Successes and Achievements 2012
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NO.1 PERFORMING COLLEGE IN GREATER LONDON FOR LAST 11 YEARS SUCCESSES AND ACHIEVEMENTS 2012 Richmond upon Thames College is situated ACADEMIC STUDIES in Twickenham and boasts one of the widest curriculum offers in the country, both traditionally Level 3 – International Sat % pass % global academic and vocational. This leaflet seeks Baccalaureate Diploma RuTC pass rate to give both students and their parents and 77 87 78 guardians a taste of last year’s successes. Level 3 – A Levels Sat % pass % pass RuTC Exam Board Accounting 13 92 94 Art & Design – Architecture 60 100 98 Art & Design – 3D Design – 12 100 100 Theatre Design (Costume & Set) Art & Design – Fine Art 58 100 100 Art & Design – Graphic Communication 60 100 100 Art & Design – Photography 80 99 99 Art & Design – Textile Design 16 100 100 Biology 73 88 97 Business Applied 24 96 99 Business Studies 89 99 98 Chemistry 56 89 98 Classical Civilisation 44 98 99 Communication & Culture 51 100 100 Computing 16 75 95 Critical Thinking 7 100 96 Dance 12 100 99 Drama & Theatre Studies 54 96 99 Economics 59 98 98 IB STUDENTS SMASH Electronics 5 100 97 GLOBAL PASS RATE English Language 45 100 99 English Language & Literature 127 97 100 English Literature 129 98 99 87% INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE Environmental Studies 9 89 93 Film Studies 37 100 99 DIPLOMA PASS RATE French 34 100 99 Further Mathematics 9 100 98 Geography 36 97 99 97% A LEVEL Geology 15 93 99 PASS RATE German 24 100 99 2 | Successes and Achievements | 2012 2012 | Successes and Achievements | 3 JANAN, WHO JOINED FROM ACADEMIC STUDIES HAMPTON ACADEMY, WAS 100% PASS RATE RECOGNISED BY HIS TEACHERS FOR HIS DILIGENT, ENTHUSIASTIC 22 A LEVEL SUBJECTS Level 3 – A Levels Sat % pass % pass APPROACH TO LESSONS AND FOR RuTC Exam Board HIS WILLINGNESS TO IMMERSE HIMSELF IN OTHER AREAS OF 40% A*/ B Government & Politics 74 92 99 LIFE WITHIN THE BUSINESS Health & Social Care 21 81 98 DEPARTMENT. HE ACHIEVED AN GRADES AT A LEVEL History 155 99 99 A* IN ECONOMICS AND WAS A KEY MEMBER OF THE TEAM THAT History of Art 29 100 97 ACHIEVED SECOND PLACE IN THE ICT 18 89 96 PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL INSTITUTE Law 41 93 96 OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS IN Leisure Studies 5 80 99 ENGLAND AND Mathematics 158 99 98 WALES COMPETITION. JANAN IS NOW Media Studies 80 99 99 STUDYING AT THE Music 9 100 99 BRISTOL UNIVERSITY Music Technology 13 100 97 SCHOOL OF Philosophy 44 93 96 ECONOMICS. Physical Education 49 92 97 Physics 49 96 97 SYED, WHO CAME TO THE COLLEGE Psychology 168 94 97 FROM THE CAPITAL CITY ACADEMY, Religious Studies 19 100 98 HAD AN OUTSTANDING RECORD OF Science Applied 7 71 96 ATTENDANCE AND PUNCTUALITY FOR HIS PHILOSOPHY A LEVEL, Sociology 123 94 97 BRINGING ENTHUSIASM AND Spanish 35 100 99 INTEREST TO HIS CLASSES. Travel & Tourism Applied 15 93 98 WITH A THOUGHTFUL AND Use of Mathematics 18 100 96 METHODICAL APPROACH TO World Development 15 100 98 THE CHALLENGING QUESTIONS RAISED IN LESSONS, SYED DREW UP REVISION RESOURCES AND Business Double Applied 14 100 99 GENEROUSLY SHARED THEM WITH Health & Social Care Double Applied 5 80 98 HIS CLASSMATES. HE HAS TAKEN Science Double Applied 19 74 93 ALL HIS QUALITIES WITH HIM TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX WHERE HE IS Financial Studies Diploma 28 96 96 NOW STUDYING PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION AND ETHICS. 67 % A*/ C GRADES AT A LEVEL 4 | Successes and Achievements | 2012 2012 | Successes and Achievements | 5 VOCATIONAL STUDIES MICHAEL, CAME FROM GREY COURT SCHOOL TO JOIN THE LEVEL 2 CARPENTRY PAWEL, CAME FROM ST Mark’s ACADEMY AND COMPLETED THE BTEC LEVEL 3 EXTENDED (BENCH) DIPLOMA COURSE AND ACHIEVED 100% ATTENDANCE. HIS JOINERY WORK DIPLOMA IN ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING. A GIFTED, BRIGHT AND HIGHLY WAS TO SUCH AN EXTREMELY HIGH STANDARD THAT HE WAS ABLE TO ASSIST OTHER FOCUSED STUDENT, HE SHOWED IMAGINATION AND FLARE FOR THE FIELD OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN THE WORKSHOP, PASSING ON HIS KNOWLEDGE AND HELPING THEM AND IMPRESSED TEACHERS WITH THE SUPPORT HE GAVE TO HIS FELLOW STUDENTS. PAWEL WITH THEIR PRACTICAL WORK. MICHAEL HAS ALREADY MOVED ON TO DIPLOMA COMPLETED HIS COURSE WITH THREE D* (DISTINCTION STAR) AND WAS ALSO AWARDED A LEVEL 3 WORK AND WILL BE A HIGHLY-SKILLED AND VERY VALUABLE ASSET TO PRIZE FROM THE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGy’s LONDON NETWORK. HE IS ANY COMPANY LUCKY ENOUGH TO EMPLOY HIM. NOW STUDYING ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SURREY. Diploma in Foundation Studies Completed % awards BTEC Diplomas & Certificate and Cache Completed % awards achieved Certificate (Level 2) achieved Art & Design (Pre degree) 43 98 Art & Design 13 100 Business 14 86 Extended Diplomas / Diplomas & CACHE (Level 3) Completed % awards Child Care & Education 11 100 achieved Creative Media Production 12 100 Engineering 27 93 Art & Design 77 90 Engineering (Certificate) 29 100 Business 48 94 Health & Social Care 12 92 Child Care & Education 21 95 Health & Social Care (Certificate) 12 92 Construction 13 85 IT 17 24 Creative Media Production 26 96 IT (Certificate) 18 94 Digital Media Production 18 100 Performing Arts (Acting) 10 90 Engineering 42 90 Sport & Fitness 17 88 Engineering (Diploma) 4 100 Travel & Tourism 16 88 IT 28 93 Music 7 100 BTEC Diplomas (Level 1) Completed % awards Music Technology 6 100 achieved Performing Arts (Dance) 8 100 Performing Arts (Drama) 18 94 IT 10 90 Sport Development Coaching & Fitness 15 100 Sport & Active Leisure 17 88 Sport Development Coaching & Fitness (Diploma) 14 100 Sport & Exercise Science 10 90 Sport & Exercise Science (Diploma) 13 100 Sport Performance and Excellence 11 82 Travel & Tourism 14 100 100% PASS RATE 28 VOCATIONAL SUBJECTS 6 | Successes and Achievements | 2012 2012 | Successes and Achievements | 7 VOCATIONAL STUDIES NVQS / Diplomas / Certificates / Completed % awards Diplomas (Level 1) Completed % awards Apprenticeships (Level 3) achieved achieved Bricklaying 1 100 Bricklaying 10 100 Carpentry (Bench) 8 100 Carpentry 24 92 Professional Cookery 5 100 Hair & Beauty 16 100 Plumbing 9 100 Professional Cookery 19 100 Sport/Leisure 1 100 Entry Level Completed % awards NVQS / Diplomas / Certificates / Completed % awards achieved Apprenticeships (Level 2) achieved Bricklaying 13 100 Bricklaying 10 100 Carpentry 11 73 Carpentry (Bench) 21 100 Professional Cookery 16 100 Supported Learning Courses Completed % awards Sport/Leisure 19 70 (Entry Levels, 3, 2, 1) achieved Vocational Studies 9 100 Personal & Social Development 7 93 Skills Independent & Work 6 100 Workskills 6 100 Personal Progress 1 6 92 Skillwise 6 87 SCOTT, WAS AN EXCELLENT STUDENT DURING HIS FIRST YEAR ON THE PROFESSIONAL COOKERY DIPLOMA. HIS ATTENDANCE AND PUNCTUALITY WERE SECOND TO NONE AND HE PROVED HIMSELF TO BE AN EXTREMELY RELIABLE, SMART AND HELPFUL STUDENT. AN INVALUABLE AMBASSADOR FOR THE CATERING DEPARTMENT, SCOTT HELPED OUT ON ALL OPEN EVENINGS AND RESTAURANT EVENTS AND WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE TEAM WHO CATERED FOR A CANAPÉ AND DRINKS RECEPTION AT THE HOUSE OF LORDS. HIS PROFESSIONALISM AND ENTHUSIASM WAS HIGHLY APPRECIATED BY BOTH THE CUSTOMERS AND HIS TEACHERS. CHARLOTTE STUDIED ON THE SKILLWISE COURSE AFTER COMING FROM PIELD HEATH SCHOOL. HER IMAGINATIVE AND EXCITING PERFORMANCE IN AN OLYMPIC- THEMED DANCE PIECE, ALONG WITH HER CHARITY FUNDRAISING EXPLOITS FOR 80 OVERALL VOCATIONAL DISTINCTIONS THE ‘STRICTLY DANCE-ATHON’ AND RED NOSE CONGA, INSPIRED ALL THAT SAW IT! CHARLOTTE LOVED SERVING CUSTOMERS AND WORKED IN THE College’s APPLE AT LEVEL 3 TREE CAFE AND THE SERIOUS SNACKS SHOP. SHE DEVELOPED MANY SKILLS IN PREPARATION FOR FURTHER COURSES AND PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT AND LIVED EACH DAY AT COLLEGE TO THE FULL. 8 | Successes and Achievements | 2012 2012 | Successes and Achievements | 9 AN OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE STUDENT, BRUNA OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE PUT HER HEART AND SOUL INTO THE CREATIVITY ACTION SERVICE PROGRAMME. AN ABSOLUTE University of Oxford PLEASURE TO WORK WITH, SHE TOOK PART IN AN EXTRAORDINARY Name Previous School College Reading RANGE OF ACTIVITIES SUCH AS CREATIVE WRITING, VOLLEYBALL, Anthony Blair Grey Court School Hertford History WRITING FOR THE YOUTH Livvy Bridge Teddington School Somerville Experimental Psychology GLOBE MAGAZINE AND WAS Sonia Cuesta Overseas Churchill French and Beginners CHAIRPERSON FOR THE RESULTS- Italian PLUS ORGANISATION AT RUTC. BRUNA ALSO TUTORED ITALIAN, Julia Dunn Burntwood School Wadham Philosophy and French HELPING TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THEIR ORAL University of Cambridge EXAMS. SHE IS NOW STUDYING Ida Ahmed Overseas Newnham Chemical Engineering INTERNATIONAL Adam Bassett Teddington School Trinity Maths POLITICS AT King’s COLLEGE Ibtehaj Nadeem Overseas Churchill Computer Science LONDON. Alan Rusnak Feltham Community Corpus Christi Computer Science School Jennifer Silva Christ’s Hospital Gonville and Archaeology and Caius Anthropology 9 STUDENTS TO OXBRIDGE ADAM CAME FROM TEDDINGTON SCHOOL AND PROVED HIMSELF TO BE AN EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT OF PHYSICS AND MATHS. A HIGH ACHIEVER, A GIFTED LEARNER AND A CREATIVE THINKER, HE WAS A PLEASURE TO TEACH, COMPREHENDING COMPLEX IDEAS WITH EASE. ALWAYS ENTHUSIASTIC, ADAM CONTRIBUTED WELL TO CLASS DISCUSSIONS AND HELPED WITH DEMONSTRATIONS AND GROUP UNDERSTANDING AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY. HE ACHIEVED NOT ONLY AN A* IN PHYSICS, BUT ALSO AN A* IN FURTHER MATHS. HE IS 893 STUDENTS NOW STUDYING MATHEMATICS AT TRINITY COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE. TO UNIVERSITY LIVVY WAS AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT IN PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY, SUSTAINING A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE THROUGHOUT HER STUDIES. ORIGINALLY 122 STUDENTS FROM TEDDINGTON SCHOOL, SHE ACHIEVED A*S IN HISTORY MODERN, PHILOSOPHY, CHEMISTRY AND SCORED THE THIRD HIGHEST A* MARK IN THE COUNTRY FOR HER TO RUSSELL GROUP UNIVERSITIES BIOLOGY A LEVEL EXAM, AN ACHIEVEMENT COMMEMORATED AT THE SALters’ INSTITUTE ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY IN 2012. SHE IS NOW READING EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY. 10 | Successes and Achievements | 2012 2012 | Successes and Achievements | 11 HIGHER EDUCATION These are the universities where we sent more than 1 student in 2012.