Year 13 results 2011 – our best results ever

St Dunstan’s is the only College locally to offer both A Levels and the prestigious International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB) in the Sixth Form. We have had our best year ever for both courses.

International Baccalaureate

  • 100% pass rate.
  • 55% of Higher Level subjects achieved the maximum of 7 or 6 points - the equivalent to an A*-A grade at A Level
  • 88% of Higher Level subjects scored 7, 6 or 5 points, the equivalent of A*-B at A level.
  • The average IB Diploma score was 35.4 (worldwide average points score in 2010 was 29.55).
  • Two students scored an outstanding 43 points, placing them in the top 1% of candidates worldwide.
  • Five students in total achieved 40 points or more, putting them in the top 7% of students worldwide.

A Levels

  • 100% pass rate.
  •  More than 85 per cent of grades were A* to B, against national average of 52.2%
  • Almost half of all grades were either A* or A.

Combined results

Convert St. Dunstan’s IB diploma scores into their A Level equivalent to give a comparison with schools who only offer A Levels:

  • 100% pass rate
  • 83% of all students achieved the equivalent of three A level grades A*- B or better
  • 90% of all grades were grades A*- B for A Level students or their equivalent for IB students
  • 28 students (or almost one in two) achieved the equivalent of all A*s and A’s
  • Combine the UCAS points achieved by all students and the average A Level equivalent score per student is two A*s and an A