-18) performance data as published by the Secretary of State, including pupil destinations after KS4 (year 11) and Sixth Form.

DfE School Performance Tables website