Exam Results

We are delighted to announce with the following detailed statistics and a message from our Principal, Tim Naylor, about how well our A-Level students at Bath Academy have performed this year. We are so proud of each and every student’s determination and drive for success, and the impressive results reflect their can-do attitude and the quality of our tailored teaching.

From our Principal Tim Naylor:

“Here we are on Results Day, with the media pundits looking for something controversial to fill the airwaves and column inches. Previously it has been ‘made up’ grades during COVID, followed by easier exams with grade inflation and universities lowering their entry requirements.

In contrast, I would like to flag up the hard work put in by Bath Academy students, many of whom had decided not to settle for second best last year and took the decision to come to us and resit their A Levels. On average they improved by 2 grades per subject, with one student improving her three A-Levels by an impressive 10 grades.

We teach, educate and support young people who feel one down by providing the encouragement to move from a ‘felt minus to a felt plus’, and lead more satisfying and creative lives. I am a Psychology teacher and my favourite psychologist – Albert Ellis – once said,

‘The trouble with most therapy is that it helps you feel better. But you don’t get better. You have to back it up with action, action, action.’

Our students have done just that, by putting in the hard work to progress to universities matching their abilities and aspirations – congratulations!”

A Level Results 2024:

• 28% of grades were A*/A
• 85% of our students progressed to their first-choice university
• 54% went to Russell Group universities
• 55% of grades were A*-B, exceeding the national 53.9%
• 69.9% of all A-Level entries achieved grades A*- C
• Top university destinations this year currently include (but are not limited to): Durham, Exeter, Bristol, Surrey, Leeds, Winchester, and Bath

As is the case every year at Bath Academy, One Year A-Level (Resit) students did extremely well, with an average grade improvement of two grades per subject. One student made an impressive ten-grade improvement across three A-Levels, achieving a place to study Psychology at Surrey, and another achieved a four-grade improvement with final grades of A*A*A and an A* in his EPQ – he gained a place at Exeter to study Politics and International Relations.

GCSE Results 2024

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From our Principal Tim Naylor:

“This year’s exams have seen even more changes and challenges for students including the return to pre-pandemic marking standards in England (in contrast to Northern Ireland and Wales) with many universities not adjusting their offers in line with this. Additionally, post-pandemic we have seen students requiring more support than previous years,” said Principal Tim Naylor. “This isn’t surprising with the disrupted path Year 11s and Year 13s have experienced over the last few years. Despite this, Bath Academy students have performed incredibly well, with eighty per cent gaining a place at their first-choice university. One A-Level student came all the way from Chester to study at Bath Academy to fulfil his dream of becoming a doctor. Having previously achieved A*A*A* in humanities subjects, he studied Chemistry, French, and Biology from scratch in one year, achieving A*A*A. He is now going St. George’s University Medical School in London.”

A Level Results 2023:

• 28% of grades were A*/A (compared to 27% nationally)
• 79% of our students progressed to their first-choice university
• 60% went to Russell Group universities
• 56.1% of grades were A*-B, exceeding the national 53.5%
• 81.6% of all A-Level entries achieved grades A*- C, exceeding the national 76%

As every year at Bath Academy, One Year A-Level (Resit) students did extremely well, with an average grade improvement of two grades per subject. One student made a five-grade improvement across two A-Levels, achieving a place to study Physiotherapy, and another achieved a three-grade improvement to gain a place a Durham to study Accounting.

GCSE Results 2023

• 68.6% achieved grades 9  -4
• 13.3% achieved the top grades 9 – 8

Despite a challenging few years of education, and with a cohort who never sat formal exams before, Bath Academy students have done extremely well this year in their A-Level exams, surpassing the national average by scoring 72% A* to B. This was almost a 30% increase from 2019, with 59% of subjects resulting in 100% A*-B grades. Furthermore, 92% of grades were A*- C grades. The college recorded a 100% pass rate in all subjects which included the demanding STEM subjects, resulting in all applicants with offers to Medicine or Dentistry getting places and 58% of students progressing to Russell Group or Times Top 20 universities.

A Level Results 2022

• 72.1% A*-B grades (compared to 70.3% nationally, and a 30% increase from 2019)
• 91.8% A*-C grades (14% increase from 2019)
• 59% of subjects had 100% A*- B grades
• 100% of subjects had 100% passes

From our Principal Tim Naylor:

“Re-sit students did exceptionally well with their value-added achievements, with two students improving six grades: one going on to read Mathematics at Durham University and the other to Kings College London to study Nutritional Sciences,” said Principal Tim Naylor. “These results are especially impressive given that Bath Academy is an academically non-selective school with students from all types of backgrounds, sometimes joining part way through the year or on short, intensive courses, others needing flexible schedules due to disruption in their education.”

GCSE Results 2022

• 54.7% achieved grade 9 to 4
• 20.7% achieved the top grades 9/8

A Level Results 2021

• 54% of grades were A*/A
• 82% of grades were A*-B
• 93% of all A Level students achieved grades A*-C.
• The average grade improvement by re-sit students this year was 2 grades per subject
• Every A Level subject had 100% pass rates
• 87% gained placed at their first choice university
• 70% gained places at Russell Group universities

High Flyers:

• A 2 year A-Level student who achieved A*A*A*A* at the first attempt is off to UCL to study Architecture.
• A-Level student from Tehran achieved A*A*A*A* at the first attempt and is off to Kings College London to study Physics and Philosophy.
• A-Level student had AS Level grades of CCC at previous school and achieved A*A*A at Bath Academy, now going to a Russel Group university (University of Bristol) to study Biological Sciences.
• Transfer student with learning difficulties was predicted grades of BBD, and has achieved grades A*AA and is going to Kings College London to study English with Film Studies.
• Resit student improved 6 grades in Biology, Chemistry, and Maths to AAB and has a place to study Pharmacy at UCL.

The percentage of A*- B grades this summer was 82%, 12% higher than the national average

From our Principal Tim Naylor:

“We were thrilled to see all our A Level and GCSE students achieve the grades they so richly deserved this week, despite the adverse conditions imposed by the pandemic. It clearly shows that all young people, with differing strengths and weaknesses, are capable of achieving so much more with high levels of personal support from their teachers, the inner motivation that comes from having a clear goal, and the experience of being valued as individuals. We saw re-sit students make up to a 5 grade improvement on their previous grades, others achieving straight A* grades in four A Levels and almost everyone achieving more than they had believed possible. But grades are probably less important in the long run than the strengths of character that our students have developed in the face of a very challenging situation, rising from a felt minus to a felt plus. Surely the development of these deeply personal qualities is what truly effective education is all about.”

‘Thank you very much for all the knowledge you shared with us this year. I really appreciate what I have learned outside of the curriculum too.’ – Year 13 Biology student

A Level Results 2020

• 53% of grades were A*/A
• Percentage of A*-B grades this summer was 79%
• The average grade improvement by re-sit students this year was 2 grades per subject.
• 18 out of 20 A Level subjects had 100% pass rates;
• 40% of subjects had 100% grades A*-B.
• 92% of all A Level students achieved grades A*-C.
• 87.5% gained placed at their first choice university.
• 72% gained places at Russell Group universities

GCSE Results 2020

• 87% A*-C or 9-4 grades
• 52% A*/A or 9/8 (national average was 38%)

The percentage of A*- B grades this summer was almost 79%, 23% higher than the national average.

• 22% of grades were A*/A
• Nearly half of our students received an A*-B
• The average grade improvement by re-sit students this year was 2 grades per subject.
  • Top student improvement was by nine grades overall;
  • A seven grade improvement from CCD to A*AB was made, gaining a place at a Russell Group university to read Neuroscience;
  • Two students made five grade improvements;
• 100% of Medical and Veterinary Science applicants gained a place, and at their first choice Medical school or Vet school.
• 50% of university applicants gained places at Russell Group universities.
• 79% of applicants progressed to their first choice university
• 19 out of 21 A Level subjects had 100% pass rates
• 29% of subjects had 100% grades A*-B.
• 100% of Chemistry students achieved grades A*-B.
• 100% of French students achieved grades A*-B.
• 100% of Geography students achieved grades A*-B.
• 100% of Italian students achieved grades A*-B.
• 100% of Further Maths students achieved grades A*-B.
• 78% of all A Level students achieved grades A*-C.

2019 GCSE RESULTS

Congratulations to our GCSE students, who achieved 71.4% of results at grades 9-4.