St Ambrose College

Selective

National rank

51

91

Rank last year

80.3%

A-level

A-level

A*-B

74.6%

GCSE

GCSE

9/8/7

Need to know

Head teacher Dermot Rainey
Attendance 96.5%
Gender of entry Boys
Send pupils* 4.0% *Special educational needs and disabilities
Total pupils 1,090
Pupils on free school meals 8.0%
Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

WELL ABOVE AVERAGE
Our methodology
Results

A-level 2025 rank: 59

Grade

%

A*

17.4

A

34.5

B

28.4

A*/A

51.9

A*-B

80.3

GCSE 2025 rank: 45

Grade

%

9/8

49.6

7

25

9/8/7

74.6

What the school inspection says

“Pupils understand the importance of the school mission statement to ‘produce resourceful and resilient Ambrosians, equipped to make a positive impact in the modern world’ ... Most teachers have high expectations for pupils. Pupils achieve well in their examinations at the end of Year 11 and at the end of sixth form. They move on to appropriate destinations when they leave school … Most pupils also participate in the many societies that are run by sixth-form students during lunchtimes ... Despite improvements to the curriculum, some subjects do not cover the depth and breadth of the national curriculum at Key Stage 3.”
Inspection
2020
*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

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