Academic Results

Academic Results Overview

We are very proud of the outstanding results achieved by students at Borlase undertaking GCSE and A Level Music, the numbers for which have continued to increase over the past few years against national trends. As of September 2025, we have 11 students in Y12/Y13 studying A Level and just under 80 students across Y9-11 studying GCSE. 

The department results are regularly in the top few % of schools nationally; since the change of specification in 2018, 88% of all students who have taken GCSE Music at Borlase have achieved Levels 9, 8 or 7 (excluding Centre Assessed Grade years). In A Level, 88% of our students have achieved an A*-B, with 100% of students achieving A*-D since 2018 (excluding Centre Assessed Grade years). 

Please see the results since 2018 in more detail below. 

Academic Results

GCSE (specification since 2018)

2026: 57% 9 (A**), 74% 9-7 (A**-A), 100% 9-6 (A**-B)

2025: 26% 9 (A**), 74% 9-7 (A**-A), 100% 9-3 (A**-D)

2024: 33% 9 (A**), 88% 9-7 (A**-A), 100% 9-5 (A**-C)

2023: 39% 9 (A**), 94% 9-7 (A**-A), 100% 9-6 (A**-B)

2022: 55% 9 (A**), 90% 9-7 (A**-A), 100% 9-6 (A**-B)

2019: 57% 9 (A**), 95% 9-7 (A**-A), 100% 9-6 (A**-B)

2018: 46% 9 (A**), 86% 9-7 (A**-A), 100% 9-4 (A**-C)

A-Level (specification since 2018)

2026: 75% A*, 100 % A*-C

2025: 22% A*, 89% A*-B, 100% A*-C

2024: 10% A*, 90% A*-B, 100% A*-C

2023: 62% A*-B, 100% A*-D

2022: 40% A*, 100% A*-B

2019: 86% A*-B, 100% A*-C

2018: 100% A*-B