TRINITY GRAMMAR SCHOOL

2014

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE RESULTS

OVERVIEW

Trinity’s 2014 candidature has achieved the School’s best ever IB results! Our average score was an incredible 39.05 which equates to an ATAR of 97.40! Not only were the Trinity results the best of any school in NSW and the ACT, we can also claim with confidence that our results were the best in Australia. As the IB grows in numbers the standard of our results has risen along with it, as the number of students earning 40+ IB points has risen to 23 in 2014 which represents 56% of our candidature. The stand out performances (perfect scores of 45) from Leo Jiang, Adrian Cheng, Marco Lee Solano and Gary Chen are testament to their all-round ability and determination to succeed. A perfect score of 45 is an achievement worthy of acclaim at the highest level. Alan Li, Christopher Millican, Andrew Serb, Antony Youssef, Ishaan Thakur and Yuzhe Zheng were agonisingly close to a 45, earning 44 points with a superb demonstration of organisation and application. Some of these boys could well achieve a perfect score of 45 IB points with remarks of subjects taking place over the next few weeks.

One very pleasing statistic reveals that 34 out of our 41 candidates (an amazing 83%) achieved an IB score of 33+ and, therefore, an ATAR equivalent of 90+. It is well worth noting too that over 95% of our candidates obtained IB scores in excess of 29.9+ IB points, which is the IB world average score. This statistic further emphasises Trinity’s exceptional performances, year in and year out, which are always far in excess of the IB world standard.

One area in which Trinity makes the most of its opportunities is the Core of the IB. We should be very proud of the fact that 20 students (almost 50% of our candidature) achieved the full 3 extra points awarded for Theory of Knowledge and the Extended Essay. Very few schools in the world could achieve such results. 85% of our candidates achieved an A or a B in Theory of Knowledge while a significant proportion of our students (83%) achieved either an A or a B in their Extended Essays. A pleasing development in the Extended Essays has been the sheer variety of subjects from which our students are drawing inspiration. Our Extended Essays were spread over 13 different subjects this year including Human Rights, World Studies and Philosophy.

For the first time ever, in all but one of the 35 courses offered at Trinity, our candidates performed well above the IB world average.

SUMMARY

Total number of TGS candidates 41

Average IB score of TGS candidates 39.05 (which equates to an ATAR of 97.35)

Average IB score in the world 29.95 (which equates to an ATAR of 82.95)

Average IB Asia-Pacific score 34.4

Average IB Australia score 33.96

Actual ATAR equivalent average of TGS candidates 95.25 (another exceptional result given the revised conversion tables for 2014)

Average grade obtained at the School 6.13 (An amazing result!)

Important statistics

> 23 out of 41 candidates (56%) received an ATAR equivalent of 98+

> 30 out of 41 candidates (73%) received an ATAR equivalent of 95+

> 34 out of 41 candidates (83%) received an ATAR equivalent of 90+

> 36 out of 41 candidates (88%) received an ATAR equivalent of 85+

Class of 2014

Outstanding Individual Performances (40+ IB points / 98.05+ ATAR) – (The equivalent of NSW HSC All-Rounder Awards)

Name IB Score ATARAdrian Cheng 45 99.95

Leo Jiang 45 99.95

Marco Lee Solano 45 99.95

Gary Chen 45 99.95

Alan Li 44 99.85

Christopher Millican 44 99.85

Andrew Serb 44 99.85

Ishaan Thakur 44 99.85

Antony Youssef 44 99.85

Yuzhe Zheng 44 99.85

Edward Cook 43 99.70

Rohan Simpson 43 99.70

Lawrence On 43 99.70

Thomas Opperman 43 99.70

Dane Ristovski 43 99.70

Antony Khoury 42 99.40

Gautam Ravi 42 99.40

Nathan Chin 41 98.80

James Mc Nicol 41 98.80

Tony Park 41 98.80

Marco Pascale 41 98.80

Connor Orr 40 98.15

Edward Lin 40 98.15

Excellent Subject Results (7 or 6 in a subject)

Subject No. of candidates No. of 7s No. of 6sEnglish Lit HL 30 10 10

English Lit SL 11 4 3

Chinese B SL 1 1

French Ab SL 9 5 2

French B HL 1 1

French B SL 11 4 7

German B HL 6 3 3

German B SL 4 2 1

Latin HL 2 1 1

Latin SL 3 2 1

Mandarin Ab SL 2 2

Bus & Man HL 10 5 3

Economics HL 9 4 3

Economics SL 10 5 4

Geography HL 7 1 4

History HL 6 3 2

History SL 2 1

Psychology HL 9 2 4

Psychology SL 3 1 1

Biology HL 12 3 7

Biology SL 5 1 3

Chemistry HL 11 6 2

Chemistry SL 8 6 1

Physics HL 4 2 1

Physics SL 7 3 1

Sports Science SL 6 4 1

Further Mathematics HL 1 1

Maths Studies SL 38 26 12

Maths HL 4 1 2

Maths SL 11 8 3

Visual Arts HL 3 2 1

TRINITY GRAMMAR SCHOOL

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TRINITY GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Junior, Middle and Senior Schools

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Strathfield NSW 2135

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Excellent Extended Essay Results 34/41 candidates (83%) received a B or higher

EE Subject No. of Candidates No. of As No. of Bs

English 10 6 4

Korean 1 1

Latin 1 1

Geography 2 1 1

History 9 4 3

Human Rights 2 1

Philosophy 1 1

Psychology 6 1 3

World Studies 1 1

Biology 2 1

Computer Science 1 1

Film 1 1

Visual Arts 3 3

TOTALS 19 15

Excellent TOK Results35/41 candidates (85%) received a B or higher

Theory of Knowledge 12 x A, 23 x B (41 candidates)

Peter Goetze | Director of IB