2022 GCSE and IGCSE results - LIVE

As we explained in our article published on the eve of the official results day, if this year's A Level and BTEC results are anything to go by, a downward correction in grades awarded to UAE students compared with 2021 is equally likely to affect GCSE and IGCSE results. The Exam Regulator has been open about the need to 'deflate' the grades awarded from the highs of the last two pandemic years. 

And whilst this may not affect students in the UAE moving into Sixth Form in quite the same way as those who were leaving school for university, or further educational and career pathways, GCSE and IGCSE results are important. For most UAE students, the results will determine what subjects they are able to continue at A Level, BTEC or IB, and in the future, these results may well be taken into account for further education applications.

Before you go onto to study the details of the achievements of our I/GCSE students this year, we would strongly recommend that your read our article explaining how to decipher the results and what to look for in results reporting. 

Last Thursday’s A Level results awarded in England, Wales and Northern Ireland revealed top grades down by 8.4 percentage points on  2021’s record results, with A* awards alone decreasing by 4.5 percent. A similar picture is expected for this year’s GCSE and IGCSE examinations with a record fall expected this week. 

However, it's definitely not all 'Gloom and Doom'!

It was apparent on A Levels day, that the results of UAE schools surpassed those of the UK, with UAE school groups and schools, including GEMS Education and Taaleem, reporting that the difference between last year's grades and the exam results this year was not significant. The majority of students achieved their predicted grades – in large part because many UAE schools appear to have been more conservative in the marking in 2021.  

With this positive view in mind, follow the complete results table and those for your school here!      

Dubai British School Emirates Hills.
Sunmarke School Dubai
Al Ain Academy
Dubai College
British School Al Khubeirat
Brighton College Dubai
Brighton College Al Ain
Brighton College Abu Dhabi
Nord Anglia International School Dubai
Star International School
Safa Community School
Repton Dubai
Repton Abu Dhabi
GEMS Education group-wide
GEMS Wellington Academy DSO
Kent College
Jebel Ali School
Dubai British School Jumeirah Park
Cranleigh School Abu Dhabi
The English College
Al Mamoura Academy
St. Mary's Catholic High School Muhaisnah
GEMS Jumeirah College
GEMS Metropole
GEMS Wellington Academy Al Khail
The Westminster School Dubai
GEMS Westminster School RAK
GEMS Firstpoint School
GEMS Founders School Al Barsha
Kings School Al Barsha
Al Yasmina Academy
Jumeirah English Speaking School
Al Bateen Academy
Sharjah English School
Al Salam Community School

The full results table:

Results by school

The first school to share their results was Dubai British School Emirates Hills. 

This year, a cohort of 73 students sat their I/GCSE examinations writing a total of 716 entries. 4 in 10 entries were awarded an A* (9-8) grade, with 64% of grades achieving an A*-A (9-7),  82% A*-B (9-6) and 97% A* -C (9-4).  Dubai British School Emirates Hills is also celebrating the 22% of entries that were awarded A* (Grade 9) for GCSE entries.

The second school to release its results was Sunmarke School where 120 student took their first set of public examinations. 36% of entries were awarded A* (9-8), 52% A*-A and 70% A*-B.  95% of entries achieved A*-C. 19% of entries were awarded a Grade 9 for GCSE.

The next school to share its results was Aldar Education's Al Ain Academy where a cohort of eleven students sat a total of 90 I/GCSE examinations.    22% of all grades were awarded a Grade 9 at GCSE whilst 44% of entries achieved  A* (9-8), 66%  received A*-A (9-7) and 77% achieved A*-B (9-6). 97% of entries were awarded a pass grade at A*-C, and 100% of students achieved 5 A*-C (9-4)grades including Maths and English.

Following our first set of results from Abu Dhabi, we heard next from Dubai College, the school that has one of the largest cohort's of students and is generally at the top of the tree for exam result outcomes. 2022 was no different with a cohort of 136 students who sat almost 1,400 examinations, 58% of all entries achieved a Grade 9, whilst 83% achieved A* (9-8), 93% of all awards were at A*-A (9-7), and 98% at A*-B (9-6). 99% of entries were awarded at A*-C passes, with every Dubai College student achieving at least 5 passes graded A*-C (9-4) including Maths and English.

Also among the longest established UK curriculum schools in the UAE, British School Al Khubeirat, like Dubai College is also a  not-for-profit school. This year's  BSAK students are celebrating their best ever exam results. 127 students were entered for 1,225 exams, of which 27% received Grade 9, the highest grade possible, whilst 46% were graded 9-8 (A*). 62% were graded 9-7 (A*or A) and 91% were graded 9-5 (A*-B). BSAK's students again achieved a  100% pass rate. 10 students received 9 or more Grade 9s and an impressive 39 students received 8 or more Grades of 9 or 8. Almost half of the cohort, 60 students, received 8 or more Grade 9-7 results, equivalent to A* - A.

Brighton College Dubai celebrated their second set of I/GCSE examination results (with comparative information related to 2021). A cohort of 18 students sat a total of 164 examinations, and achieved 50% of all entries graded  A* (9-8), 72 % receiving A*-A, whilst 87% of entries were awarded A*-B (9-6) and 96% received A*-C (9-4) pass grades. 29% of all examinations were awarded the top Grade 9 at GCSE.

Sister school, Brighton College Al Ain also shared its results.  With a cohort of 42 students, who sat a total of 295 examinations, almost half of all grades (48%), were awarded at A* (9-8), whilst 55% achieved A*-A grades (9-7), and 71% of all grades were awarded A*-B (9-6). The overall pass rate was 91% at A*-C (9-4).

Brighton College Abu Dhabi shared some impressive results. It’s cohort of 74 students sat a total of 716 exams, with 38.5% of entries achieving a grade 9 (A*), 57% achieving a grade 9-8 (A*), 75% achieving a grade 9-7 (A*-A), 98.9% achieving a grade 9-4 (A*-C) and an overall student pass rate of 99.9%

The next school to share its results was Nord Anglia International School Dubai where 110 students sat at total of 1,085 examinations. 52% of awards were at A* (9-8), with 71% at A*-A (9-7), 87% at A*-B and 98% at the pass range of A*C (9-4). Every candidate passed 5 subjects at A*-C including Maths and English, and 98% of all students passed the examinations for which they were entered.  32% of all awards were at GCSE Grade 9.