A Level Results 2022

We wish our wholehearted congratulations to our Upper Sixth on their glowing A level results. It has been a genuine delight to work with this cohort of students and, despite experiencing two national lockdowns and the vagaries of Centre Assessed Grades at GCSE, they have done themselves exceptionally proud indeed. We are indebted to all our staff for their unwavering support to our students through this unprecedented time in the history of education. 

Full details of our 2022 results can be found on our Results and Destinations page: 52% of grades awarded were A* and 86% A* to A; and over at Habs Girls, 52% of the grades awarded were A* and 85% A* to A. 

It is important to remember that these grades are just one part of the educational journey at Habs and would not have been possible without the other academic and extensive co-curricular opportunities on our campus, creating relevant life skills and character-developing opportunities for all our students. 

We are particularly thrilled with the incredibly diverse range of destinations this year, echoing our strategy and embodying our school values of ambition, curiosity and courage. There are a few individual students whose achievements demonstrate our diversity of destinations:  

Sam Newman (A*A*A*A*), Biochemistry at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. 

Albert Kwok (A*A*A*A*), Computer Science at Queen’s College, Cambridge 

Benjy Randall (House Captain, A*A*A), University of Chicago 

Dan R, Soccer Scholarship at Penn State & Nathan O (Captain of Football), Soccer Scholarship at the University of Illinois 

Sanay Shah, PWC Flying Start course 

Viren Dulabh (School Vice-Captain, A*A*A*A*), HSBC Commercial Banking Degree Apprenticeship 

At Habs great exam results are just the very beginning; our education prepares young people for fulfilment in a world that demands huge flexibility, creativity, resilience and critical thought. We look forward to keeping in touch with our students and watching them grow and develop through their chosen careers to have a profound and positive impact on society. Well done Class of 2022! 

Over the coming weeks, the exam league tables will be published. In common with many other similar schools, we, alongside Habs Girls have made the decision to remove ourselves from this outdated ranking system.  

Our public examination results, as seen today, remain among the very best in the country. We strongly believe that the process of ranking schools on the basis of examination results is no longer relevant in today’s world. Assessing schools purely on the number of A* grades students receive creates an unhealthy culture of perfection and unnecessary stress for both our students and staff, thereby impeding the ability to take risks, embrace the fun of learning and innovative thinking. 

Outstanding outcomes will of course remain a priority for us but at Habs great exam results are just the very beginning; our education prepares young people for fulfilment in a world that demands huge flexibility, creativity, resilience and critical thought. As a school, our purpose is to empower our young people to make a profound and positive impact on society. This requires personal adaptability and resilience, curiosity, genuine empathy and a sense of responsibility for the people and the world around them, none of which is driven, measured by, or reflected in league tables. Following our experiences of the global pandemic, we feel that now is the right time to move firmly beyond the label of exam factory and celebrate instead the incredible education that we provide, focusing on academic ambition, intellectual rigour above and beyond any exam specification and the development of character that is progressive, fun and kind. Our ambition is to develop young people who are prepared for the challenges of life in the coming decades. 

Mr Gus Lock,
Headmaster at Haberdashers’ Boys’ School