Provisional Examination Results and Destinations Data The Sixth Form College North Hill Colchester CO1 1SN t: 01206 500700 f: 01206 500770 www.colchsfc.ac.uk 2017
THE SIXTH FORM COLLEGE, COLCHESTER 2017 Provisional Examination Results and Destinations Data Relating to Academic Year 2016/17 (Summer 2017 results) (as available October 2017) Also available on the College website: www.colchsfc.ac.uk
INTRODUCTION Outstanding Student Retention Achievements and Progression 2016/17 The Sixth Form College is extremely proud of the reputation it has established over the last thirty years for very high academic standards and the outstanding achievements of our students. College students have consistently achieved excellent public examination results at A Level and the College has also been delighted with the level of student achievements in the range of other qualification areas including AS Level, the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme, GCSE and a range of more specialist courses including Extended Project Qualifications, Principles of Coaching Sport Award, IFS Financial Certificate and Diploma (Institute of Financial Studies), Royal School of Music Instrument Exams, Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award Scheme and RSM and RADA exams and qualifications. Levels of overall in-year student retention completion of their study programme at the College continue to be exceptionally high (over 96% in 2016/17 year) well above the national average for 16-18 year olds in all schools, academies and colleges. The College was particularly pleased with the Government reformed A level results. Results have been consistently above national averages and can be viewed as strong both in absolute terms and, also, perhaps more meaningfully, in value added terms. The package of AS/A (or IB) student qualifications and results achieved at age 18, compared to their GCSE results achieved in Year 11, is much higher than the national (international) norms. Our cohort of students who completed the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma achieved extremely well and their pass rate, total points score and average subject scores were, once again, very well above the IB international averages, with the students averaging 32 points significantly better results than the international average of 29 points of all IB schools including the results achieved in many of the prestigious independent or selective worldwide schools that offer the IB. As a result of the excellent examination results, a very high proportion of students completing Advanced Level study programmes at the College have the choice to progress into degree courses in Higher Education. In summer 2017, despite the high costs now involved in studying in HE, approximately 1000 of our very successful students chose to progress on university degree courses in a very wide variety of fields, including significant numbers who commenced degree courses in the prestigious fields of Medicine and related, Sciences, Engineering, Computing, IT, Mathematics, Languages, English, Economics, Journalism, Fine Art, Social Sciences, Law, Music, Business, Management, Finance, History and Geography. Many of the class of 2017 students have commenced degree courses in autumn 2017 whilst others have deferred and will start degrees in 2018. Other students have progressed to specialist Further Education courses in the fields of Art, Photography and Performing Arts and a good number of these students will also then progress to study degree courses. Six of our students were offered places at Oxford or Cambridge with over 300 of the summer 2016 leavers have or will progress to degree courses at Russell Group universities or other highly selective degree courses including at Law Schools or Medical Schools. A large number of students have chosen a gap year. In due course, you may wish to check the full 2017 student destination details from the programme for the Annual Reunion and Awards event, which will be held on 19 December 2017. The Programme will provide more substantial detail regarding 2017 student progression and will also be posted on the College website. Copies of the 2016 year programme, with details are posted on the website and paper copies will also be available on the Open Evenings. Student achievements at AS Level in summer 2017 were also excellent with a pass rate above the national average level and their package of average results provided a very positive overall valueadded measure. The College was particularly pleased with the AS results in Government reformed AS levels. This strong level of success achieved in lower sixth means that very many of last year s first year students have now built a very good base for A Level success in 2018, as well as providing them with very good AS qualifications in their own right. 2
At GCSE the pass rates at grades A* to C in 2017 were significantly above the national average Post 16 figures. This is particularly creditable when it is considered that the majority of the entries are from students who have achieved lower grades in Year 11 at school than they would like and most entries are re-sits of key GCSE subjects. The GCSE English and Mathematics resit results (from the results achieved in year 11 at school ) results were very strong and very substantially above the national averages for 16 to 18 year olds in schools, academies and colleges in England. The College was one of the first four colleges in the country to be awarded Beacon Status and was only the second Sixth Form College to be awarded a Queens Award for Higher and Further Education. The College s last full Ofsted inspection was in the 2012/13 academic year and feedback was very good. Please refer to the College website (www.colchsfc.ac.uk) for the full Ofsted Report. Student achievements in a variety of other ways were also very impressive. In the fields of Sport, Music, Drama, Dance and Art, large numbers of College students have consistently demonstrated excellent standards. A number of students each year participate in active citizenship and voluntary service in the community, which includes a large group of students undertaking the pre-teaching programme, which involves support work on a regular basis in local schools, or the pre-clinical and Medics course, which provides good support and preparation for students hoping to apply for Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine, Physiotherapy, etc. A further group of students are involved in sports coaching experiences which include organising sports projects activity with local schools. Over 30 of our students successfully completed the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award Scheme last year, most through the College organised programme. Over 2,000 of our students are involved in sporting activities at the College each year - many on a very regular basis, with the excellent sports facilities supporting a huge range of opportunities. Involvement in the College Council, our Ambassador programme, the Sports Leadership programme, placements in local schools and in our Active Citizenship programme offers students opportunities to develop leadership and employability skills. There is also a considerable level of student involvement in charitable work. A very high proportion of students undertake one or more residential experiences while at the College and the varied programme includes a major, generally bi-annual, Expedition to India to support a disadvantaged community. The College has supported the Russ Foundation Community in Madjuri Province for almost 30 years and this also includes regular fundraising activities in College. There are also regular Expeditions to South America (Paraguay in 2017, in the past Peru and Ecuador) and Sri Lanka. Each year approximately 200 trips and visits are offered to College students. These experiences contribute much to student learning, personal development and development of wider skills, as well as making an outstanding contribution to the community. The time students spend at the College in a supportive young adult environment provides them with wide-ranging opportunities and contributes to preparation for successful progression into Higher Education, employment and adult life. Students are encouraged to work hard and play hard and their successes bear testimony to the ability of the vast majority of our students to achieve to their potential and also to develop and be prepared for their life beyond the College. *More specific detail, with regard to the examination results achieved by College students in the 2016/17 academic year, including subject level data, are given in subsequent pages. If further detail is required, please contact me or other senior staff at the College. These results are as accurate as can be provided at this time, based upon the provisional allocations of marks and grades by examination boards. DfE also publish some performance data each year on their website here. Please note, that this Government reforms to the National A and AS level qualifications system, commencing in 2015 and fully implemented in 2019, has made significant changes in the nature of A level courses and also grade awards. This makes meaningful comparisons of 2017 (and onwards) A level data with previous years difficult. Ian MacNaughton Principal October 2017 3
STUDENT PROGRESSION AND DESTINATIONS SUMMER 2017 LEAVERS The Sixth Form College has significant experience and commitment to preparing students for entry to Higher Education before progressing to employment. Approximately 75% of our College Advanced Level Programme leavers progress directly to Higher Education courses after completing their studies at the College or study Art Foundation or take a gap year before progressing to HE. Many gap year students are successful in obtaining structured international community placements, including with the prestigious Latitude Global Volunteering organisation or EDT Year in Industry scheme. Our aim is to encourage and enthuse students about their Sixth Form studies and to help them to achieve and obtain the necessary qualifications for entry to their chosen courses in Higher Education and then employment or directly chosen employment areas. At the same time we aim to help our students acquire the skills, confidence and maturity necessary to succeed in their chosen courses of higher study, in their future careers and in their adult lives. Very large numbers of students from this College will progress to study degree courses at British universities. Indeed you are likely to find former students of the Sixth Form College currently studying at virtually every university in the country and the range of courses that students have now chosen is vast, ranging from Architecture, Anthropology, Banking, Fine Art and Geography to Law, Engineering, Medicine, Veterinary Science and Zoology, as well as modern degree courses, e.g. Internet Technologies, Biotechnology, Cybernetics Robotics, Film Studies, Applied Marine Science and Sports Science. A small but growing number of students are choosing to study for degrees abroad or online. The College has considerable expertise in guiding and advising students regarding all Higher Education options. The success of our former students in Higher Education indicates that the College prepares students very well for their future studies. A good number of students progress into local or national or international employment and training opportunities. The following table gives a summary of the provisional known destination of those second year students who left in summer 2017, as known in early October. Detailed information about the destination of students proceeding to Higher Education in 2016 can be found in the College Annual Reunion and Awards Event programme in December 2016, (available on the website or on the Open Evenings). Detailed 2017 destinations information will be included in the Programme for the 2017 Reunion and Awards event and will be available from late December 2017. These details will also be published on the College website www.colchsfc.ac.uk PROVISIONAL KNOWN PROGRESSION/DESTINATIONS OF 18 YEAR OLD LEAVERS COMPLETING A LEVEL AND IB PROGRAMMES IN SUMMER 2017 (AS OF OCTOBER 2017) Provisional Numbers of Students University degree courses (directly in 2015/16 or after a gap year out or 997 completing other courses in 2015/16 with degree course confirmed for 2017 year entry) Art Foundation courses (most with degree course progression planned for 41 2017 entry) Other HE/FE courses (including Drama, Music, Dance) 27 Employment, Training, Apprenticeships 185 Returned to College for further study 7 Travel / gap year out (without firm degree course offers or other plans for next 87 year at present) or considering Options or Moved Away or Unknown 1344 4
SUMMARY OF EXAM RESULTS IN QUALIFICATION AREAS TOTAL PACKAGE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR 18 YEAR OLDS. In Year Student Retention Rate College 2017 National (all state sector schools and Colleges) 2016 2016/17 Retention Rate 96.5% 92% A LEVEL Average subject achievement rates College 2016/17 National (all providers) 2016/17 A* - E (Pass grades) % 98% 98% Percentage of 18 year olds achieving 3 or more A level (or equivalent academic qualification) passes College 2017 National (all state sector schools and Colleges) 2016 87% 79% # # Government published data in January 2016. (The 2016/17 figure is not published but understood to be less than 75%. INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB) DIPLOMA PROGRAMME Average achievement rates College 2017 International 2017 Overall IB Diploma Pass % 83% 78% Average Total Points of those who passed 32* 29* Average Points per Subject of those who passed 5.1* 4.6* *For information - 24 points required for an IB pass; maximum points total = 45 points; the maximum points in each subject = 7 points. Students take 6 subjects. A maximum of 3 further points are available for a combination of Theory of Knowledge and Extended Essay giving a maximum total of 45 points. For illustration a typical offer from most Medical Schools is 34 points. AS LEVEL Average achievement rates College 2016 National (all providers) 2016 A-E (Pass grades) % 88% 87% GCSE resit Average achievement rates Grades A*- C grade % College 2016/17 National (all providers) 2016/17 GCSE Mathematics 49% 29% GCSE English Language 84% 30% 5
COLLEGE A LEVEL SUBJECT RESULTS SUMMER 2017 (PROVISIONAL) AND SUMMER 2016 (*see final paragraph on page 4) (Published National Data all results by subject where available) ACCOUNTING ARCHAEOLOGY Subject ART AND DESIGN (FINE ART) ART AND DESIGN (PHOTOGRAPHY) ART HISTORY (ART: CRITICAL & CONTEXTUAL STUDIES) BIOLOGY BUSINESS BUSINESS (APPLIED) CHEMISTRY CITIZENSHIP CLASSICAL CIVILISATION COMPUTER SCIENCE DANCE DRAMA AND THEATRE STUDIES ECONOMICS ELECTRONICS ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ENGLISH LITERATURE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES FILM STUDIES FOOD TECHNOLOGY FRENCH GEOGRAPHY GEOLOGY GERMAN GOVERNMENT & POLITICS Year Number of A* A B C D E U 6 College % A* to E 2017 51 4 10 11 8 14 4 0 100% 2016 42 0 3 10 12 9 7 1 98% 2017 28 4 2 5 5 7 5 0 100% 2016 20 1 1 7 6 3 1 1 95% 2017 # 120 0 # 4 # 46 # 36 # 25 # 7 # 2 # 98% # 2016 119 17 23 31 25 19 3 1 99% 2017 63 4 6 38 12 3 0 0 100% 2016 76 9 11 35 14 6 1 0 100% 2017 26 1 5 4 8 4 4 0 100% 2016 29 0 4 9 10 6 0 0 100% 2017 170 16 30 39 35 28 16 6 96% 2016 202 11 32 36 46 33 29 15 93% 2017 165 4 17 31 44 45 19 5 97% 2016 224 1 9 51 68 42 29 23 89% 2017 70 1 0 13 17 31 7 1 99% 2016 92 0 6 19 24 33 10 0 100% 2017 117 11 19 28 27 19 11 2 98% 2016 157 6 19 34 42 35 14 7 96% 2017 11 1 0 4 4 2 0 0 100% 2016 45 1 6 16 10 4 5 3 93% 2017 26 0 0 6 6 8 6 0 100% 2016 26 0 2 5 9 8 2 0 100% 2017 60 1 5 19 15 10 7 3 95% 2016 52 0 6 11 9 17 8 1 98% 2017 12 3 0 3 2 4 0 0 100% 2016 13 2 0 6 3 2 0 0 100% 2017 35 0 3 9 13 6 4 0 100% 2016 40 0 6 14 11 6 1 2 95% 2017 107 2 27 37 19 18 4 0 100% 2016 135 6 29 38 31 20 8 3 98% 2017 19 1 1 6 2 6 3 0 100% 2016 27 1 4 8 4 5 3 2 93% 2017 145 1 5 26 70 37 5 1 99% 2016 130 5 9 20 45 41 8 2 98% 2017 166 1 3 19 68 55 13 7 96% 2016 157 0 6 25 54 53 14 5 97% 2017* 186 9* 28* 40* 51* 36* 17* 4* 97%* 2016 214 24 21 69 59 30 8 3 99% 2017 35 2 2 9 10 3 5 4 89% 2016 35 1 2 8 8 6 6 4 89% 2017 45 0 3 15 24 3 0 0 100% 2016 42 0 7 11 17 6 0 1 98% 2017 10 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 90% 2016 10 0 0 0 3 5 0 2 80% 2017 14 0 2 1 6 3 2 0 100% 2016 35 2 13 15 5 7 3 0 100% 2017 121 6 16 31 30 27 10 1 99% 2016 128 5 26 27 31 26 12 1 99% 2017 40 0 7 7 12 10 3 1 98% 2016 37 2 10 10 6 4 3 2 95% 2017 15 0 2 2 5 4 2 0 100% 2016 10 0 1 1 6 1 1 0 100% 2017 64 2 9 15 25 8 4 1 98% 2016 75 1 12 19 26 8 6 3 96% # Re-moderation instigated. *In October AQA have instigated re-marks of a batch of scripts believed to have been erroneously marked. Outcome pending
HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE HISTORY INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ITALIAN LAW MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS (FURTHER) MEDIA STUDIES MUSIC MUSIC TECHNOLOGY OTHER MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES PERFORMANCE STUDIES PHILOSOPHY PHYSICS PRODUCT DESIGN (GRAPHICS and TECHNOLOGY) PSYCHOLOGY RELIGIOUS STUDIES SCIENCE (APPLIED) SOCIOLOGY SPANISH SPORT AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION STATISTICS TEXTILES ART USE of MATHS WORLD DEVELOPMENT APPLIED LAW (BTEC subsidiary Diploma) Year Year Number of Number of A* A B C D E U Distinction* Distinction Merit Pass U College % A* to E 2017 69 0 5 17 19 23 4 1 99% 2016 117 3 17 30 37 18 9 3 97% 2017 164 3 18 34 58 39 9 3 98% 2016 181 3 29 53 52 32 11 1 99% 2017 52 0 3 8 5 15 15 6 88% 2016 69 0 5 7 16 17 20 4 94% 2017 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 100% 2016 13 0 6 6 1 0 0 0 100% 2017 98 1 11 41 27 14 3 1 99% 2016 122 0 8 45 40 25 4 0 100% 2017 194 28 31 53 40 26 10 6 97% 2016 197 14 38 41 44 36 16 8 96% 2017 32 3 3 11 5 4 6 0 100% 2016 32 2 6 9 8 4 2 1 97% 2017 118 0 3 33 60 15 5 2 98% 2016 129 2 13 41 43 22 8 0 100% 2017 20 0 0 5 4 9 2 0 100% 2016 17 0 1 3 7 5 1 0 100% 2017 14 1 2 5 1 2 3 0 100% 2016 7 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 86% 2017 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 100% 2016 9 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 100% 2017 27 0 3 7 11 6 0 0 100% 2016 26 0 2 10 7 6 1 0 100% 2017 46 1 4 12 10 8 6 5 89% 2016 29 1 4 8 8 6 2 0 100% 2017 72 2 5 12 15 22 11 4 93% 2016 98 0 15 18 15 26 16 8 92% 2017 65 0 5 13 19 13 12 3 95% 2016 47 2 6 11 10 8 7 3 94% 2017 276 15 37 80 59 53 20 11 96% 2016 307 12 24 88 74 57 30 22 93% 2017 82 2 15 17 20 9 12 7 91% 2016 96 1 9 28 24 17 11 6 94% 2017 53 0 2 5 15 23 7 1 98% 2016 51 0 0 3 15 23 7 3 94% 2017 225 16 30 61 62 33 14 7 96% 2016 210 18 34 55 50 32 13 8 96% 2017 23 2 6 3 3 9 0 0 100% 2016 24 3 11 3 4 3 0 0 100% 2017 75 1 4 13 13 20 16 8 89% 2016 80 3 8 10 17 18 20 4 95% 2017 26 0 2 7 9 6 1 1 96% 2016 21 0 1 3 7 5 2 3 86% 2017 30 0 0 8 7 12 3 0 100% 2016 44 2 4 6 16 9 6 1 98% 2017 64 0 1 8 16 22 13 4 94% 2016 82 0 3 3 19 26 25 6 93% 2017 9 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 100% 2016 11 3 2 2 2 2 0 0 100% College % D* - Pass 2017 41 21 10 9 1 0 100% 2016 15 8 1 3 3 0 100% 7
COLLEGE HIGHER LEVEL IB DIPLOMA SUBJECT RESULTS SUMMER 2017 AND SUMMER 2016 Subject Year ART BIOLOGY CHEMISTRY ENGLISH LITERATURE FRENCH GEOGRAPHY GERMAN HISTORY MATHS MUSIC PHILOSOPHY PHYSICS PSYCHOLOGY SPANISH THEATRE ARTS No of *Guidance re equivalence between IB points and A Level grades Points 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Whilst an exact equivalence with A/AS Level grades cannot be made, and there are some differences between subjects, as a broad guideline we believe: Grade 7 at IB Higher Level is broadly equivalent to a grade A* at A Level Grade 6 at IB Higher Level is broadly equivalent to a grade A at A Level. Grade 5 at IB Higher Level is broadly equivalent to a grade B at A Level. Grade 4 at IB Higher Level is broadly equivalent to a grade C at A Level. Grade 3 at IB Higher Level is broadly equivalent to a grade D/E at A Level College Average Points per entry 2017 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 5.00 2016 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 2017 18 0 3 7 3 4 0 0 4.53 2016 12 1 3 3 2 3 0 0 4.75 2017 16 0 1 4 4 4 2 0 3.87 2016 9 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 4.33 2017 28 1 5 15 6 1 0 0 4.96 2016 13 1 3 8 1 0 0 0 5.31 2017 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5.33 2016 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.67 2017 8 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 4.75 2016 5 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 5.40 2017 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 5.00 2016 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.00 2017 10 0 2 2 3 3 0 0 4.30 2016 7 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 5.00 2017 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3.33 2016 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5.00 2017 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4.00 2016 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.00 2017 5 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 4.80 2016 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5.00 2017 5 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 3.60 2016 2017 22 0 6 5 5 5 1 0 4.45 2016 9 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 5.44 2017 5 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 5.40 2016 6 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 5.50 2017 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 5.00 2016 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.67 8 COLLEGE STANDARD LEVEL IB DIPLOMA SUBJECT RESULTS SUMMER 2017 and SUMMER 2016 Subject Year ART BIOLOGY CHEMISTRY ENGLISH LITERATURE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS FRENCH GEOGRAPHY GERMAN ITALIAN Ab Initio MATHS STUDIES MATHS (STANDARD) MUSIC (STANDARD) PHYSICS PSYCHOLOGY SPANISH Ab Initio SPANISH THEATRE ARTS 2017 No of Points 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 College Average Points per entry 2016 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.33 2017 6 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 3.67 2016 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.67 2017 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4.50 2016 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.50 2017 15 0 6 6 1 0 0 0 5.38 2016 13 0 2 7 4 0 0 0 4.85 2017 14 1 2 2 4 3 1 0 4.31 2016 9 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 4.33 2017 7 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 5.29 2016 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 5.75 2017 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.67 2016 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 2017 9 0 2 5 1 1 0 0 4.89 2016 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 2017 7 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 4.29 2016 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4.33 2017 38 1 8 7 8 8 4 1 4.19 2016 24 3 2 4 12 2 1 0 4.54 2017 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3.33 2016 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.00 2017 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5.00 2017 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4.67 2017 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4.33 2016 6 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 5.33 2017 11 0 3 3 3 2 0 0 4.64 2016 5 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 5.20 2017 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5.00 2016 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4.00 2017 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5.33