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Tonbridge Grammar

Summer 2019

Summary of Examination Performance

TGS remains one of the most academically successful in the country and a leading school for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. In the summer one student achieved the maximum score of 45 points in the IB Diploma, this accolade was held by only 213 students worldwide in 2019. Two students achieved 44 points, 38 students achieved a score of 40 or better and 42% of our students achieved 38 or above. Our average Diploma point score was 36 which exceeds the worldwide average of 30. 61% of individual subject grades were at a grade 7 or 6 with the average grade being 5.62.

Year 11 students celebrated outstanding results this year. The top grade of 9 is tough to achieve and our results show that TGS students are more than capable of responding to this challenge with 23% of our GCSE entries awarded a grade 9. Overall the results for our students were exceptionally strong. 32% of pupils gained 10 or more grades at 9-7 with 82% achieving 5 or more GCSEs at these top grades. Overall 51% of all GCSE results were at grade 9 or 8 and 74% at 9, 8 or 7. The average points per entry was 7.37.

Tonbridge Grammar School Summer 2019

International Baccalaureate Diploma Grade Higher Level Entries 7-6 7-5 7 6 5 4 3 2 Biology 90 52% 79% 17% 36% 27% 18% 3% 1% Chemistry 63 46% 68% 11% 34% 22% 19% 11% 2% Computer Science 7 86% 86% 29% 57% 14% 14% Economics 18 56% 83% 39% 17% 28% 11% 6% English A Literature 30 77% 100% 33% 43% 23% French B 15 67% 93% 13% 53% 27% 7% 42 76% 98% 48% 29% 21% 2% History 18 67% 94% 17% 50% 28% 6% 8 50% 88% 13% 38% 38% 13% Mathematics 24 58% 71% 25% 33% 13% 21% 8% Philosophy 18 83% 100% 17% 67% 17% Physics 20 55% 70% 35% 20% 15% 15% 15% Psychology 47 47% 91% 6% 40% 45% 6% 2% Spanish B 17 71% 88% 18% 53% 18% 12% Sports Exercise & Health Science 1 100% 100% 100% Visual Arts Option A 8 88% 100% 63% 25% 13% Grade Standard Level Entries 7 - 6 7 - 5 7 6 5 4 3 2 Biology 14 79% 93% 29% 50% 14% 7% Chemistry 10 50% 60% 10% 40% 10% 30% 10% Computer Science 1 0% 100% 100% Economics 9 56% 89% 33% 22% 33% 11% English A Literature 89 67% 96% 10% 57% 28% 5% Environmental Systems & Societies 9 56% 67% 11% 44% 11% 22% 11% French B 34 62% 100% 12% 50% 38% Geography 6 67% 100% 50% 17% 33% History 7 71% 100% 71% 29% Italian Ab Initio 14 7% 29% 0% 7% 21% 43% 29% Japanese Ab Initio 9 56% 89% 11% 44% 33% 11% Latin 5 60% 60% 60% 20% 20% Literature & Performance 23 48% 91% 4% 44% 44% 9% Mathematical Studies 92 71% 92% 36% 35% 22% 3% 4% Mathematics 26 46% 58% 12% 35% 12% 35% 8% Philosophy 3 100% 100% 67% 33% Physics 5 60% 80% 60% 20% 20% Psychology 19 79% 95% 32% 47% 16% 5% Spanish Ab Initio 25 40% 64% 8% 32% 24% 36% Spanish B 25 80% 100% 32% 48% 20% Visual Arts Option A 1 100% 100% 100% All figures are rounded to the nearest whole number Summer 2019

Year 11 Results

Grade GCSE Entries 9-7 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 U Art 34 32% 3% 9% 21% 29% 32% 6% Biology 166 81% 38% 28% 16% 13% 5% 1% Chemistry 166 80% 32% 28% 20% 13% 5% 1% Computer Science 53 68% 13% 25% 30% 19% 9% 2% 2% Design Technology 40 98% 65% 15% 18% 3% Drama 30 57% 20% 37% 43% English Language 174 64% 17% 22% 26% 24% 11% English Literature 174 62% 16% 19% 27% 25% 12% 1% French 78 68% 13% 32% 23% 19% 8% 3% 3% Geography 140 81% 21% 34% 26% 14% 4% 1% History 88 86% 33% 39% 15% 7% 5% 2% Latin 77 83% 25% 36% 22% 12% 3% 1% 1% Mathematics 174 83% 22% 34% 27% 13% 3% 1% Music 20 40% 20% 10% 10% 55% 5% Physical Education 49 67% 2% 43% 22% 22% 8% 2% Physics 166 83% 31% 34% 19% 11% 5% Science Trilogy 18 44% 11% 33% 28% 22% 6% Spanish 87 62% 17% 22% 23% 20% 8% 6% 2% 2% Grade GCSE Entries A*-A A* A B C D E Further Mathematics 28 54% 25% 29% 39% 11% GCE (AS Level) Entries A-B A B C D E U FSMQ Additional 32 100% 84% 16% Mathematics

All figures are rounded to the nearest whole number

Tonbridge Grammar School Summer 2019

University Destinations - 2019

We are delighted that all of our students who applied to (134 in total) received offers with 50 of these receiving offers from every university they applied to. 77% received a place at their firm choice university with the diversity of the institutions representing the broad ambitions of the cohort including Conservatoires and Degree Apprenticeships. 72% of students gained places at Oxbridge, Russell Group and Medical Schools. All our Oxbridge offer holders successfully took their places. 22 students gained a place to study Medicine (including Veterinary Medicine).

University Number of students Exeter 11 Bristol 10 Durham 9 Nottingham 8 Birmingham 7 Leeds 6 Loughborough 5 King’s London 5 Reading 4 East Anglia 4 Bath 3 Cardiff 3 3 York 3 3 University College London 3 Newcastle 3 Imperial College London 2 Southampton 2 Surrey 2 Liverpool 2 Sussex 2 London South Bank 2 Keele 2 Edinburgh 2 2 Queen Mary 2 Coventry 2 Royal Holloway 1 London School of Economics 1 Sheffield 1 St Andrew’s 1 Hull York Medical School 1 Manchester 1 1 Westminster 1 Roehampton 1 Goldsmiths 1 Dundee 1 Sheffield Hallam 1 Writtle University College 1 of Contemporary Music 1 Leeds Arts University 1 Aston 1 Winchester 1 St George's University of London 1 Strathclyde 1 SOAS University of London 1 Lancaster 1 South Wales 1