Exam Results

As a school we have always said that the true measure of our success is leavers’ destinations and the people they have become

Our 2025 A Level and T Level results were exceptional, with 90% of students progressing to university or to a degree apprenticeship and 15% of students taking up places at a highly esteemed Russell Group university.

CLICK HERE to read more about our leavers’ results and destinations.

GCSE Results

We are delighted with the results of our third cohort. Despite having a profile on entry that saw them below the national average, we are proud of the pupils and staff in being well above the national averages in all headline measures.

Since the pupils did not complete KS2 SATS, the Progress 8 score is estimated by the Fischer Family Trust and by our data software, Sisra, based on the MIDYIS tests that pupils always do when they first join us at the beginning of Year 7.

What makes this year exceptional is not just the grades, but the journey: our 2025 cohort arrived with the lowest prior attainment of any of the three year groups so far, but made excellent progress.

This means that in 2025, pupils made on average more than half a grade progress more than the national average.

Pupil Premium

Once again, we are particularly proud of the outcomes for those who are eligible for the Pupil Premium grant, where the outcomes have far exceeded the national averages.

These young people made more than a full grade of progress than the national average for that group, and for the third year running there is almost no gap between pupil premium and non-pupil premium children at Saracens High School.

It is also worth noting that pupil premium students at Saracens outperformed the national average for non-pupil premium children.

*non PP 2024 national P8 0.17; PP 2024 national P8 -0.57

2025 GCSE RESULTS

On average our Pupil Premium pupils achieved an average grade of 4.62. Nationally, it is 3.6 and we are so proud of our pupils, staff and families working together so Saracens pupils attained an additional grade in all GCSE subjects on average.

Our Pupil Premium pupils also made incredible progress* making an additional 0.6 grades. Nationally, this group normally goes backwards by 0.6 grades. This means that by coming to Saracens over five years, our pupils progress 1.2 grades more than if they had attended another school.

The average points score for the English Baccalaureate (English, Maths, Science, Geography or History and a Foreign Language) are well above national averages.

In 2025 our pupils attained an average of 4.39 which is over a third of a grade higher compared to national.

2026 GCSE RESULTS

For 2026 we are still waiting to hear how Pupil Premium pupils have achieved nationally but it has not changed for the past three years. Our cohort achieved an average grade of 4.47 which is nearly one grade higher.

Progress* was even better this year with Pupil Premium pupils’ progress +0.94 grades. This is over 1.5 grades that other pupils nationally and is an amazing achievement by our Saracens family.

The average points score for the English Baccalaureate (English, Maths, Science, Geography or History and a Foreign Language) are well above national averages

In 2026 our pupils attained an average of 4.31 which is around a third of a grade higher compared to national

This link takes you to the Department for Education Compare Performance page. Note that the 2025 data on this page includes four pupils who did not attend Saracens during Year 10 or Year 11 because they were too unwell (three attended a hospital school) and so did not complete their studies with us. These pupils have been excluded from our data above and below, but in line with the DfE procedures are included in their dataset.

Please note that there is no KS2 data for this cohort. Progress has been calculated by mapping MidYIS scores to KS2 SATs and quality assured against cohorts that have both KS2 and MidYIS scores. Despite it being an internal measure, we have carefully moderated and ensured accuracy with digital verification and quality assurance

Pupil Premium pupils are pupils who are on Free School Meals or had Free School Meals in the last six years. Pupil Premium pupils are the majority of our school community and are highest in Barnet.

Progress by year

Below you can see the journey of improvement in the Core Subjects (English, Maths and Science) for progress in each of our GCSE cohorts. You can see this by the fact that we closed this gap in our most recent results.

English Language Progress (2023-2025)