Academic Results

Class of 2024 A level Results – great result for an exciting future.

The British School, Kathmandu celebrates the exam success of our 34 graduates from the class of 2024 in their recent A level exams. We are so proud that, of the 104 entries there was, for the first time since 2018, a 100% pass rate. The class of 2024 also surpassed our 5 year rolling average score in both A*/A grades (38% compared to the 5 year average of 33%) of and A*-C grades (85% compared to the 5 year average of 77%). We have enjoyed celebrating their achievements. The average score for UK schools in 2024 is 28% A*/A and 76% A*-C and it is very pleasing to see the TBS class of 2024 comfortably outperform their UK counterparts.

Six students scored all their grades at A or A* and twenty seven students achieved an A*, A or B grade in at least one of their subjects.

Success is not only judged by the number of A grades, even though these naturally attract the headlines. At TBS, we set students challenging targets and we judged ourselves against the CAT challenge target, typically one grade higher than the expected grade for each student. Well done to students in art, drama, economics, geography, English literature, media studies and PE where the average progress exceeded the aspirational CAT challenge targets.

The class of 2024 improved the average grade by 0.4 of a grade between mock exams and final exams and were, on average 0.1 grade higher than their teachers’ predicted grades. The average value added score for each grade was 0.7 higher than the CAT expected grade and represents very good academic progress over the two year course for this cohort. Great results mean an exciting future for the TBS class of 2024 and many students have earned places at some of the world’s most prestigious universities. All students who applied this year were awarded places at one of their top two final choices. Next month TBS students will be starting at some of the world’s most highly ranked universities including Imperial College, London (2nd in the world QS university rankings), University College, London (9th), Melbourne (13th), Princeton (22nd), Toronto (25th), Monash Melbourne (37th), King’s College, London (40th) LSE (50th) and Amsterdam (55th). Ten students are heading to the UK, six students to North America, four to the EU, three to Aisa, two to Australia and one to Nepal. Eight students are taking a gap year.

Celebrating IGCSE success at TBS

TBS students had good reason to celebrate their IGCSE results this year. Despote 2024 being the year that GCSE grading returned fully to its pre COVID levels last seen in the 2019 cohort, TBS students produce another set of fantastic grades.

In two key metrics the year group was able to surpass the TBS six year average (excluding non examined years of 2020 and 2021) with 25% of grade at the top A* grade and 90% of grades passing at C or higher Unlike many international schools which are academically selective, TBS prides itself on its inclusive educational philosophy and our commitment to educate all children, not just more academically able students. TBS students comfortably outperformed the average posted by all English schools in both A*-A and A*-C grades. The percentage of A and A* grades achieved (45%) was in line with the UK independent school average of 47% Their were some fantastic individual results with three students achieving 8 A* grades and another five achieving the top grade in over half their subjects. 84% of TBS students achieved an A or an A* in at least one subject. Twelve students achieved 7 or more grades at A* or A.

At TBS we also like to report our value added score. Value added compares the grades actually achieved by students against the most likley grade as modelled by the start of course baseline CAT test. This year TBS students were 0.7 grades per IGCSE on average higher than their most likely grade. This is academic progress the whole cohort can be very proud of and is another way of judging how well this year group have done in the IGCSEs.