Wellington School students are again celebrating strong A level results. 13% of grades were awarded the elusive A* grade, significantly above the national average. 80% were awarded A* to C grades. Twelve students gained 3 or more A* and A grades and all five students who received Oxbridge offers comfortably met the requirements. The overwhelming majority of Wellington students takes facilitating subjects, which has enabled them to secure universities of choice.
Highest performers were Katie Paul, Cyan Li, and Cindy Ma (A* in three or more subjects), Ruth Aird, Bethany Kilbey, Adrian White, Sam Phillips, Guy Steele-Perkins and Mabel Whitchurch. Twins, James and Peter Darby, both studying Maths, Physics and Chemistry, notched up a total of an A* and 5As between them. Ruth Aird, who will be reading Classics at Cambridge next year, scored a stunning 96% on her extended project on the extent to which Hardy was influenced by classical literature. Significantly, Ruth was not studying English at A level.
Wellington School once again reinforces its position of superb academic results and excellent teaching.
“The diverse range of subjects offered is indicative of the breadth of teaching we offer at Wellington and the academic rigour of all departments”, commented outgoing Headmaster, Martin Reader. “ I am really pleased with the performance of this year group which worked really hard throughout the sixth form and bettered expectations. The strongly academic students have secured the highest number of Oxbridge places for seven years. All the students worked extremely hard, seeking support at every opportunity and the value-added scores will be very strong as a result.”
Ruth Aird will be going to Cambridge University for Classics, Bethany Kilbey follows her sister Jennifer to Oxford to study Geography, Mabel Whitchurch will be studying Classics, Katie Paul Biochemistry, and Adrian White Earth Sciences all at Oxford.
Martin Reader did single out the Classics Department for particular praise. Five students will have gone to Oxford, Cambridge or Yale in the last four years to meet this demanding course. “Whilst some independent schools in the area have decided not to offer Classics, the continued success of our students proves that they are enthused by and rise to its challenges,” he said.
“At Wellington School, we aim to support all our students in their university choices and guide them through the process so their expectations and hopes are realistic and achievable. It is so gratifying when these hardworking and dedicated students are rewarded with their choice of Universities”, concluded Martin Reader.
Martin Reader was also delighted with the AS results since this year group will not be allowed to re-take their modules during the course. Lower Sixth students scored the highest results at AS for nearly ten years, fulfilling the promise of their Somerset league table-topping performance at GCSE.