We congratulate all our students on their achievements and IB Diploma exam results, which are a testament to their hard work, positive attitude and determination.

IB results 2023

Many congratulations to the class of 2023 on their impressive IB results.

Together, our students achieved an average IB Diploma score of 39.0 points, more than eight points above the world average and in line with our pre-pandemic results.

Significantly more than half our students, 57 per cent, earned 40 points or more – a fantastic result, with 73 students earning 42 points or more.

Five students achieved the maximum Diploma score of 45 points, among just 25 students in the UK to do so this year.

Mr Jesse Elzinga, the Headmaster, said: ‘Well done to all our students for gaining their IB Diploma, a great accomplishment for our second largest cohort of 231. They have achieved these remarkable results despite the disruptions they have encountered in their secondary education due to the pandemic. These are the first public examinations these students have taken, and their hard work, rigour and determination is commended.

‘Well done to our leavers, and Godspeed.’

This year, 179,917 students around the world took the IB Diploma. The IB’s outlook is invaluable, empowering our students to flourish in a global community. Our school leavers of 2023 are passionate, creative, critical thinkers who will go out into the world and make a difference.

 

GCSE and IGCSE results 2023

Sevenoaks School is again celebrating outstanding GCSE and IGCSE results.

  • 86 per cent of all examinations were graded 9/8/7 or A*/A, in line with 2019 pre-pandemic results.
  • 43 per cent of all examinations were graded 9.
  • 85 students gained 10 or more 9/8/7 or A*/A grades, and of those, 13 scored a superb 10 or more top grades of 9 (or A*).

The Headmaster, Mr Jesse Elzinga, said: ‘We are so proud of all our Year 11 students, and we congratulate them on their results. This impressive achievement at (I)GCSE, combined with excellent work in our Middle School Diploma, make these students well prepared to start the IB Diploma Programme, which is the gold standard of Sixth Form education.’

“WE ARE SO PROUD OF ALL OUR YEAR 11 STUDENTS. THESE EXCELLENT EXAM RESULTS ARE A TESTAMENT TO THEIR HARD WORK AND RESILIENCE OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.”

- Mr Jesse Elzinga, the Headmaster

Sixth form

The majority of our Year 11 students are staying on to study at Sevenoaks, joining new students from all over the world to form a 234-strong cohort starting in the Lower Sixth in September. We are delighted that they begin their Sixth Form careers so well prepared for the IB Diploma Programme, which we believe is the gold standard of Sixth Form education.

IB results in previous years

20222021202020192018
Number of candidates227235214224216
Grade 7 HL55.4%63.7%51.6%42.0%47.5%
Grade 7-6 HL89.1%92.1%84.0%81.4%
83.3%
Grade 7-5 HL98.7%99.1%97.7%94.2%95.8%
45 pts total1531181617
44 pts total2548241927
43 pts total2938231421
40+ pts total147176135119121
Average pts total40.341.4*40.239.339.7

*Non-examined years

Year 11 results

20222021202020192018
Number of candidates166170161159150
Grade A*/A or 9/8/796.2%94.6%95.0%87.7%92.8%
11 or 12 A*/A or 9/8/7 grades2825271615
10+A*/A or 9/8/7 grades1321341329598
9+ A*/A or 9/8/7 grades150150143115123

*New grading system introduced

 

“Our examination results are excellent, but this is not our primary purpose. High grades are a happy by-product of good education, and if we can enable students to leave school with outstanding qualifications too, then so much the better.”

Chris Taylor - Deputy Head Academic
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