GCSE Success Across GLF Schools in 2025

Students across GLF Schools are celebrating a strong set of GCSE results in 2025, with outcomes that not only met Trust targets but in many areas outperformed national trends.

GLF Trust-wide highlights

• 72% of students achieved a standard pass (Grade 4+) in English and maths – outperforming the national figure of 70.5%.
• 54% achieved a strong pass (Grade 5+) in English and Maths – again above the national benchmark of 55%, marking the Trust’s highest performance outside the pandemic years.
• In Maths, outcomes were particularly strong across the Trust, with performance above national averages at both Grade 4+ and Grade 5+.
• Science subjects, French, Food Preparation & Nutrition, Art, and Business Studies also stood out as particular strengths across GLF schools.

These achievements are especially positive given that, nationally, outcomes in English and Maths at Grade 4+ fell slightly compared to 2024.

School-level highlights

• Aureus School celebrated its best ever GCSE results since opening in 2017, marking the strongest student progress to date
• De Stafford recorded the highest ever proportion of students achieving both grade 4+ and 5+ across the English Bacc suite of subjects
• Glyn School achieved very strong results, with 86% of students securing a Grade 4+ in English and Maths, and 72% at Grade 5+, both well above national averages. Its Attainment 8 score of 55.8 is also significantly higher than the national figure.
• Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre, which joined the GLF family this year, saw solid maths outcomes and strong performances in science and art, setting a clear foundation for further progress
• Meridian High School secured improved outcomes in English and Maths compared to 2024, reflecting the impact of targeted curriculum changes.
• Merstham Park School achieved its best-ever outcomes, with 66% at Grade 4+ in English and Maths, comfortably above the national average, and a strong pass rate of 38% at Grade 5+, also above expectations for a growing school.
• Rosebery School once again achieved exceptional outcomes, with 80% of students achieving Grade 5+ in English and Maths, far above the national benchmark (55%). Across all subjects, Rosebery secured an outstanding Attainment 8 score of 63.5, compared with the national figure of 45.9.
• The Beacon School showed year-on-year improvement, with 72% of students achieving Grade 4+ in English and Maths, compared with 65% nationally.

Congratulatins to all our Year 11 sudents and staff across GLF Schools for their achievements this year.