Wellington's first IB results

Wellington College congratulates its first batch of IB candidates on attaining their results. The College is delighted that so many candidates have attained outstanding grades and have in many cases exceeded expectations in this first year for the IB at the College.

With highly selective IB-only schools attaining a point average of 38 only after many years of running the IB programme, the College is very proud of its pupils who have attained an average point score of 35, placing Wellington in line with similar schools that have already been running the IB for a decade or more. In addition to the pleasing overall point score, highlights include:

• An excellent 88% of grades were between 5 and 7 (roughly the equivalent of A and B grades at A Level)
• An outstanding 51% of grades were 6 or 7 (roughly equivalent to A grades at A level)
• 17% of the cohort attained 40 points or more (compared to a world average of 4%)
• 33% attained 38 points or more (compared to a world average of 8%)

The Master of Wellington College, Dr Anthony Seldon, says: "I'm really delighted not only that our pupils have done so well but that in this most competitive year ever for university so many have met their university offers. The great majority of our candidates have also exceeded predictions. Where candidates have not met their preferred offers, we are working very hard with them and with universities to ensure successful outcomes."

To ensure the success of its first IB cohort, the College offered its pupils an intensive holiday revision course before the final exams, with all sessions staffed by IB examiners or highly experienced IB teachers from other schools. The College also called two voluntary inspections of its programme by external IB experts to ensure that its students received the very best preparation possible in a school new to the IB.

Wellington is profoundly committed to the broad educational ethos and internationalism of the IB and to the continued development its IB offering through further training of its already well-trained IB teachers, the recruitment of more IB teachers and the addition of a new Head of IB Diploma to complement the existing IB leadership team.