- Given a blessing by George IV, the school’s first royal patron, in 1815, Reed’s has had various incarnations and locations, from London to Devon, over the centuries. It has been in its current home in the Surrey countryside since 1946.
- In 1958 Reed’s became a boys-only, fee-paying school. Before then it was a foundation school where pupils were all on bursaries, mostly from City of London companies.
- Today the school has about seven hundred day pupils and a hundred full-time boarders, and admits girls in the sixth form. Its ample grounds offer outstanding sports facilities including an indoor cricket centre, extensive rugby and cricket pitches and a sports centre with squash courts, a gym and a 25m pool.
- Music also plays a big role at Reed’s. Year 7 pupils learn a string instrument, and every boy in Year 8 is taught the trombone. About a third of pupils take additional instrument lessons and one in five is in the choir, which rehearses weekly in the school’s chapel.
- Among this year’s A-level leavers, 56 per cent of all grades awarded were A*/A and 86 per cent were A*-B. Their destination universities include Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College and Yale.
- Half of all GCSE grades were 9 or 8, and 44 per cent of pupils achieved a grade 9 in GCSE English language.
Results
A-level 2024 rank: 89
Grade
%
A*/A
56
A*-B
86
GCSE 2024 rank: 98=
Grade
%
A*/9/8
50
A/7
25
A*/A/9/8/7
75