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The 2011 public examination results set new records at Dr Challoner’s. At A Level, a new record was set as 24% of the grades were A* grades, with over 58% being graded A* or A, and exceptionally 85.4% of entries being graded B or nearly a half of the year group (88 students) achieved at least three grade As, and the overall pass rate was 98.7% with 97% of students achieving at least 3 A-level passes. The average points score per student rose again to 460.

At GCSE, 100% of the boys in Year 11 obtained at least five A*-C grades including English and Maths, with 92% achieving 5 or more A*/A grades. Overall 79.8% of the grades were A* or A – a new record for the school, and one that placed us in the national league tables with much more selective schools. Twelve students achieved 11 or more A* grades. Two students were awarded a remarkable six A* grades.

The school was last inspected by OFSTED on 12th November 2007.  The report graded the school as "Outstanding" in every category.

Dr Challoner's has a strong reputation as one of the country's top performing schools. It was one of two schools named by the Department of Education  as the best performing schools nation-wide in the 2003 GCSEs and named the country's best grammar school in 2011. In the 2011 GCSEs, boys achieved a 100% pass rate with 50 of the 183 candidates earning all A*-A grades