Bacon's College has high aspirations for every student, and we celebrate the academic successes of ALL our students, not just those for whom success may be A*s at A level but (for example) for those for whom Cs or Ds at GCSE are a real achievement.

The truest measure of our success is to be found in the value that we add to the pupils’
ability level between entry to our school to the time when they take their external exams. 

ALPS (A-level Performance System) is a system that allows schools to get a measure of the
value they add to a pupil's A level performance compared to what might be expected of them following their previous academic performance at GCSE. ALPS takes a pupil's average GCSE score and predicts the grades a pupil should be expected to achieve in their chosen A level subjects. 

An ALPS score of 2 puts our Sixth Form in the top 10% of the country for the value that we add to our students education through nurturing every individual and a focus on enabling students to realise their ambitions.