Tonbridge’s students have put in outstanding performances in this year’s A-level exams. 43 per cent of all grades awarded to the Upper Sixth cohort are at the very highest grade of A*.

In total, 80 per cent of all grades awarded are A* or A, while nearly all grades (97 per cent) achieved by Tonbridge students are either A*, A or B.

Tonbridge’s Donald Chui received the top score in the country from examination board OCR for its A-level Mathematics B (MEI) qualification: he was the top performer from approximately 6,500 candidates.  

This year’s leavers become the second Tonbridge cohort to have completed the School’s Sixth Form Curriculum. Launched in 2020, this was inspired by the skills which The World Economic Forum identified as having the greatest value in today’s workplace including complex problem-solving, critical thinking and creativity. 

The majority of Tonbridge’s leavers have once more secured their first-choice university destination and are heading to many leading universities across the world, including Oxford and Cambridge, Princeton, Columbia, Chicago, Duke, and the University of Southern California. They also have places at Waterloo (Canada) and Delft (Netherlands). 

As reported earlier this year, a total of 27 students (representing 17 per cent of the Upper Sixth) received offers for places at either Oxford or Cambridge.

Tonbridge was ranked as the 8th best school in the country in Parent Power, The Sunday Times Schools Guide 2023, which is based on A-level and GCSE performance. Tonbridge was also the country’s top performing boys’ boarding school.

Read here as some of our Upper Sixth leavers reflect on the past five years and look forward to the next stage in their lives.