Hockerill Anglo-European College students achieve world-beating IB results

Hockerill Anglo-European College students are celebrating world-beating results in the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma programme.

In all, 123 Year 13 pupils took the alternative to A-levels and achieved an average point score of 36. The global average is 32.

Some 29% of students at the Dunmow Road state secondary day and boarding school scored 40 points or over – an accomplishment achieved by less than 15% of IB diploma students worldwide.

Connell Holden and Sofia Miccolis both scored the maximum of 45 – achieved by less than 1% of international students.

Sarah Albans, Louisa Davison, Harriet Dunne, Eleanor Hewins and Emma Troman were all awarded 44 points while Charlotte Cavanagh, Léa Gallagher, Emily Howells, Claudia Pettengell, Cameron Street, Leila Trusty and Lucia Yaniz Santolaria earned 43.

Louise Cavanagh, Ines Charrier, Lucy Groves, Hanna Gualandi, Elisenda Henderson Casadevall, Matteo Moroni, Marie Sudmann, Matthew Waterhouse and Lukas Wystemp achieved 42.

Cai Chappel, Frieda Mohnke, Jakub Moudry, Nicholas Petkov and Hannah Trapmore scored 41 with Agnese D’Ercole, Margherita Barro, Lorenzo Ciolino Umberto, April Clark, Adam Elias Kaldas, Liliana Foster Kane, Erin Perera, Walpita Kankanamalage, Alessandro Scagnolari and Ewan Winship on 40.

This year, 40 points is considered by UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) as equivalent to an A-level score of four A*s and an A. Using the comparison, these results give the college an 'A*/A at A-level' equivalent figure of 63%.

Principal David Woods said: “We are very proud of our students’ achievements. The IB Diploma is a demanding course and so to have achieved such excellent results is a testament to the quality of the students and their commitment through challenging times. We look forward to hearing of their continued success as they move forward to university and employment”.

Of those 97 Hockerill students who have confirmed their UK university places so far, the most popular destinations are: Leeds (eight students), Queen Mary University of London (seven), Oxford & Cambridge (six), King’s College London, University of London (six).

Other popular university destinations, with three to five students taking places, are Durham, Edinburgh, Exeter, UCL, Bath, Birmingham, Loughborough, Manchester, Nottingham, Sussex and Warwick, as well as the London School of Economics.

Some students from this year’s cohort are opting to study overseas while others will be tackling an apprenticeship or taking a gap year.