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Wellington College’s Upper Sixth graduates have secured some of the school’s finest academic results in the College’s history following the publication of this year’s A-level and IB Diploma results.
To have achieved such a positive outcome is remarkable for two reasons: firstly, this year’s IB cohort numbered 96 students, the largest ever since Wellington introduced the Diploma as an alternative to A-levels in 2008; secondly, in many A-level subjects students were contending with reformed syllabuses, no past papers, no early modular examinations or resits, and tougher assessment criteria. Indeed, top A* and A grades in the 13 reformed A-level subjects saw a dip of 0.7% for the national cohort in 2017.
Despite the unfavourable context and before any remarks have been received, no such dip was evident in the performance in this year’s A-level graduates: no fewer than 54 Wellingtonians have secured straight A/A* grades, with 38 achieving at least two A* grades, and 16 scoring three or more A* grades in all their subjects:
- Jamie Baudry – A*A*A*A*A*
- Joshua Behr – A*A*A*
- Zoe Carton – A*A*A*A
- Olivia Empson – A*A*A*
- Issie Fulton – A*A*A*
- Christian Gateley – A*A*A*
- Rafe Gustafson – A*A*A*
- Charlie Hatch – A*A*A*
- Noor Jaffree – A*A*A*A
- Seb Laclau – A*A*A*A*
- Natasha May – A*A*A*A*
- Attie Medd – A*A*A*
- Victoria Morgan – A*A*A*B
- Richard Pickup – A*A*A*A
- Terry Wang – A*A*A*A
- Hang Xu – A*A*A*A*
When combined with the Higher Level scores of the IB students, the performance of the year group as a whole is outstanding with almost 30% of grades being either A* or 7. 69.5% of grades achieved by Wellingtonians this year are currently A*/A or 7/6, which compares to the national figure of 26.3%. Over 91% of grades are currently A*-B or 7-5.
The Master, Mr Julian Thomas, commenting on the results, said, “To have achieved these results in any ordinary year would have represented a superb achievement for this delightful and hugely talented year group who have contributed so much to College life during their time at Wellington. That they have managed to secure such a strong set of grades against the back-drop of changing specifications, tougher assessment criteria and without the ability to take endless resits, is a testament both to their determination, hard work and ability, and also to the commitment, professionalism and inspiration of the teaching staff at Wellington. Central to my vision for this school is to develop true intellectualism and genuine independence within each and every Wellingtonian through an inspiring academic and co-curricular programme. Nowhere can evidence of this Wellington Identity be better found than in the Class of 2017 and we are extremely proud of everything they have achieved.”
