Pen*stone Grammar School

We're proudly celebrating another year of exceptional GCSE success! With 80% of students securing standard passes in English and Maths, over a quarter of grades at 7+, and outstanding SEND outcomes for a third consecutive year, students have demonstrated the ambition, resilience and excellence that define our thriving school community.

Among the many individual successes, several students secured truly exceptional results:
Thomas Haigh: 8 Grade 9s and 2 Grade 7s
Aidan Wainwright: 7 Grade 9s and 2 Grade 8s
Emma Denton: 6 Grade 9s and 3 Grade 8s
Finley Davies: 7 Grade 9s, 1 Grade 8 and 1 Grade 7
Joseph Thompson: 6 Grade 9s, 3 Grade 8s and 1 Grade 7
Noah Rysavy: 7 Grade 9s, 1 Grade 8 and 1 Grade 7

Congratulations today to our amazing Y11! Some fab results and lots of happy faces.

Please ensure if you are an internal student you enroll for Post 16 this morning, for external students between 12 and 2 this afternoon.

Huge congratulations to our Post 16 students, amazing A level results, some of the best we have ever had! Their hard work and commitment has really paid off and we are delighted to see so many happy faces this morning.

The results put our Post 16 in the top 10% nationally and an impressive 98% of students have secured a place at their university of choice, with approximately 60% progressing to Top Third universities and 53% gaining places at prestigious Russell Group institutions.

Huge thanks to all our staff for supporting our amazing students.

World Challenge Update - the first 2 teams are on their way home due to arrive in Manchester at 10pm. The other 2 teams arrived safely and have started their World Challenge adventure.

Fab time on the World Challenge Norway trip, kayaking today!

Our students are incredible! Thank you to all our PGS families for helping make 2025-26 another fantastic year. It takes a whole community to create a great school, and we are grateful to our students, staff, families, and the wider Pen*stone community for their support throughout the year. Together, we are *stone, and we can't wait to see what next year brings! Student Celebration Newsletter: https://sway.cloud.microsoft/303ZSc6pjh9bkN8M?ref=Link

End of Year Review: https://youtu.be/uR4D1CFgVGE

PGS 2025-26: A Year in Review Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

So proud of this team!

The Barclays Knight-Stokes Cup is a national hard ball competition for state schools across the UK, with over 1,100 boys’ and girls’ teams from more than 800 schools entering the inaugural edition this summer.

What an atmosphere!

Nearly time! PGS L!VE tonight, glorious weather, ice-cream van, Bradfield beer, pizzas and hot dogs, incredible music, what more could you want!