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Sunday, 20 August 2006
Best Ever Year For Boys
School records tumbled today as students at Bolton School Boys'
Division opened their results envelopes. No less than 46 candidates
achieved 3 grade As or better, and 81% of all entries were graded
at A or B. This is the best set of results ever and breaks the
previous record that was set ten years ago. 56.4% of all the boys'
grades were As and 91.7% were A-C grades. The overall pass rate was
99.5%, with an average of 4.2 passes per candidate.
The results are stunning. It has been a superb year group which
has contributed much to the school and the wider community. They
deserve these results which show what well rounded young men they
are. I am delighted for them; they should be proud of what they
have achieved.
Mervyn Brooker, Headmaster
Most candidates can look forward to entering their first choice
of university, many on very competitive courses. Results in the
so-called "hard" and "unpopular" subjects were impressive: in
Mathematics 94% of all entries achieved grades A or B; in the
sciences the figures were Biology 89%, Chemistry 83%, Physics 72%.
Of the 32 candidates sitting a modern foreign language, 78% gained
grade A or B.
Five candidates were awarded grade As in 5 subjects: Richard
Cooke, Owen Curwell-Parry, Paul Hutton, Chirag Mistry, Benjamin
Waugh.
100% Pass Rate For Girls
Results at Bolton School's Girls' Division were equally
impressive. 100% of students passed their exams. The majority will
be going to their first choice university. Forty eight per cent of
all examinations taken were graded A and 91.7% of grades were in
the A-C range. All the medics and vets got their first choice of
university and all the Oxbridge candidates, which represented 10%
of the cohort, achieved their offers. 100% of students undertaking
Further Mathematics achieved either A or B grades and girls also
performed particularly well in the Science subjects with 82%
achieving A or B grades in Biology, 71% in Chemistry and 88% in
Physics.
I am delighted with the results. To achieve a 100% pass rate is
something that both the girls and the School can take great pride
in. The Staff and students have worked exceptionally hard and they
deserve this success. I know these girls will go out into the world
and make a real difference.
Mrs Gill Richards, Headmistress commented
Three candidates achieved marks which placed them in the top 5
in the country. Claire Davies recorded grades which incredibly
placed her in the top five marks in the country in both Spanish and
in French! Lucy Bradbury was amongst the top five marks in Biology
and Asia Bibi scored one of the top five marks in Religious
Studies.
Three candidates recorded the rare achievement of 5 grades As.
They were Esther Hunt, Zahrah Karim and Emma Warneford.
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