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ACADEmIC HIgHlIgHtS
Academic study is the backbone of College life. Pupils are taught in world-class facilities by highly skilled and qualified teachers, inspiring and encouraging those in their care. Small classes ensure that each pupil has the specific stretch and support they need.The results achieved by our pupils are consistently higher than many much more selective schools. Our value-added performance places us in the top tier of all UK schools.
Pupils celebrating 2019 exam results
2019 examination results
Looking back at last year, pupils achieved another set of excellent results. Almost 40 per cent of all grades awarded at A-level were A* or A. With pupils taking at least three subjects, all at the gold standard A-level or Cambridge Pre-U level, the overall pass
rate was once again above 99 per cent. Over one in five pupils achieved a clean sweep of A* and A grades, and over two thirds of all grades were A*, A or B.There were outstanding individual performances from a number of pupils including Bill Cao, Ian Chee, Remus Gong, Eleanor Long and Abigail Thompson who each gained at least three A*s among their A-level grades. Results in maths, the sciences, modern languages and the creative arts continue to be beacons of excellence, with 100 per cent A* to B grades in key facilitating subjects. Once again the vast majority of pupils achieved A-level grades that enabled them to access top courses at leading universities at home or abroad.
At GCSE, 56 per cent of all grades awarded were levels 9, 8 or 7 (equivalent to the former A* or A), with 35 per cent of all grades at levels 9 or 8. In biology, chemistry and physics over 80 per
cent of grades were level 9 to 7. In maths almost 60 per cent of grades were also level 9 to 7. In art, Greek, history, Latin, modern foreign languages (French, German, Spanish), music and physical education the most common grades were 9, 8 or 7. Seventeen pupils achieved eight or more 9, 8 or A* grades, with Tianlu Wang gaining twelve 9 and an A* in Chinese, Rebekah Agunede and Tom Meeks gaining nine 9 and two 8, and Natasha Symes and Oliver van Noort achieving seven 9 and four 8.
We wish good luck to all pupils awaiting their results this year.
Value added
Rated against all other schools in the country on the basis of ‘value added’ (comparing the underlying ability of the cohort with its exam results), year on year the College is typically in the top four per cent of schools in the country.
Oxford and Cambridge
In recent years, pupils have been awarded places at Oxford
and Cambridge to read subjects as diverse as Asian and Middle Eastern Studies with Arabic, biological sciences, chemistry, classics, economics, fine art, history, law, linguistics, materials science, medicine, music, natural sciences, physics, PPE (philosophy, politics and economics), theology and religious studies, and veterinary science. Our best wishes to those offered places at Oxbridge this year.
Tianlu Wang and Shahriar Alam, all 9s at GCSE
Shahriar Alam and Tianlu Wang enjoyed afternoon tea with the Headmaster and Mrs Lawson to celebrate achieving 9s in all their GCSEs.To achieve a straight flush of 9s puts them in the top 0.1 per cent of the country. Shahriar won a Professor Soddy Award to join the College in the sixth form from Bexhill Academy. He is studying economics, mathematics, further mathematics and physics at A-level, and intending to read a degree related to aerospace at university. Tianlu is studying economics, history, mathematics and further mathematics at A-level, and working towards an Extended Project Qualification on diversity and discrimination in the labour market, with a view to reading economics at university.
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