Examination Results
St Columba’s College is delighted to announce another year of outstanding A Level achievement from our second co-educational cohort. Building on last year’s strong results, our A*-A, A*-B and A*-C percentages have increased to ten-year record highs (outside of pandemic-affected years).
“I could not be prouder of these young people and of our committed, dedicated and high quality teachers who have brought them to this point.”
Karl Guest, Headmaster
A Level Results 2024
Our top A Level performer gained 4 A* grades in Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Design Technology, together with an A* in his Extended Project Qualification.
Many other students achieved A* and A grades. This superb academic performace will allow them to progress onto a plethora of different fields and subjects areas. These include Law, Computer Science, Politics, Engineering, Physiotherapy, Theology, Linguistics, Finance and Architecture to name but a few.
73% were placed their first choice of university including Edinburgh, Liverpool, Nottingham, Durham, University College London, Exeter, Leeds and the University of Texas.
- 37% of all grades were awarded at A*-A.
- 37% gained at least two A grades.
- 59% gained at least one A grade.
- 73% of grades at SCC were awarded at A*-B compared with 54% nationally.
- 91% of grades were at A*-C compared to the national figure of 76%.
- 100% A Level pass rate.
We offer our congratulations to all the students and wish them every success in all their future endeavours. We are sure that they will flourish and demonstrate the numerous Columban virtues in their many and varied career paths.
GCSE Results 2024
Our GCSE results are, once again, exceptional this year. This is in no small measure due to the hard work and positive attitude shown by our determined students together with the innovation and commitment to excellence exemplified by our dedicated teaching staff.
58% of all results were rated at the top grades of 9-7. Over the last ten years, we have seen the proportion of these top grades rise by an impressive 47%.
At 16% of all examination entries, SCC figures are more than three times higher than the national average for grade 9s.
Over 36% of entries were graded at the top grades of 8 or 9.
Two thirds of the year group achieved between seven and twelve grades of 9-6.
42% of students had an average grade of 7 or higher across all their subjects with 17% gaining a full set of 7-9s.
96% of examinations taken were awarded grades 9-4.
“We pride ourselves on our holistic approach to education and that this begins with academic excellence. St Columba’s College continues to prove itself as a high quality place of learning, where our young people develop, grow and learn in an environment that recognises them as individuals and encourages them to flourish.”
Karl Guest, Headmaster
Breakdown of Results
A Level Results Table 2024
| 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | ||||||||
| A*-A | A*-B | A*-C | A*-E | ||||||||
| Candidates | A* | A | B | C | D | E | % | % | % | % | |
| Art | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 | 87.5 | 100.0 | 100 |
| Biology | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41.7 | 91.7 | 91.7 | 100 |
| Business | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 66.7 | 100.0 | 100 |
| Chemistry | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 44.4 | 55.6 | 100.0 | 100 |
| Computer Scie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 100 |
| DT | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41.7 | 75.0 | 100.0 | 100 |
| Economics | 17 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 23.5 | 58.8 | 88.2 | 100 |
| English Lit | 13 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15.4 | 69.2 | 100.0 | 100 |
| French | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 100.0 | 100 |
| Further Maths | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 80.0 | 100.0 | 100 |
| Geography | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57.1 | 71.4 | 85.7 | 100 |
| Italian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100 |
| History | 24 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 87.5 | 100.0 | 100 |
| Latin | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 75.0 | 100.0 | 100 |
| Mathematics | 25 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 44.0 | 68.0 | 88.0 | 100 |
| Physical Ed | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 62.5 | 100 |
| Physics | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 88.9 | 100 |
| Politics | 17 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 70.6 | 88.2 | 94.1 | 100 |
| Psychology | 24 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25.0 | 54.2 | 79.2 | 100 |
| Religious St | 19 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42.1 | 94.7 | 100.0 | 100 |
| Sociology | 18 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 44.4 | 83.3 | 88.9 | 100 |
| Spanish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 100 |
| Total | 253 | 27 | 66 | 91 | 47 | 18 | 4 | 36.8 | 72.7 | 91.3 | 100 |
GCSE Results Table 2024
| Candidates | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | U | 9-7 | 9-4 | |
| Art & Design | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 83 |
| Computer Science | 21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47.6 | 81 |
| Design & Technology | 30 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 100 |
| Drama | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 100 |
| Business | 39 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30.8 | 82 |
| English Language | 98 | 14 | 17 | 26 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.2 | 100 |
| English Literature | 97 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.7 | 99 |
| French | 22 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.4 | 91 |
| Geography | 27 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.9 | 96 |
| History | 53 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.9 | 94 |
| Latin | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 90 |
| Mathematics | 98 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.3 | 99 |
| Further Mathematics | 35 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48.6 | 97 |
| Music | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 100 |
| Physical Education | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.5 | 82 |
| Religious Studies | 98 | 17 | 28 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69.4 | 94 |
| Biology | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94.4 | 100 |
| Chemistry | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 100 |
| Physics | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 100 |
| Science Double | 158 | 20 | 37 | 27 | 8 | 42 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53.2 | 98 |
| Spanish | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 76 |
| Statistics | 14 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92.9 | 100 |
| Other | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 100 |
| % | 57.9 | 95.6 | |||||||||||
| Total | 928 | 146 | 190 | 201 | 153 | 117 | 80 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
