Best Schools Award News

Published by Canford School on Wednesday 8th of May 2024

We are very proud to announce that Canford has been chosen as among the top 10 co-educational boarding schools in the country for A Level results for the second consecutive year by Education Advisers who work in conjunction with Best Schools. Last summer, 41% of all A Level grades were awarded the top A* grade, over three quarters were A*/A and over four in five of all grades were at A*/B level. This compared to national figures of 14.5% of all grades awarded A* and 35.9% A*/A, while in the Independent Schools sector overall, the average was 28.7% for A* and 58% for A*/A.

We were delighted to welcome Heather Clanfield from Education Advisers to Canford to present this prestigious national award to Headmaster Ben Vessey and Deputy Head Academic Ieuan Weir.

Heather commented:
“I was delighted to present Canford School with a Top 10 Boarding School award based on excellent A level results in 2023. Academically of a consistently high standard, the school shows equal commitment to sports, arts and music yet still manages to be a welcoming haven of calm, happy students and staff.”

Ieuan Weir echoed this:
“Our academic results are impressive and are achieved within a culture of learning and high aspiration across all aspects of school life. Our pupils, supported by a dedicated body of specialist teachers, work extremely hard both within and beyond the classroom and we are all honoured that we have been recognised as a top performing boarding school in the country. Many thanks to Best Schools and Education Advisers for this award. Well done, in particular, to our wonderful pupils.”

For more information please visit the Best Schools website: https://www.best-schools.co.uk/uk-school-league-tables/list-of-league-tables/top-100-co-ed-boarding-schools-by-a-level
For more information about Academic life at Canford, please visit www.canford.com/who-we-are/academic-excellence