The British School in Colombo
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The British School in Colombo
The British School in Colombo

Academic Success

The British School in Colombo prides itself on achieving excellent academic results at both IGCSE and A Level.

The school motto ‘Opening Minds, Transforming Futures’ is always at the core of how learning takes place.    

Senior School Academic Results

The British School in Colombo prides itself on being a top performing school with excellent academic results, performance opportunities, and sporting success. The school motto, ‘Opening Minds, Transforming Futures’ is always at the core of the learning that takes place, and our outstanding results in the rigorous Cambridge International Examinations IGCSE and A Level Examinations are a testament to our broad and balanced educational vision.

The school is extremely proud of the excellent results achieved by our students. Their dedication to academic excellence is a tribute to all stakeholders – students, teachers and parents - at the British School in Colombo.

Our exam results at IGCSE and A Level demonstrate top achievement and a trend of continued improvement year on year, with our leavers securing entry to the world’s most prestigious universities. Most impressive is the very high percentage of candidates securing the very top grades at IGCSE and A Level, thus making us the top educational choice in Sri Lanka.

IGCSE Results

  2023  2022  2021*  2020*  2019 
A*-A  55%  54%  54%  51%  50% 
A-B  77%  80%  75%  77%  74% 
A*-C  93%  96%  89%  91%  86% 
5+ IGCSE incl. English/Mathematics 93% 91% 66% 83% 86%

*IGCSE examinations in 2020 and 2021 were awarded through a process of teacher/center assessed grades 

A Level Results

  2023  2022  2021*  2020*  2019
A*-A  43%  42%  50%  42%  43% 
A-B  66%  63%  64%  64%  67% 
A*-E  98%  96%  96%  98%  98% 

*A Level examinations in 2020 and 2021 were awarded through a process of teacher/center assessed grades