Year 13 students achieved another excellent set of International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma and A Level results in 2010.
IB results
58% of Higher Level subjects taken by the students were scored the maximum of 7 or 6 points – equivalent to achieving an A*-A grade at A Level. 91% of subjects scored 7, 6 or 5 points, an improvement of 10% on last year. The College’s average IB Diploma score was 35.5 (worldwide average points score in 2009 was 29.5).Rhys Evans and Jake Richards both achieved 3 A* and 1 A grades and have both been accepted at Cambridge University to read Engineering and History respectively.
Victoria Comerford scored an outstanding 41 points, placing her in the top 600 (1.34%) candidates worldwide and she will take up a place to read Medicine at King’s College London.
Headmistress, Mrs Davies, commented: “I am absolutely delighted with these results. All the students have worked extremely hard over the past two years, and everyone at St Dunstan’s is incredibly proud of what they have achieved. Since introducing the IB Diploma at Sixth Form level five years ago we have produced results that are consistently higher than the worldwide figures and IB students have won places at top universities including Cambridge, Oxford, Durham, Warwick and University College London. The breadth offered by the IB Diploma gives students the edge in our increasingly global society, preparing them for successful lives at university and beyond."
A Level results
The pass rate was 100% with 47.6% of exams awarded an A* or A grade (27% national average) and 79.5% of exams graded A* – B (national average 52.2%).
Another 10 students also achieved all A*/A grades in their examinations:
• Afolabi Ajibade gained 1 A* and 3 A grades and will read Physics at University College London
• Lucy Burnell achieved 1 A* and 2 A grades and will study Physiotherapy at Liverpool University
• Benedict Glass gained 2 A* and 2 A grades and will read Classical Civilisation at Warwick University
• Tommy Goodman achieved 2 A* and 1 A grades and will study Geography at Leeds University
• Oluwasegun Ilelaboye gained 4 A grades and will read Medicine at Manchester
• Richard Meins was awarded 3 A grades and will study Geography at Bristol
• Georgia Neblett achieved 1 A* and 2 A grades and will read Law at York
• Bethan Rees gained 1 A* and 2 A grades and is taking a GAP year and applying for university entry in 2011
• Clare Skinner achieved 2 A* and 2 A grades and will read Law at Bristol
• Holly Stratton gained 1 A* and 2 A grades and is taking a GAP year and applying for university entry in 2011
A further 16 students achieved A*-B grades in all their subjects, including Laura Smith (2 A*, 1 A and 1 B grade) who will join Clare and Georgia in reading Law at university.
Headmistress, Mrs Jane Davies, commented: “Our Year 13 students have once again achieved an excellent set of A Level results. We are enormously proud of them all and wish them every success in their future studies and beyond. This is the third consecutive year of outstanding results at the College, and this ongoing success is due to the hard work and commitment of students and teachers alike.”
