 In the summer of 2010, 54% of William Ellis students achieved 5 A*-C grade GCSEs which is approximately equal to the UK average of 53.4%.A total of 30% achieved A*-C grades in English, maths, two science subjects, a language and history or geography.Students attending the sixth-form achieved an average A/AS point score of 605.2 which is far below the UK average of 744.8.