We proudly celebrate the achievements of our all students. This year’s results reflect their hard work, resilience and commitment throughout a demanding period of study. They have successfully overcome challenges, striving to do their best to excel across their subjects. Our students have shown impressive dedication that deserves recognition. We are delighted to share their successes and extend our congratulations to every girl on their accomplishments.
What is Value Added?
Value-added in education is the difference between the expected grade from a student’s baseline assessment score at the beginning of their course and the grade they actually achieved. At Notre Dame School, our overall value-added score of 1.2 at GCSE is outstanding. This means that the ‘Notre Dame predicted grade’ is a grade higher than the predicted grade based on ability alone. This places us within the top 2% of schools nationally for 2025, which illustrates the exceptional standard of our teaching and the superb progress our students make at our School.
We are delighted that 30% of our GCSE results were at grades 8-9 (equivalent to A*) and 13% of results were at grade 9 (the highest grade), which is an excellent reflection of our students’ hard work across a broad ability intake. Over 25% of all our Year 11 students gained nine or more grades 7–9. Across our whole broad-ability cohort 49% of all GCSE grades were 7–9, which exceeds the national average for independent schools.
| Subject | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | U | % Grade 4 or above |
| Art and Design | 9 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Biology | 9 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Chemistry | 10 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Computer Science | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| English Language | 7 | 11 | 23 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98.8% |
| English Literature | 10 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98.8% |
| Food Technology | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Further Maths | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| French | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Geography | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| German | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| History | 10 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Latin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Maths | 6 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96.6% |
| Music Studies | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87.5% |
| Performing Arts | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Physics | 9 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Polish | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Religious Studies | 8 | 16 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 96.5% |
| Spanish | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93.8% |
| Sports Studies | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95% |
| 15.75% | 18.37% | 21.13% | 20.58% | 16.16% | 6.35% | 1.52% | 0.14% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
