GUNNERSBURY CATHOLIC SCHOOL

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS 2026

 

Year upon year, Gunnersbury students achieve examination results that consistently place Gunnersbury Catholic School amongst the very best schools in the country.  Our fantastic 2026 GCSE and A-Level outcomes continue this trend.  In fact, the success of this cohort of GCSE students positions Gunnersbury in the top 5% of all schools nationally.  Incredibly, 90% of these pupils achieved Grade 9-4 in both English and Mathematics: 24% higher than the average of all schools in England. Our motto, Ad Altiora, reach for the highest is certainly being realised at Gunnersbury

Our students’ GCSE results in the subjects of English, Mathematics and Religious Studies epitomises our excellence - far exceeding national trends.  Each of these subjects pass rates were in excess of 20% above national averages

 

 

 

Brilliantly, 35 of our pupils secured a full set of the very highest GCSE grades.  Furthermore, over 35% of our Year 11s secured 5 or more GCSEs at grades 9-7: grades equating to ‘A’ or above with respect to the previous GCSE grading system.  Superb achievements by our fantastic students.

 

2026 Attainment 8 Score 2026 Pupils achieving 4+ in English and Mathematics GCSE 2026 Pupils achieving 5+ in English and Mathematics GCSE

Gunnersbury 60 90% 82%

National 47 66% 47%

 

Sixth Form Success

Our incredible success at A-level continues with a phenomenal 29% of grades awarded at A*/A and 62% at A*-B grades. Furthermore, 97% of BTEC students achieved Distinction/D*. These outcomes set Gunnersbury Sixth Form amongst the very best 16-18 educators in the country.

 

Ultimately their fantastic results provide outstanding options for our students. These Year 13 students bid farewell to Gunnersbury Catholic School to join world leading universities, where they will study a myriad of amazing subjects. Our departing young men and women will be joining an illustrious set of past students who are studying at Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College, UCL, Bristol, Durham, Manchester, King’s… in fact at every Russell Group institution Gunnersbury alumni are to be found.  At these universities our students are studying a vast range of subjects across the fields of learning including Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Medicine, Pharmacy, Physics, Dentistry, Veterinary Science, Biochemistry, Philosophy, Politics, Accounting and Finance, Economics, Law, Chemistry, English, History, Business, Music… a seemingly endless list!

 

Oxbridge, Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Scholars at 2026
Damian Domanski	Engineering	Cambridge
Andrew Holland	History and Politics	Oxford
Melissa Granada	Medicine	UCL
Julia Siwicka	Medicine	Cardiff
Zach Dickinson	Medicine	Aston
David Gorges	Medicine	Brighton
Freddie Grant	Medicine	Nottingham
George Jansen	Medicine	Sunderland
Filopatir Kaldas	Medicine	Exeter
Isaak Lamprou	Medicine	Queen Mary
Talat Sweeney	Medicine	Aberdeen
Alex Simpson	Veterinary Science	Liverpool
Alex Kula	Medicine	Queen Mary
Rachel Wilson	Medicine	Kent
Mary Barsoum	Medicine	Leicester
Maryum Kureishi	Medicine	Queen Mary
Mikolaj Rycek	Chemical Engineering	Cambridge
Tanirika Shukla	Medicine	St George’s
Matthew Haddad	Medicine	King’s College
Ellie McLeish	Medicine	Brighton
Ramandeep Rao	Dentistry	Queen Mary
Ben Kim	Medicine	Cambridge
Michael Goodship	Medicine	King’s College