Tonbridge celebrates excellent GCSE results

Boys at Tonbridge School are celebrating an outstanding set of GCSE grades this summer, having achieved 91 per cent A* / A grades or equivalent, the school’s second highest performance on record.

Sixty-five boys have each been awarded at least nine A*s or equivalent grades, a record for the school; and for the fourth year in succession, the average award for a Tonbridge boy is 7 A*s and 3 As. 

With reformed GCSEs now using the new 9-1 grading scheme, it is particularly pleasing to see the strength of the boys’ performance in the highest grades now on offer: 70 per cent of all grades awarded at Tonbridge this year are A*, 9 or 8 (that is, the equivalent of A*).

Outgoing Tonbridge Headmaster Tim Haynes said: “The boys are to be congratulated on these excellent results and I would also like to pass on my thanks to staff, both teaching and support.”

The school’s new Headmaster, James Priory, added: “Well done to the boys for a terrific set of results. I look forward to getting to know the boys, and their parents, as they move up into the Sixth Form. It is exciting to consider their potential, having seen such excellent results today.”

Top picture: Five of the Tonbridge School boys who achieved a ‘clean sweep’ of top grades – from left, Oliver, George, Alex, Oliver and Edward – with Headmaster James Priory. 

Pictured below: Boys celebrate the fantastic news with their families.