Academic Results
The aims at New Hall are to provide a broad and balanced education, rooted in the School’s Catholic foundation and to inspire students to develop their talents to their full potential. These aims are met with students achieving consistently outstanding GCSE and A Level examination results.
In 2024 at A Level, 52% of all A Level grades were at A*/A, with a quarter of the cohort earning a full set of A*/A grades. 81% of all grades awarded at New Hall were A*-B. At GCSE, 76% of grades were at 6-9, 53% at 7-9 and 31% at the top grades 8/9.
Record A Level Results, 2024
Year 13 students received a record-breaking set of A Level results. After months of anticipation, the cohort, characterised by fantastic co-curricular achievements and charitable endeavours, gathered with teachers, friends and family to mark this significant milestone in their academic journey.
A record 52% of all A Level grades were at A*/A, with a quarter of the cohort earning a full set of A*/A grades. 81% of all grades awarded at New Hall were A*-B. 85% of places secured by students are at Russell Group/Top 20 universities.
Welcoming the students as they arrived, Mrs Katherine Jeffrey, Principal, said, “I am incredibly proud of our students and all they have accomplished. This group has excelled not only in their studies but also across a wide range of co-curricular activities, from sports to performing arts, and in their service to the community. Their New Hall journey has taken them around the world as part of their academic enrichment, with trips to France, Iceland, India, Spain, Switzerland, the United States of America and more. Complemented by their hard work, these diverse experiences have embellished their education, contributing to their outstanding results and preparing them for the exciting next steps in their lives.”
Students have secured places at leading universities across the country and beyond, including Oxford, Durham, Exeter, Loughborough, University College London, Warwick, Michigan State and Stanford.
Lawrencia, Classics Prefect and a boarder, is very excited to start her studies of Classics and Middle Eastern & Asian Studies at Oriel College, Oxford, “I’m just so glad and grateful to my teachers for all their help. It will be exciting to start the course, living in a new place and being even more independent than in boarding. It is so important to believe in your dreams, so to those considering Oxbridge, the process is worth it!”
Deputy Head Boy Archie was one of the School’s highest achievers, gaining three A* grades and securing his place to read History at Durham University. Archie shared, “Sixth Form was busy but amazing, and I’m very grateful to the School and my History teachers especially. My message to all students is to work hard and remember to enjoy yourselves.”
National tennis player Ellie signed on to a fully-funded tennis scholarship with Michigan State University, with the aim to study Political Sciences and International Relations. “Even with so much time away competing, I’ve had a great Sixth Form experience, and I’m really pleased with my results. My family and I are now travelling to the U.S. today; I’m so excited for a change of scenery and to meet my new teammates,” Ellie commented.
Once again, our Economics Department is celebrating stellar results, with 39% of grades at A* and 75% at A*/A. Economics and Business are two of the most popular subjects in New Hall’s Sixth Form. The Modern Languages Department continues to go from strength to strength with a third of grades at A* and 82% at A*/A. This follows the news that New Hall has won the Muddy Stilettos Best Schools Award for our pioneering programme of ‘Modern Languages Cookery’. Staff and students have worked together to create a unique, immersion-style of learning, which helps to build confidence when learning a language, as well as fluency in one of the most useful, and at New Hall most popular, topics of conversation – food! Our second state-of-the-art cookery room opened in 2024, offering the professional Leiths Academy qualifications.
Vice Principal, Dr Paul Tiffen commented, “It is remarkable to see that over half of grades are at A*/A. In their Sixth Form studies, and throughout their examinations, students have shown extraordinary resilience, focus and determination, with superb support from our staff throughout. Their commitment to both academic excellence and personal growth has been truly inspiring, reflected in these outstanding results.”
A parent shared their elation at their child’s successes, “New Hall has been an amazing opportunity for all three of our children. As a parent I’m so proud of the school and I feel very sad to leave.”
The wide range of course choices among students underlines the influence of New Hall’s careers programme on broadening horizons, with the most popular being Politics, Business, Finance and Economics courses, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, as well as History and Theology courses.
Record GCSE Results, 2024
Year 11 students at New Hall School jumped for joy, with news of their record-breaking results. 76% of grades were at 6-9, 53% at 7-9 and 31% at the top grades 8/9.
New Hall’s top performer, Ned B achieved a clean sweep of eleven grade 9s. Ned said: “I’m really happy with my results. I’ve decided on Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Further Mathematics for my A Levels. I’m really looking forward to starting boarding at New Hall with all my friends – Sixth Form will be great!”. In Year 10, Ned took two Level 3 qualifications (three years’ early), gaining a grade A* in his Level 3 EPQ and the highest grade, A, in the FSMQ in Additional Mathematics. In 2024, Ned also achieved a Distinction in the UKMT Maclaurin Maths Olympiad 2024, and 95%, the highest score in School, in his Grade 7 Communications Skills, as part of his co-curricular Trinity Drama examinations.
This was closely followed by a group of students with nine or more grades 8/9: Maximilian P, with ten grades 9s and an 8; Stanley B, Aurora N and Eriaanuoluwa S, all with eight grade 9s and three grade 8s; Sarah E and Maximilian A, both with eight grade 9s and two grade 8s; Iya N-K, with six grade 9s, four grade 8s and one grade 7; and Darcey C, with six grade 9s, three grade 8s and one grade 7.
Aurora N is a weekly boarder, diocesan scholar and this year’s recipient of the Principal’s Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement. Aurora is excited to be studying Mathematics, Biology and Chemistry at A Level, as well as a DELF Diploma in French. “I joined New Hall in Year 7 and have really appreciated the support system available in the boarding house. I’m looking forward to my A Level lessons at New Hall – my ambition is to be a psychiatrist, so I’m hoping to study medicine at university,” Aurora shared.
Particular subjects were celebrating outstanding results at the very top grades. New Hall’s Biology results saw 57% of grades at 8/9. Almost half of students studying French GCSE gained the top grades 8/9. In Greek, the largest ever cohort were awarded 63% of grades at 8/9, with 88% at 7+. In Latin, 68% of grades were 8/9, with 50% at grade 9.
Mrs Katherine Jeffrey said, “We are all so proud of all our Year 11 students. In my 22 years as Principal, this day has never ceased to be one of the most joyful occasions of the academic year. Our students have worked incredibly hard and it is exciting to share this moment with them, as they receive this recognition for their achievements. New Hall’s GCSE records come hot on the heels of last week’s record A Level results at New Hall, with 81% of grades at A*-B and 52% of grades at A*/A.”
“Each year, we are proud to see the success of the diamond model, as we challenge and overthrow the notions of gender stereotypes in school subjects and teaching. Evidenced by this year’s results and our students’ choices of A Level subjects, we see the positive effects of single-sex teaching on adolescents’ unconscious bias. The co-educational A Level lessons in the Sixth Form will help to prepare them for further education and life beyond school,” commented Dr Paul Tiffen, Vice Principal.
Head of Sixth Form and Oxbridge classicist, Mr Paul Goulding, said: “We are delighted with this news of the students’ academic successes. They will be progressing to New Hall Sixth Form at an exciting time, with our new Sixth Form Business & Languages Centre opening in September 2024, providing university-style facilities, alongside our Sixth Form Boarding Houses. This will also be the first cohort to have the option to study BTEC Sport at New Hall, after this vocational course, equivalent to two A Levels, was added to the Sixth Form academic provision. We continue to welcome applications for Sixth Form until early September, due to the expansion of our provision this year.”
- Read about our 2023 A Level results
- Read about our 2023 GCSE results
- Read about out 2022 A Level results
- Read about our 2022 GCSE results
- Read about our 2021 A Level results
- Read about our 2021 GCSE results
- Read about our 2020 A Level results
- Read about our 2020 GCSE results
- Read about our 2019 A Level results
- Read about our 2019 GCSE results