Exam Results

At GCSE, students achieved an Attainment 8 score of 64.7, maintaining JFS’s position as one of the strongest non-selective schools in the country. 91% of students achieved Grade 4 or above in both English and Mathematics, 79% achieved Grade 5 or above, and over half of all grades (54%) were Grade 7 or above. At A-level, the cohort achieved an Average Point Score of 45.5, up from 45.3 the previous year. 24% of grades were A*, 55% were A*-A and 84% were A*-B. Students went on to a wide range of high-quality destinations, including Russell Group universities, competitive apprenticeships and specialist training programmes. Congratulations to every Year 11 and Year 13 student, and thank you to the families and staff whose support made these results possible.

A-level APS was 45.3, slightly down from 47.0 the previous year but holding up well given the concerns around a weaker cohort. Part of the reduction was also due to the final readjustment to pre-Covid distributions, with an expectation that 25.4% of grades nationally would be A*-A versus 27.2% of entries the previous summer. At GCSE, students at JFS achieved an excellent exam performance. 95% of students passed both English and Mathematics and, at 48%, nearly half of all grades were Grade 7 or above. 30% of all grades were Grade 8 or above, and 83% of all grades were Grade 5 or higher. Special congratulations went to Jacob Stadler, Zac Simmons, Leah Baron, Libby Frenkel, Zac Lightman, Zachary Schneider, Dani Nissim, Harry Jager, Noah Graham, and Talia Jaffe, all of whom achieved eight or more Grade 9s. Well done to everyone involved.

The GCSE and A-level results of 2023 at JFS are a testament to the incredible hard work of students, staff and the families that support them. JFS continued to be one of the very best non-selective schools in the country and recorded substantial increases against the last set of national data published in 2019. At GCSE, the Progress 8 score increased from +0.89 to +1.20, a score placing JFS within the top 30 schools nationally. In addition, the Attainment 8 score of 65.3 placed JFS within the top 50 schools nationally, as did the fact that 88% of students achieved Grade 5 or above in GCSE English and Mathematics. With an average EBacc points score of 5.84, JFS was well above the national average of 4.27 and the Brent average of 4.87. In a fantastic effort from students, 21% of all GCSE grades were Grade 9 and 62% of all grades were 9-7. At A-level, 60% of grades were A*-A and 26% of grades were A*. 88% of all grades were B or above and fifteen students achieved straight A*s. All students with offers from Oxbridge were successful and over half of all Sixth Form students secured a place at a Russell Group university. BTEC grades were equally strong and, with an Average Points Score of 47.0 across the Sixth Form, the average grade at JFS was an A. Congratulations to every Year 11 and Year 13 student. With an A-level retention rate of 96% and 77% of Year 11 students choosing JFS for Sixth Form, JFS is proud to be a constant in the lives of families who have entrusted their children’s education to the school.