GCSE Examination results
There were delighted scenes at Larkmead School Abingdon as students, families and staff celebrated wonderful stories of achievement and progress across the Year group and grade range.
15% of students achieved 7 or more grades 9-7 from subjects across the curriculum as well as Additional Maths, Astronomy and Latin. There is success across the different starting points for our students.
As an inclusive school, there are a number of students in each cohort who followed alternative pathways, with their at times reduced number of GCSEs balanced by other qualifications and work experience. This is reflected in the school’s headline measures.
100% of our outgoing Year 11 are in Education or Employment with Training, with many heading to Larkmead Sixth Form. This is a testament to our award-winning careers programme and the preparation a Larkmead education provides for your next steps.
We are so proud of all our students and wish them the very best in their exciting futures.
FURTHER ANALYSIS 2025
The key performance indicators that school leaders, parents and Ofsted can use to compare the GCSE outcomes of different schools are:
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9-4 E&M |
The percentage of students gaining a standard pass (grades 9-4) both in English and in Maths |
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9-5 E&M |
The percentage of students gaining a strong pass (grades 9-5) both in English and in Maths |
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Attainment 8 |
The average grade (points) achieved by a student across their 8 best subjects |
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Progress 8 |
The average progress made by students in the school compared to national figures |
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EBacc APS |
The average points score per student across the five pillars of the English Baccalaureate |
Further comparison is available on the school and college performance measures website and the Larkmead performance measures page linked here.
Attainment
Attainment figures for the recent GCSE results are given below. A 9-4 grade is roughly comparable to gaining A*-C in the legacy GCSEs and, in English and Mathematics, is termed as a standard pass under the new system. Gaining a grade 5 in English and Mathematics is termed as a strong pass. It is important to recognise that, with numerical grading, all grades 9-1 are considered as pass grades in all subjects.
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2025 |
2024 National |
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9-4 E&M |
55% |
65% |
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9-5 E&M |
35% |
46% |
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Attainment 8 |
39.3 |
45.9 |
Progress
Student Progress is assessed and reported through the Progress 8 measure that compares every student’s results with those of students nationally with similar KS2 attainment.
This analysis is not available this year as the cohort did not sit KS2 SATs due to Covid19.
The English Baccalaureate Average Points Score
The English Baccalaureate (EBacc) is not a qualification in its own right. It represents a measure of attainment across a suite of “traditionally academic” GCSE subjects: English, Mathematics, two Sciences, a foreign language and History or Geography, all at GCSE level. The percentage of pupils entered for the EBacc measures the proportion that study subjects in all five of these pillars.
The EBacc APS calculates a pupil's average point scores across the 5 pillars of the English Baccalaureate, allocating points to a pupil's best grades and dividing by 6 (the science grades count in 2 pillars) to create an average point score per pupil. All students are included in the EBacc APS measure but those who have not studied a subject within any one pillar score zero within that pillar. This means that this figure is considerably lower than the average GCSE result within the school.
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2025 |
2024 National |
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Percentage entered |
24% |
40% |
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EBacc APS |
3.44 |
4.07 |
Destinations
The percentage of Larkmead students who continued in education or training, or moved on to employment in the year after ending Key Stage 4 in July 2025 was 98%. Of the three students who are classed as NEET (not in education, employment or training), two are unable to access education, employment or training due to personal circumstances and one cannot currently be contacted.
