Exam Results
Canford has a reputation for academic excellence and our external results at A Level, Pre-U and GCSE are consistently impressive. On average in the past five years, over 30% of all A Level grades have been at A* and over 65% at A*/A, while at GCSE over 78% of all examinations have been graded 9/7 (A*/B). Such results have enabled our Upper Sixth leavers to move on to top universities on a wide variety of courses, with over 80% taking up places at Russell Group/Sunday Times Top 12 institutions in 2023, and 44 places at Oxbridge and 41 places to Medical Schools achieved in the past 5 years.
Best co-educational independent school in the South West for 2023 A Level performance.Sunday Times parent power report 2024
44
Oxbridge offers in the past 5 years
80%+
Offers each year to Russell Group/Sunday Times Top 12 universities
75.1%
A Level A*/A Grade in 2022
10
Pupils to US universities in past 2 years
“Results are easily as good as other co-ed schools with illustrious names...this speaks volumes for the first-rate teaching”
The Good Schools Guide
