After Merchiston's strong performance at A-Levels last week, today marks another greatly anticipated day with the publication of our GCSE results for the V Form. Once again, our students have put in a strong performance across the cohort with a fantastic 47% of all papers graded 9/8/7 and 90% papers graded 9-4.
An impressive 15% of our graduates secured an A* grade, with 85% achieving grades between A* and C. Our overall pass rate remains very robust, with 100% securing passes in these courses.
In today’s competitive and global workplace it is important that your son leaves school having achieved the very best of which he is capable, equipped for his next step.
Our exam results show both the consistency and excellence of an education at Merchiston, which place us annually at the top of the league tables of Scottish schools.
What makes these results all the more remarkable is that entrance to Merchiston is not based solely on academic ability; Merchiston is not an academic ‘hot house’ for very bright boys. Our performance is a testament to our pupil centred approach; each result tells a story of a young man’s hard work, and the genuine and intensive personalised academic support we will have given him every step of the way.
We place significant trust in Merchiston when recommending it as an outstanding senior school option for boys. Former pupils who go on to Merchiston never fail to impress when they return to visit, either as senior school pupils or beyond school leaver age. Merchiston succeeds in stimulating, challenging and inspiring boys to achieve their potential and readies them for an ever changing and increasingly complex world.
| GCSE | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Pass rate | 90% |
| Grades 9 | 12% |
| Grades 9/8 | 25% |
| Grade 9/8/7 | 47% |
| A level | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Pass (A-E) | 100% |
| A* grades | 16% |
| A grades | 19% |
| A*/A/B grades | 59% |
| A*/A/B/C grades | 86% |
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