A Level & BTEC Results 2026
This year’s A Level and BTEC results were pleasing, with 31% of our students achieving A*- A and 55% A*-B. Once the full data has been worked through, we know these results will show that a lot of academic value has been added during the students’ time at Ampleforth.
Around 80% of our students have got into their first choice of university at this point, although we expect this number to increase as some options are still being considered. The most popular choices are Durham, Exeter and Newcastle Universities and places have been accepted at St Andrews, Edinburgh, Imperial College, and Bristol amongst others. There has been more interest this year in studying overseas and a higher number are taking up offers from international universities, including The Catholic University of America, De Pauw, and St Edwards in the USA; IE Madrid, University College Maastricht and University of Hong Kong. Some have been awarded athletic scholarships and are looking forward to developing their international standard of Golf, Rugby and Jui Jitsu.
Jon Mutton, Headmaster, said:
Well done and many congratulations to our students on their A Level and BTEC results. I am very proud of them and, amongst all these good grades, there are some wonderful individual success stories. Our focus on adaptive teaching is clearly working with academic students stretched to achieve straight A* and Distinction* grades and those who need more support enabled to flourish and reach their full potential. Rather than a hot house, our approach to learning means we have happy students living in a nurturing community and enjoying an education which develops the whole person, not just their academic achievements. I am delighted that so many will be going on to their first choice of university and am equally proud of those choosing to take gap years or pursue other paths. We know they will all go and make a positive difference in the world, sustained by the Compass for Life that Ampleforth has given them, and supported continually by our global community.
