Monkton Combe School were celebrating the achievements of their pupils today as, despite the disruption of recent years, they secured results in line with some of the strongest recent pre-pandemic years, including 20% of grades at A* and a 100% pass rate.
Currently almost 90% of pupils secured places at Universities of their choice with 82% achieving the grades to secure their first choice of university, including places for both Medicine and Oxbridge; and these numbers are set to rise in the coming days as those who narrowly missed their offers are given places. As in previous years, over 50% of our pupils will go to Russell Group universities but the spread of courses and locations is as wide and varied as our pupil body is.
Joe Sidders, Monkton’s Deputy Head (Learning), said:
“This group have never sat public examinations as their GCSEs were at the end of the first lockdown when teacher assessed grades replaced examinations. We moved seamlessly to online learning when Covid hit even practising online lessons in February 2020, and the staff worked hard to give pupils extra preparation in light of this. The pupils pulled out all the stops in their efforts, so I am pleased the extra work on all sides paid off”.
Chris Wheeler, Principal, added,
“The pandemic has presented many challenges but closer partnership across the Bath schools has been a major plus point with initiatives like the Bath Schools’ Choir and the Bath Student Parliament helping all of our pupils to learn from each other and to learn that they are much more than a set of grades.
“This generation has been branded as snowflakes’, he continued, ‘and I would encourage them to own that name and like snowflakes, be strong, unique and much yearned for. The last group of people given that name were the abolitionists, a tidal wave of change makers who refused to accept the status quo and broke apart the slave trade, so righting one of humanity’s greatest wrongs. I have no doubt this snowflake generation can also bring huge change for the better if they believe in themselves. Congratulations to all A-level candidates for surviving so much in the last two years and watch out world!”
The summary of this year’s grades is:
- 20% of A-level grades at A*
- 45% of A-level grades at A* or A
- 73% of A-level grades at A* to B
- 92% of A-level grades at A* to C
- 100% pass rate
If you are interested in joining Monkton’s Sixth Form please come and visit us at our whole school Open Morning on Saturday 24th September, or our Sixth Form Open Evening on Friday 14th October. To register for these events visit http://www.monktoncombeschool.com/contact/open-morning-registration.html