The Salopian no. 157 - Winter 2015

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SCHOOL NEWS
Academic News
Exam results
This year, we celebrated our best ever A Level results, with
86.1% of the exams awarded the top A*, A or B grades and
25% of all exams gaining the top A* grade. There were
many individual success stories, not least the 19 pupils
who gained at least three A* grades and the 55 pupils who
gained an A* or A in all their subjects.
Both last year’s joint Heads of School, James Plaut and
Esmé O’Keeffe, gained an A* in each of their subjects. James
was studying English, Geography and History, whilst Esmé
studied French, History, Latin and Spanish. Impressive too
was the performance of Ronald Chen who gained six A*
grades, in Maths, Further Maths, Biology, Chemistry,
Physics and Chinese. All 12 pupils with offers from
Oxford or Cambridge Universities achieved the required
grades to meet their offers.
The School’s AS results from the Lower Sixth pupils
were also impressive, with 65% of grades achieved at
A or B grades. 38 pupils gained A grades in all their
subjects and 80 gained nothing less than a B.
Lower Sixth Examination prizes were awarded to the
following candidates who achieved outstanding scores
in their AS subjects:
A. Arridge (Rb)
T.C. Breese (PH)
G.W. Cabral (Ch)
N.J. Chen (I)
X. Chen (MSH)
A. Chumbala (SH)
T.H. Dodd (Rb)
F.T. Galbraith (EDH)
S. Hazar (I)
B.G. Jones (S)
L.B. Kell (EDH)
T. Lam (MSH)
K.L. Lee (M)
L.J. Mattinson (Rb)
H.A.P. Newbould (Ch)
O.C. Papaioannou (EDH)
H.F. Partington (PH)
A. Pototskaya (G)
M.R. Pownall (MSH)
B.E. Sansom (PH)
V.U. Taujanskaite (MSH)
A. Vechamamontien (M)
Y. Xu (EDH)
T. Zhou (EDH)
It was also another strong year for GCSE results, with
64.3% of the exams awarded an A* or A grade and over
a third of all exams (34.8%) awarded the top A* grade.
Six pupils, Nicholas Davis, Mathew Hedges, Ben Jones,
Andrew Kim, Fintan Simmons and Thomas Tulloch, each
gained 10 straight A* grades, and 30 pupils gained either
A* or A grades in all their subjects. Thomas Tulloch’s
other major achievement during the summer was winning
a European gold medal as part of the GB eventing team.
(see page 45)
After the GCSE examinations, Honorary Scholarships
were awarded to: R.W.A. Carter-Motley (Rt), M.W. Hedges
(Rb) and A.D. Howells (MSH) and Honorary Exhibitions
were awarded to: E.M.C. Plaut (S) and M.J.B. Yale (S).
GCSE Examination prizes were awarded to candidates with an outstanding number of A* grades:
R.A. Arkwright (O)
A.J. Aslam-Baskeyfield (Rb)
W.S. Bedson (Rb)
J.S. Bray (Rb)
E.L. Chapman (Rb)
P. Cope (Ch)
N.W. Davis (PH)
B.M.W. Jones (Rb)
E.G. Kerr (EDH)
H. Kim (S)
R. Lim (MSH)
J.J. Mattinson (Rb)
M.H.J. Morris (Rb)
S.K. Randawa (MSH)
M.J.B. Redhead (MSH)
L.H.E. Robb (MSH)
S.T.F. Russell (Ch)
F.J.J. Simmons (Ch)
R.F. Smith-Langridge (EDH)
C.M. Speed (I)
A.K.C.O. Stock (I)
J.S. Thevathasan (PH)
A.J. Thomason (Rt)
T.A.W. Tulloch (Rt)
S. Williams (O)