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This year, Lancing students are celebrating outstanding results, with nearly 40% of exams graded the top 8 or 9. Converted to the former grades, you would have to go back to 2010 to find a comparably good year with this year’s equivalence to the old A*-B grades being 87% of all grades.
There has been a wealth of excellent outcomes with an incredible 59 students from this year’s cohort averaging in excess of a Grade 7 average. Furthermore, 20 students achieved over a Grade 8 average and 60 students achieved at least one Grade 9, the gold standard A** equivalent for remarkable achievement. Good results have been achieved across all subjects; particularly strong departments included:
- Mathematics, taken by all students, where over half of all grades awarded were at Grade 8 or 9 (a feat equalled by our excellent Music Department!). Maths is an extremely popular subject at A Level, with almost half of Lancing College students on average continuing their studies in the subject.
- Sciences continued to perform very strongly, with 53% of Biology students, 59% of Chemistry students, and 61% of Physics students achieving Grade 8 or 9. The strength of the sciences is seen at A Level as well as the undergraduate studies of Lancing students, whose studies have extended to Medicine and Veterinary, multiple Engineering disciplines, pure Sciences, Aeronautics, Renewables and Forensics.
- Art had an incredible set of results with 45% of the candidates entered scoring Grade 9, the coveted A** equivalent.
Commenting on these excellent results, Head Master Dominic Oliver said:
"We are all immensely proud of the GCSE results Lancing pupils have achieved this year – there is a real commitment to learning amongst this group and I am excited to think of what they will achieve at the next stage of their education.
The staff at Lancing have played a vital part too: it is my firm belief that these grades come down not just to the academic expertise we have in spades here, but the shared vocation and determination of all at the College to bring out the best in every member of the community.
These results are even more impressive when you consider that for at least a quarter of the students, part of our amazing International community represented by over 40 different nationalities, English is not their first language."
These results come on top of our excellent A Level results last week.
Luca B from Brighton joined Lancing on an academic scholarship from our preparatory school in Hove. Luca netted an excellent clean sweep of A grade equivalents or better with three Grade 9s, three 8s and three 7s. He goes on to study Biology, Psychology and Mathematics at A Level with the hope of studying Psychology at university, one of our most popular departments. Psychology at Lancing can boast two former academic researchers in the field amongst its teachers.
Bella B joined Lancing as an academic scholar from Sompting Abbots Preparatory School and has more than lived up to the accolade, gaining an astonishing eight Grade 9s along with a Grade 7. Bella aspires to study English Literature at university and, having gained Grade 9s in both English Language and Literature looks to live up to Lancing’s very strong literary and writing tradition that includes Sir David Hare, Sir Christoper Hampton, Jan Morris and Evelyn Waugh.
Isaac B joined Lancing from our preparatory school in Worthing and has gone on to achieve an outstanding set of results of straight Grades 8 and 9 across the sweep of his GCSEs. Isaac continues with us into the Sixth Form where the breadth of his interests reflect the incredible sweep of the Lancing curriculum. Isaac will be studying Latin, Computing, Economics and History, all outstandingly strong departments.
Izzy B from Storrington, West Sussex joined us from Lancing College Preparatory School at Worthing, winning an academic scholarship to Lancing. Izzy has done fantastically well to net a clean sweep of Grades 8 and 9 with Grade 9s in English Language, History, Drama, French and Chemistry. She goes on to the Lancing Sixth Form to study English, History, Chemistry and Biology where she will face a decision between pursuing a career in Veterinary Medicine or Law. Both career paths have specialist support with aspiring vets able to join our medical and veterinary preparatory programme, including work on our commercial farm and our equestrian centre while our legal preparatory courses including mentoring from a qualified solicitor on the staff.
Kiara N joined Lancing from Exeter Cathedral School as an outstanding music and choral scholar and a fearsomely talented academic. Kiara scored a sweep of excellent grades including four Grade 9s and three Grade 8s, the Grade 9s in English Language, English Literature and Music particularly playing to her strengths. A chorister, Kiara will continue to sing with Lancing’s internationally reputed choir while pursuing A Levels in English Literature, Latin and German alongside diploma level singing with a hope to continue in our fine choral tradition, training as an opera singer.
Hugo D from Worthing joined Lancing College on an academic scholarship from our sister preparatory school in Worthing and has more than lived up to the promise of that accolade. He has scored a post-GCSE top grade in Additional Mathematics on top of an astounding seven Grade 9s and two Grade 8s. Hugo, the eldest of four outstanding students at the Lancing family of schools, continues in the College’s strong scientific tradition, studying for A Levels in Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics and French. He hopes one day to be an engineer and to participate in the College’s longstanding engineering mentoring partnership with Ricardo Engineering that each year sees Lancing students go on to the best engineering university courses in the world.
Nicola K continues in the outstanding tradition of brilliant international students at Lancing. Nicola, from Jakarta, Indonesia, is one of three excellent sisters who are going through the College, following in the footsteps of their father who also attended Lancing. Nicola achieved an excellent seven Grade 9s among her grades as well as a top grade in the Additional Mathematics post-GCSE examination. She goes on to study Psychology, Chemistry and Mathematics.