University Destinations
and Exam Results
Examination Results 2025
We are delighted to celebrate another year of outstanding success at Runnymede.
In the IGCSE and GCSE examinations, 67% of pupils achieved an A-A*/7-9 at IGCSE (above the UK national average of 22% and the UK Independent school’s average of 48%). Also, more than 25% of our pupils achieved A*-A across all of their subjects, with overall results demonstrating excellence across the board. We are particularly proud to note a marked increase in the very highest grades (A*/9) compared with previous years. An impressive 37% of all grades were awarded at A*, while over two-thirds were at A-A*. In addition, 21 pupils in Year 10 sat their IGCSE French a year early, and every one of them achieved an A*—a testament to both their ability and commitment.
At A Level, 57% of grades were awarded at A or A*, (above the UK national average of 25% and the UK Independent Schools’ average of 47%). Our pupils also showed extraordinary ambition and dedication, with 70% completing four or more A Levels, an achievement undertaken by just over 5% of candidates in the UK. Nearly 20% of our cohort achieved four A*-A grades, while almost 39% left with at least three A*-A grades.
These results are a reflection of the hard work, perseverance, and academic strength of our pupils, and we are immensely proud of all that they have achieved.
University Destinations 2025
We are thrilled that 84% of pupils secured a place at their first-choice university.
Since Brexit, we have seen fewer pupils opting for the UK, with many instead favouring the US or Spain. However, this year saw a notable return to the UK, with 47% of pupils heading there. Impressively, 83% of these pupils will attend Top 10 universities in the UK (as ranked by The Sunday Times Good University Guide). Among them, three pupils have won places at Oxbridge: one to read Materials Science and another Geography at Oxford, and a third, following a gap year, to study Human, Social and Political Sciences at Cambridge.
Meanwhile, 18% of pupils are heading to the US, including five who have secured places at Ivy League institutions: two at UPenn, and one each at Brown, Columbia, and Harvard.
30% of pupils have chosen to remain in Spain, with IE, ICADE, and ICAI proving most popular. We are also delighted that five pupils will be embarking on medical degrees in Spain.
Our pupils’ chosen fields of study reflect both breadth and ambition. Business, Management, Economics, and Finance remain the most popular areas, while Engineering and the Sciences also continue to attract strong interest. International Relations, Politics, and the Humanities have seen significant uptake as well. In addition, a number of pupils are pursuing diverse pathways in Performing Arts, Music, Hospitality, and even Pilot Studies – a testament to the individuality and diverse interests that guide our pupils’ choices.
COUNTRY | UNIVERSITY | PUPILS | COURSES |
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UK | University of Bath | 7 | Civil Engineering International Management with Study or Work Abroad International Management & Modern Languages (Spanish) with Study or Work Abroad Management with Work Placement Management with Work Placement Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering with professional placement |
US | Berklee College of Music | 2 | Music |
UK | University of Bristol | 2 | Politics and International Relations International Business Management with Study Abroad |
US | Brown University | 1 | Biomedical engineering |
UK | University of Cambridge | 1 | Human, Social, and Political Sciences |
US | Carnegie Mellon University | 1 | Artificial Intelligence |
SP | Universidad CEU San Pablo | 2 | Medicine Medicine |
US | Columbia University | 1 | Economics |
SP | CUNEF Universidad | 2 | International Business and Economics International Business and Economics |
UK | Durham University | 1 | Finance |
UK | The University of Edinburgh | 1 | Business with Enterprise and Innovation |
CH | EHL Hospitality Business School | 1 | International Hospitality Management |
SP | ESCP Business School | 1 | Management |
UK | University of Exeter | 1 | History and International Relations |
SP | FTEJerez (Flight Training Europe) | 1 | Pilot Studies |
US | Harvard University | 1 | Physics |
SP | Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE) | 2 | Business Administration and Management and Law Business Administration and Management and Law |
SP | Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICAI) | 4 | Engineering for Industrial Technologies Industrial Engineering and Business Management Mathematical Engineering with Artificial Intelligence Mechanical Engineering |
SP | IE University | 9 | Business Administration Business Administration Data and Business Analytics Dual Degree in Business Administration and Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Dual Degree in Business Administration and International Relations Philosophy, Politics, Law and Economics (PPLE) Philosophy, Politics, Law and Economics (PPLE) Political Science |
UK | Imperial College London | 3 | Biochemistry Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering |
UK | King’s College London | 2 | General Engineering History and International Relations |
UK | Lancaster University | 1 | Business Management (Study Abroad - Spain) |
US | Loyola University Chicago | 1 | Business Management |
UK | LSE: The London School of Economics and Political Science | 1 | Management |
SP | Universidad de Navarra | 2 | Biochemistry Medicine |
US | Northeastern University | 1 | International Affairs |
UK | University of Oxford | 2 | Geography Materials Science |
US | Pace University | 1 | Performing Arts |
US | Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) | 1 | Architecture |
FR | Sciences Po | 1 | International relations |
UK | University of St Andrews | 13 | Computer Science & Mathematics Financial Economics and Management Financial Economics and Management International Relations International Relations International Relations International Relations and Modern History International Relations and Modern History Management Management and Modern History Management and Psychology Physics Psychology and Sustainable Development |
SP | Tecnun School of Engineering, University of Navarra | 1 | Artificial Intelligence Engineering |
US | Tufts University | 1 | History and Finance |
SP | Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio(UAX) | 1 | Medicine |
IR | University College Dublin (UCD) | 2 | Humanities Sustainability |
UK | University College London (UCL) | 4 | Management Science Civil Engineering Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) Physics |
SP | Universidad de Diseño, Innovación y Tecnología (UDIT) | 1 | Design |
SP | Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (UFV) | 1 | Medicine |
US | University of Michigan | 1 | Engineering |
UK | University of the Arts London | 1 | Foundation Diploma in Art and Design (Level 3) |
US | University of Wisconsin–Madison | 1 | Communication Arts |
US | University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) | 2 | Business Engineering |
US | University of Southern California (USC) | 1 | Communications |
UK | University of Warwick | 3 | History and Politics Management Management with Placement Year |
SUBJECTS | A* | A | B | C | D | E | Candidates | % A*-A | %A*-C |
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Fine Art | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 100 | |||
Biology | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 50 | 100 | ||
Business | 5 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 18 | 93 | ||
Chemistry | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 38 | 85 | ||
Drama & Theatre | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 80 | |||
Economics | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 50 | 96 | |
English Literature | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 27 | 45 |
French | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 39 | 89 | ||
Geography | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 30 | 37 | 97 | |
German | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | |||||
History | 1 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 38 | 100 | |||
Mathematics | 20 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 47 | 68 | 94 | |
Further Mathematics | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 92 | 100 | |||
Further Mathematics AS | 3 | 3 | 100 | 100 | |||||
Music | 1 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 100 | ||||
Physics | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 58 | 100 | ||
Spanish | 41 | 21 | 2 | 64 | 97 | 100 |
SUBJECTS | A* | A | B | C | D | E | Candidates | % A*-A | %A*-C | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Additional Mathematics | 4 | 2 | 6 | 100 | 100 | |||||
Art | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 28 | 94 | ||
Biology | 23 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 71 | 97 | |
Chemistry | 23 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 83 | 94 | |
Drama | 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 48 | 90 | ||
English Language | 12 | 33 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 85 | 53 | 98 | ||
English 2nd Language | 2 | 7 | 9 | 100 | 100 | |||||
Spanish Language | 28 | 11 | 9 | 48 | 81 | 100 | ||||
Computer Science | 3 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 53 | 90 | |
Second Language Spanish | 22 | 1 | 23 | 100 | 100 | |||||
Geography | 11 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 72 | 100 | |||
History | 36 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 79 | 97 | |
Latin | 1 | 1 | 100 | 100 | ||||||
English Literature | 25 | 31 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 84 | 67 | 98 | |
Mathematics | 49 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 85 | 76 | 100 | |||
Music | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 50 | 100 | |||
Physics | 26 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 61 | 80 | 98 |
COUNTRY | UNIVERSITY | OFFERS 2025 |
---|---|---|
UK | UCL (University College London) | 32 |
UK | University of Bath | 31 |
UK | Kings College London | 21 |
UK | University of Edinburgh | 21 |
UK | University of Warwick | 21 |
UK | University of St Andrews | 20 |
UK | Lancaster University | 11 |
UK | Imperial College London | 10 |
UK | University of Bristol | 10 |
UK | Durham University | 9 |
UK | University of Exeter | 8 |
SP | ICADE | 5 |
SP | IE University | 4 |
UK | University of Manchester | 4 |
SP | CUNEF | 3 |
USA | Northeastern University | 3 |
SP | Universidad de Navarra | 3 |
USA | University of California - San Diego | 3 |
USA | University of California - Southern California | 3 |
USA | Berklee College of Music | 2 |
USA | Carnegie-Mellon University | 2 |
USA | Columbia University | 2 |
UK | Loughborough University | 2 |
UK | LSE | 2 |
UK | Queen Mary University of London | 2 |
UK | UAL | 2 |
UK | University for the Creative Arts | 2 |
UK | University of Birmingham | 2 |
USA | University of California - Berkeley | 2 |
UK | University of Oxford | 2 |
USA | University of Pennsylvania | 2 |
UK | University of Sheffield | 2 |
UK | University of Surrey | 2 |
USA | AMDA College of the Performing Arts | 1 |
UK | Bath Spa University | 1 |
USA | Boston University | 1 |
USA | CalArts | 1 |
SP | CEU San Pablo | 1 |
USA | Duke University | 1 |
USA | Fordham University | 1 |
USA | Harvard University | 1 |
USA | Holy Cross College | 1 |
USA | John Hopkins University | 1 |
UK | Kingston University | 1 |
USA | Marymount Manhattan | 1 |
USA | New School | 1 |
USA | NYU | 1 |
USA | Pace University | 1 |
UK | Regent's University London | 1 |
FR | Science Po | 1 |
USA | Tufts University | 1 |
SP | Universidad Alfonso X | 1 |
USA | University of California - Santa Cruz | 1 |
UK | University of Cambridge | 1 |
USA | University of Florida | 1 |
UK | University of Glasgow | 1 |
USA | University of Loyola, Chicago | 1 |
USA | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 1 |
USA | University of Notre Dame | 1 |
USA | University of Purdue | 1 |
UK | University of Stirling | 1 |
USA | University of Virginia | 1 |
USA | Vanderbilt University | 1 |
USA | Yale University | 1 |
AWARD | STUDENT | SUBJECT | EXAM SERIES | QUALIFICATION |
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Top in the World | Diego | Mathematics | Cambridge IGCSE | June 2024 |
Top in the World | Sofía | Spanish | Cambridge IGCSE | June 2024 |
Top in Spain | Cayetana | Biology | Cambridge IGCSE | June 2024 |
Top in Spain | Claudia | Drama | Cambridge IGCSE | June 2024 |
High Achievement | Diego | Additional Mathematics | Cambridge IGCSE | June 2024 |
Top in Spain | Nicolas | History | Cambridge IGCSE | June 2024 |
Top in Europe | Arianna | Geography | A Level | June 2024 |
Top in Europe | Sam | History | A Level | June 2024 |
Top in Spain | Eva | Chemistry | A Level | June 2024 |
Top in Spain | Isabella | Biology | A Level | June 2024 |
Top in the World | Alec | First Language Spanish | Cambridge IGCSE | June 2023 |
Top in the World | Santiago | Foreign Language Italian | Cambridge IGCSE | June 2023 |
Top in Spain | Alec | Physics | Cambridge IGCSE | June 2023 |
Top in Spain | Alec | First Language English (Oral Endorsement) | Cambridge IGCSE | June 2023 |
Top in Spain | Lucía | Drama | Cambridge IGCSE | June 2023 |
Top in Spain | Olympia | History | Cambridge IGCSE | June 2023 |
Top in the World | Marcos | Further Mathematics | A Level | June 2023 |
Top in the World | Julia | German | A Level | June 2023 |
Top in Europe | Flavia | History | A Level | June 2023 |
Top in Spain | Adriana | Mathematics | A Level | June 2023 |
Top in Spain | Alvaro | Literature in English | A Level | June 2023 |
Top in Spain | Mafalda | Biology | A Level | June 2023 |
Top in Spain | Shang | Chemistry | A Level | June 2023 |
Top in Spain | Isabella | Chemistry | Cambridge IGCSE | June 2022 |
High Achievement | Isabella | Latin | Cambridge IGCSE | June 2022 |
Top in the World | Carmen | Mathematics | A Level | June 2022 |
Top in Europe | Gabriela | History | A Level | June 2022 |
Top in Spain | Rodrigo | Geography | A Level | June 2022 |
Top in Spain | M. Victoria | Biology | A Level | June 2022 |
Top in Spain | Claudia | Literature | A Level | June 2022 |
Top in Spain
| Marcos | History | Cambridge IGCSE | June 2021
|
Top in Spain
| Gonzalo
| Literature in English | Cambridge IGCSE
| June 2021
|
Top in Spain
| Marcos
| Mathematics (Without Coursework) | Cambridge IGCSE
| June 2021
|
High Achievement
| Rafael | Latin | Cambridge IGCSE | June 2021 |
Top in Spain
| Adriana | French | IGCSE | November 2020
|
Top in the World | Malcolm | History | A Level | June 2019 |
Top in Spain
| Carlos | Biology
| IGCSE | June 2019
|
Top in Spain
| Lucas | Chemistry | IGCSE | June 2019
|
Top in Spain
| Lucas
| Drama
| IGCSE
| June 2019
|
Top in Spain
| Alexandra | Drama
| IGCSE
| June 2019
|
Top in Spain
| Jaime
| English 2nd Language | IGCSE
| June 2019
|
Top in the world
| Jaime
| Mathematics
| IGCSE
| June 2019 |
Top in Spain
| An-Hsien
| History
| IGCSE
| June 2019
|
Top in Spain
| An-Hsien
| Physics | IGCSE
| June 2019
|
Top in the world
| An-Hsien
| Latin | IGCSE
| June 2019
|
Top in the world
| Sofía
| History | A Level
| June 2018
|
Top in the world
| Elena
| Mathematics
| IGCSE | June 2018
|
Top in Spain
| Elena
| Biology
| IGCSE | June 2018
|
Top in Spain
| Elena | Chemistry
| IGCSE
| June 2018
|
High achievement
| Elena
| Latin
| IGCSE
| June 2018
|
Top in the world
| Álvaro
| Drama
| IGCSE
| June 2018
|
Top in Spain
| Álvaro
| Geography
| IGCSE
| June 2018
|
Top in Spain
| Sofía
| English Literature | IGCSE
| June 2018
|
Top in Spain
| Claudia
| French
| IGCSE
| November 2017 |
Top in the world
| Yuvraj | Latin
| IGCSE | June 2017 |
Top in Spain
| Sandra
| French
| IGCSE
| June 2017
|
Top in Spain
| Sandra
| Biology
| IGCSE | June 2017
|
Top in Spain
| Juan
| Maths
| IGCSE
| June 2017
|
Top in Spain
| Dana | Drama
| IGCSE | June 2016 |
High achievement in Spain
| Jimena | Latin | IGCSE | June 2016 |
Top in the world
| Yann | Spanish | IGCSE
| June 2016 |
Top in the world
| Patrick | Spanish | IGCSE | June 2016 |
Top in the world
| November | Spanish | IGCSE | June 2016
|
Top in the world
| Marcos | Latin | IGCSE | June 2015 |
High achievement
| Marcos
| Latin
| IGCSE | June 2015 |
Top in the world
| Marcos
| Art & Design
| GCSE
| June 2015
|
Top in the world
| Carlos
| Mathematics
| A Level | June 2015 |
Top in the world
| Andrés | Mathematics
| A Level | June 2015
|
Top in Europe
| Paloma
| English Literature
| A Level
| June 2015
|
Top in Spain
| Andrés
| Chemistry & Physics
| A Level
| June 2015
|
High achievement
| Cristina | English Literature
| IGCSE
| November 14
|
Top in Spain
| Naomi
| Art & Design
| A Level
| June 2014 |
Top international mark
| Paula | English Literature
| A Level
| June 2014
|
Top in Spain
| Sam
| Chemistry, Geography & Physics
| IGCSE
| June 2014 |
University Destinations and Exam Results
Undergraduate Old Runnymedians
Over the past 15 years, 684 Old Runnymedians have gone on to pursue their university degrees at some of the best institutions in the world including Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College London, Brown, Yale, UCL and LSE. Most of our graduates choose to study in the UK, Spain or the US although other destinations such as France, Switzerland and Italy are also considered. Click on the icons for more information.

US UNIVERSITIES | |
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American University
| 1 |
Babson
| 2 |
Boston College
| 1 |
Bowdoin College
| 1 |
Brown
| 2 |
California
| 1 |

UK UNIVERSITIES | |
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American University
| 1 |
Babson
| 2 |
Boston College
| 1 |
Bowdoin College
| 1 |
Brown
| 2 |
California
| 1 |

FRANCE & SWITZERLAND UNIVERSITIES | |
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American University
| 1 |
Babson
| 2 |
Boston College
| 1 |
Bowdoin College
| 1 |
Brown
| 2 |
California
| 1 |

SPAIN & PORTUGAL UNIVERSITIES | |
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American University
| 1 |
Babson
| 2 |
Boston College
| 1 |
Bowdoin College
| 1 |
Brown
| 2 |
California
| 1 |