Downe House A Level, Pre-U and I/GCSE 2018

88.9%

84.5%

A LEVEL AND PRE-U

I/GCSE

A*-B D1-M2

A*-A 9-7

A Level, Pre-U and I/GCSE Results 2017 - 2018

Public Examination Results 2018 Our examination candidates have achieved remarkable results once again this year and they deserve the highest praise. Most pleasing are always the personal triumphs and individual achievements of the girls. However, the statistics provide plenty of evidence of their success. Members of the UVI leave us to take up places at top universities across the world with 84% going to Russell Group universities and a further 7% to world-class universities in the US, Canada, the Netherlands and Switzerland. With 89% of girls achieving A*-B grades at A Level/Pre-U, the results show a consistently high level of performance by Downe House girls. Almost 60% of all grades achieved by the girls were A or A* and their grades really are testament to the girls’ diligence and commitment to their studies. They will, I have no doubt, be great assets to their chosen universities. Our UV GCSE cohort also achieved impressive results with, a record 64% of grades at A*, with over 84% reaching A*/A grades and remarkably 30% of girls achieved 9 A* (new grade 8-9) or above.

All candidates should be extremely proud of their achievements and I know are very grateful to their teachers, Housestaff and, of course, their parents for all their support during their studies. As they move on to the next stage of their education, they can do so with well-founded confidence.

I/GCSE

Mrs Emma McKendrick, Headmistress

I/GCSE Subjects Grade Art BCS* Biology Chemistry Chinese Design Technology Drama English Language English Literature French French (early entry) Geography German History Italian Latin Maths Maths (early entry) Music Physics Religious Studies Spanish Textiles Total Percentage

A* 9 5

8 11 2 52 52 15 9

11 20 30 9

2 18 33 15 18

13

14 3 22 4

9 11

4 24 19

6

4 44

11

6 25 8 529 64.4%

A B 7 6 3 7 8 2 22 5 11 9 2 1 10 0 0 1 22 15 10 7 7 5 1 0 7 6 1 2 14 4 0 0 2 0 16 9 1 0 1 0 20 6 3 3 5 2 0 0 166 84 20.2% 10.2%

C 5 1

4 0 0 2 2 0 0

0 9 4 3

0 1 1 0 0

1

2 0 1 0

0 5

0 0 0

0

0 2

0

0 3 0 37 4.5%

D E 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0.5% 0.2%

Total 27 12 81 76 18 19 14 85 85 39 19 44 6 41 5 15 65 20 11 75 23 35 8 822

84.5% A*-A 9-7

94.8% A*-B 9-6

A*/9-8 64.4%

A/7

20.2%

B/6

10.2%

* - Business and Communications Systems

C-E/5-2 5.2%

Where did our girls go?

88%

3%

2%

2% 2%

Exeter London Universities including UCL, Kings, Imperial and Conde Nast

12%

4.4%

Edinburgh

4%

Newcastle

10%

Bristol Durham

4%

Oxbridge Other Universities

4%

23%

York

9%

St Andrews

4%

7.2%

Manchester Leeds

7%

9%

Art Foundation Birmingham

7%

UK University Destinations 2018

Nottingham

8%

7%

Loughborough

A LEVEL & PRE-U

Oxford Brookes

Cambridge Pre-U Subjects Grade D1 D2 D3 M1 M2 M3 P1 P2 P3 Total Chemistry 1 3 2 3 1 3 1 0 0 14 Chinese 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 German 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Further Maths 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 History of Art 0 1 3 6 5 3 0 0 0 18 History 0 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 Mathematics 3 5 4 5 3 6 1 0 0 27 Philosophy and Theology 1 2 3 4 2 0 2 0 0 14 Total 6 18 20 20 13 13 4 0 0 94 Percentage by grade 6.4% 19.1% 21.3% 21.3% 13.8% 13.8% 4.3% 0.0% 0.0% A Level Subjects Grade Art Biology Business Studies Chinese Classical Civilisation Classical Greek Design Technology Drama Economics English French Geography German Italian Latin Maths Music Music Technology Politics Photography Physics Spanish Textiles Total excluding EPQ Extended Project Qualification Total including EPQ Percentage excluding EPQ Percentage including EPQ

A* 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 11 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 34 4 38 17.7% 18.7%

A 4 10 1 0 1 0 0 5 10 14 8 11 1 1 4 1 1 0 10 3 2 3 3 93 3 96 48.4% 47.3%

B 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 5 5 2 5 0 3 0 0 2 1 7 1 4 2 1 49 4 53 25.5% 26.1%

C 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 0 14 7.3% 6.9%

59.9% A*- A D E DI-D3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.5% 0.5%

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.5% 0.5%

Total 8 16 4 2 1 1 1 9 20 32 13 23 1 5 5 1 4 1 19 6 9 6 5 192 11 203

59.9% A*-A D1-D3

A*/ D1-D2 20.9%

88.9% A*-B D1-M2 A/D3

39%

B/ M1-M2

29%

C-E/ M3-P3

11.1%

A LEVEL & PRE-U 79%

A*-B/D1-M2

A*-B/D1-M2

*SCIENCE

*LANGUAGES

*HUMANITIES

82%

85%

94%

A*-B/D1-M2

A*-B/D1-M2

A*-B/D1-M2

*ENGLISH

MATHS

I/GCSE 78%

84%

A*-A/9-7

A*-A/9-7

*SCIENCES

*LANGUAGES

*HUMANITIES

87%

87%

83%

A*-A/9-7

A*-A/9-7

A*-A/9-7

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HUMANITIES – History, Geography, Philosophy and Theology, and RS LANGUAGES – Chinese, French, German, Italian and Spanish SCIENCES – Biology, Chemistry and Physics

94%

MATHS

*ENGLISH - Language and Literature

*ENGLISH