Public examination results at Nonsuch High School this year have broken all previous school records. The number of top grades attained by both Year 13 and Year 11 students has exceeded that achieved by previous year groups.

A-Level results
87.01% of the 503 exam entries this year (excluding Critical Thinking) were awarded A or B grades. This represents a 5% increase in top grades since last year. Students throughout the year group are jubilant. One student gained six A-grades; a further 12 students achieved five straight As. Seventeen girls will be taking up Oxbridge places - another school record.

Nonsuch is a leading school in the teaching of Critical Thinking. We remain one of very few schools in either the maintained or the independent sector to enter all our students for this challenging course which develops thinking and reasoning skills and is much valued by universities. A 60% increase in the achievement of A and B grades in the subject here this year, and a 99.3% pass rate, testify not only to the achievement of the students, but also to the success of the teaching team in developing this course.

Mrs Genefer Espejo, Headmistress, who retires this month, is delighted with exam results that demonstrate the exceptionally high achievement of girls completing their school education at Nonsuch. "Everyone in the school community is justifiably proud of these outstanding results. The talent and ambition of the students, the expertise and commitment of school staff, and the support and encouragement of parents are all reflected in these grades. As one of the highest attaining schools in the country, Nonsuch is very well placed as it embarks on the next stage of its development. And I'm personally delighted for each and every one of these A-level candidates."

GCSE Results
84% of the 2180 entries at GCSE this year were awarded A* or A grades. 93 % of Nonsuch students gained 5 or more of these top grades, with one student achieving a staggering 14 A* grades. Every Nonsuch candidate attained the DCSF benchmark of 5 GCSE passes at grades A* - C including Mathematics and English.

A Specialist School for both Science and Languages, Nonsuch has bucked National trends in both areas. All students took the more demanding triple Science route, with 88% of Science entries gaining A* or A grades. Similarly all Year 11 students took at least one modern foreign language, with 72.3% of entries gaining the top grades. Thirty two gifted Year 10 linguists took a language (German or Italian) a year early and 80% of these entries gained A* or A grades. Ninety six Year 10 students were fast-tracked in Maths - and every single student attained at the top levels, 90% of them attaining the A*.

Mrs Espejo congratulated students as they collected their results. Commenting on the second record-breaking statistics to be released in a fortnight she said, "these students have delighted themselves and us with their results. They have proven to themselves that they can achieve whatever they set their sights on. The excitement in school this morning was tangible - these girls certainly have a lot to celebrate!"