Another record breaking year of Academic Results at ISM

We are delighted to report a record year of successes with our (I) GCSE and A Level Results 2020. 

Despite moving to Virtual School back in March of this year, our Year 11 and Year 13 students – due to sit their (I)GCSE and A Level examinations in May and June – remained resilient in the face of change. Their dedication truly paid off and we are delighted to report a record year of successes with our (I)GCSE and A Level results.

100% of our Year 11 students achieved at least five A* to C grades (or equivalent) including English and Mathematics. A staggering 69% of our (I)GCSE grades were equivalent to A* or A grade.

A third of the student cohort secured top grades in more than six of their subjects with five of them achieving the highest grade possible in every one of their courses of study.

Our Year 13 students celebrated similar successes with another year of record-breaking A Level results.

As well as achieving a 100% pass rate across all subjects, an amazing 70% of our Year 13 students’ results came in at A* or A. 88% were between grade A* and B.

45% of the Year 13 graduating class achieved at least three top grades as part of their yield of results with two students securing a clean sweep of A* grades across all of their subjects. 

Our list of university destinations for the ISM Alumni continues to go from strength to strength and this year is no exception. Over a third of our 2020 graduates gained places to read undergraduate degrees at one of the Russell Group’s 24 world-class and leading research universities including

• United Kingdom - Edinburgh, Imperial College, King’s College, Manchester, Nottingham, UCL and York.
• Europe - Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne (Switzerland); Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (The Netherlands);  IMC University of Applied Sciences, Krems (Austria); Instituto Marangoni (Italy).
• Japan - Keio University;   Waseda University.
• South Korea -  University of Seoul.
• Australia - Macquarie University.

Learn more about our university destinations over the years. 

Students have opted to undertake courses ranging from art and drama to engineering and from medicine to philosophy and politics.

The graduating classes of 2020 will live long in our memory and should be held as an inspiration for those students taking examinations in the future.

Written by Ian Storey, Head of Secondary and Upper Campus