EXAM RESULTS 2018
Tallis is clearly an exceptional place to study.
Tallis continues to be in the top 10% of all Sixth Forms in Britain. Our performance as an institution remains consistent year-on-year and student achievement remains outstanding.
Over two hundred students took A-level or BTEC exams at Thomas Tallis in 2018. 24% of A-level students obtained A*/A grades, and 54% achieved A*-B grades. The pass rate in all our A-level subjects was 99%, two percentage points above the national average of 97%. Two thirds of BTEC students obtained Distinction or starred Distinction grades. We achieve these remarkable results with minimal entry criteria, asking only for moderate GCSE grades or better. Overall, forty students gained ABB or better.
Almost 180 students from Thomas Tallis are taking up university places, with very many of our applicants going on to Russell Group universities – we anticipate that almost a third will do so. Almost two thirds of our students are going on to the ‘Russell Group Plus’ – that is, top-10-for-subject, highly specialist single-faculty institutions such as SOAS, and the Russell Group institutions themselves.
Seven of our students are taking up places at Oxbridge this year: Daniel Smythe (A*A*A*A*, Computing at Cambridge), Megan Snaith (A*AA, English and History at Oxford), Martha Uberg (A*AA, History at Oxford), Henrik Bassett (AAA, History at Oxford), Helen Turner-Smyth (A*A*A, English at Cambridge), Matilda Armstrong-Sobolewski (AAA, Music at Cambridge), Ellie Gregson (A*A*A*, Geography at Cambridge)
Other outstanding performances at A-level included Ed Beaumont (A*AA, Philosophy and Music at Liverpool), Rhys Brown-Mantle (A*AA, International Relations and Politics at Cardiff), Emmanuel Bukoye (A*A*B, Computer Science at Bath), Fiona Laverty (A*A*A, Psychology at Sussex), Stephanie Ly (A*AA, Economics and Management at King’s), Ben Mountain (A*A*A, English Language and Politics at Liverpool), Sugam Roka (AAA, Economics at Nottingham), Yuan Xu (AAAB, Engineering at Liverpool).
Thirty or so Tallis students are taking up places at art colleges as diverse as Falmouth, Ravensbourne, Central St Martins, Wimbledon, Camberwell and Norwich, including high-flyers such as Lily Page (A*A*A*A, Central St Martins), Lemon Frazer (A*A*A, Central St Martins), and Louis Syed Anderson (A*A*A, Camberwell).
15 Tallis BTEC students achieved at least one Distinction* grade, and a great many BTEC students are going on to prestigious institutions for further study: Lee Cloke (D*D*D, Business and Finance at Westminster), Eve Davidson (D*D*D* Sport – Sport and Exercise Psychology at Coventry), Avi Delaadia (D*D*D, Business Management at Birmingham), Reyhan Ghani (D*DD, Accounting and Finance at Birmingham), Oliver McKenzie-Brown, (D*D*D*, Exercise and Sports Science at Exeter), Tapuwa Mushanduri (D*DD, Nursing at King’s College, London), Frank O’Dwyer (D*D*D*, Exercise and Sports Science at Exeter), Esther Olagunju (D*DD, Nursing at Leeds) and Julius Meade (D*D*D*, Football, Business and Marketing at UCFB).
Lastly, our Higher Apprenticeship candidates are also off to a flying start, with Tallis students shortly due to start apprenticeships in a range of fields.
Head, Carolyn Roberts commented:
Over two hundred students took A-level or BTEC exams at Thomas Tallis in 2018. 24% of A-level students obtained A*/A grades, and 54% achieved A*-B grades. The pass rate in all our A-level subjects was 99%, two percentage points above the national average of 97%. Two thirds of BTEC students obtained Distinction or starred Distinction grades. We achieve these remarkable results with minimal entry criteria, asking only for moderate GCSE grades or better. Overall, forty students gained ABB or better.
Almost 180 students from Thomas Tallis are taking up university places, with very many of our applicants going on to Russell Group universities – we anticipate that almost a third will do so. Almost two thirds of our students are going on to the ‘Russell Group Plus’ – that is, top-10-for-subject, highly specialist single-faculty institutions such as SOAS, and the Russell Group institutions themselves.
Seven of our students are taking up places at Oxbridge this year: Daniel Smythe (A*A*A*A*, Computing at Cambridge), Megan Snaith (A*AA, English and History at Oxford), Martha Uberg (A*AA, History at Oxford), Henrik Bassett (AAA, History at Oxford), Helen Turner-Smyth (A*A*A, English at Cambridge), Matilda Armstrong-Sobolewski (AAA, Music at Cambridge), Ellie Gregson (A*A*A*, Geography at Cambridge)
Other outstanding performances at A-level included Ed Beaumont (A*AA, Philosophy and Music at Liverpool), Rhys Brown-Mantle (A*AA, International Relations and Politics at Cardiff), Emmanuel Bukoye (A*A*B, Computer Science at Bath), Fiona Laverty (A*A*A, Psychology at Sussex), Stephanie Ly (A*AA, Economics and Management at King’s), Ben Mountain (A*A*A, English Language and Politics at Liverpool), Sugam Roka (AAA, Economics at Nottingham), Yuan Xu (AAAB, Engineering at Liverpool).
Thirty or so Tallis students are taking up places at art colleges as diverse as Falmouth, Ravensbourne, Central St Martins, Wimbledon, Camberwell and Norwich, including high-flyers such as Lily Page (A*A*A*A, Central St Martins), Lemon Frazer (A*A*A, Central St Martins), and Louis Syed Anderson (A*A*A, Camberwell).
15 Tallis BTEC students achieved at least one Distinction* grade, and a great many BTEC students are going on to prestigious institutions for further study: Lee Cloke (D*D*D, Business and Finance at Westminster), Eve Davidson (D*D*D* Sport – Sport and Exercise Psychology at Coventry), Avi Delaadia (D*D*D, Business Management at Birmingham), Reyhan Ghani (D*DD, Accounting and Finance at Birmingham), Oliver McKenzie-Brown, (D*D*D*, Exercise and Sports Science at Exeter), Tapuwa Mushanduri (D*DD, Nursing at King’s College, London), Frank O’Dwyer (D*D*D*, Exercise and Sports Science at Exeter), Esther Olagunju (D*DD, Nursing at Leeds) and Julius Meade (D*D*D*, Football, Business and Marketing at UCFB).
Lastly, our Higher Apprenticeship candidates are also off to a flying start, with Tallis students shortly due to start apprenticeships in a range of fields.
Head, Carolyn Roberts commented:
We are delighted that our young people are now ready to take their place in the world as adult citizens.
They will enliven all the roads they travel!
