Summer 2011 A Level Results
Summer 2011
A-level Results
(The following results have not been audited by The Council for Independent Education)
89 students sat a full range of A-levels
Percentage grade distribution
A*/A 50.5% (A* 19.2%/A 31.3%)
B 27.3%
C 15.8%
D 5.1%
E 1.3%
77.8% of grades were A*/A or B
93.6% of grades were A*/A, B or C
45% of students gained one A* grade
75% of students gained one A*/A grade
48.3% of students gained two A*/A grades
32.6% of students gained three A*/A grades
15.7% of students gained four A*/A grades
2.2% of students gained five A*/A grades
UCAS Points
A=120, B=100, C=80, D=60, E=40
Average score per exam taken = 107.9
Average UCAS points per student = 408
Top A-level student for 2011
Jessica Law achieved 3 A* and 2 A grades in one year
A Level Results Day at Bosworth Independent College 2011
At a time of increasing competition for university places Bosworth Independent College is delighted with results that enable its students to attend leading universities around the country. With over 93% of the grades achieved being in the A* to C range, over 77% being
A or B, and more than 75% of students gaining at least one A grade, it is hardly surprising that the large majority will now be attending their first or insurance choice university.
Equally, in the most competitive universities A* grades are increasingly being used to differentiate between very good and excellent applicants and with 45% of our students gaining at least one A* grade, their chances of attending the very best institutions have been hugely enhanced.
Executive Principal, Mr McQuin, comments;
"With more and more students understanding the importance to their careers and life of attending an outstanding university, we realise that there is hugely increased competition for the most sought after places. It’s for this reason that we are so pleased that the co-operation and work ethic of our students and staff has produced such great results. In particular we are delighted with the fact that from the 89 students who sat their second year exams, 67 achieved at least one A grade and an astonishing 40 of them gained at least one A*."
Our top achieving A Level student Jessica Law gained three A* grades and two A grades, but astonishingly achieved this in one year. She is planning to study Accounting and Finance at Bath University.
A2 students (left to right: Matthew George, John Corcoran, Nilen Patel & Mark Sumner) collecting their results and showing Mr McQuin (Executive Principal).
A Level Results Day Message from the Executive Principal
With over 93% of our A Level grades at A-C and 45% of our students gaining at least one A* grade we are delighted with our 2011 results. Read more
Executive Principal, Mr McQuin, gives his thoughts on this year's A Level results in the above video.
Maths Challenge
Last November, our Bosworth team: Joshua Ukpaka, Wayne Chan, Anastasia Venetska and Chong Liu took part in the Team Maths Challenge at Northampton University. There were 20 teams in total from schools all over Northamptonshire. Bosworth achieved third place in the competition and all those who took part agreed it was a really fun afternoon and worth attending in the future.
The students took part in three rounds:
Round 1 was answering ten questions in 40 minutes, working as a team.
Round 2 was working in pairs to fill in a crossword using numerical answers. One pair had to work on the across clues, the other pair on the down clues, but without communicating with each other.
Round 3 was a relay competition; one pair answered a question, passed the answer to the other pair to use for their working out and then returned their answer for the next question and so on.
Congratulations to the students involved on achieving third place, pictured above with Mrs Gill Hills (Head of Maths).
Open University Module
Three of our A Level students have successfully completed an Open University distance learning module. Students independently register for these modules for a variety of reasons; personal interest in a topic, to widen and broaden their experience of a subject and to add an extra dimension to their personal statements on their UCAS forms.
For all of them it is a great personal achievement as they have completed a module at the same level of the first year of a University course - proving they have the aptitude for degree study.
Students pictured above are: Adaeze Egwuagu, Viet Tien Nguyen and Matthew George with (Director of Studies) Mr John Bromilow. Each student completed a different module, Adaeze - "start writing fiction", Tien - "Introducing astronomy" and Matthew - "Start listening to music".
Students are given an online tutor who marks their work and offers guidance as they study. Some assessments are essay based, others are questions based which are completed at the end of the module.
Students can either submit work in July or October, and we have 6 more Bosworth students who are currently hoping to submit work in October. They are covering a variety of topics: "human nutrition", "human genetics & health issues", "introduction to book keeping", "molecules, medicines & drugs" and "elements of forensic science".
Mr John Bromilow explains "Each student has to dedicate a considerable amount of time to a module alongside their heavy A Level workload and we are very proud of their achievement. It is teaching them skills in self discipline, self motivation and time management. Also in the current University environment with more competition for every place having an extra string to their bow is important."
Outstanding Performance
Christine Luo
(pictured above), from Hangzhou in China – who achieved four A* grades and one A grade in the following subjects:Accounting, Chinese, Maths and Further Maths (A*) / Economics (A grade)
Christine will be studying Business Mathematics and Statistics at LSE.
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Frankie Pang
from Hong Kong - achieved four A* grades and one A grade in the following subjects:Biology, Chemistry, Maths and Physics (A*) / Chinese (A)
Frankie will be studying Chemical Engineering at Manchester University.
Bosworth are wishing them every continued success with their studies and look forward to tracking their future progress.
Summer 2010 A Level Results Success
Bosworth Independent College’s A Level results this year remain consistently high, with over 91% of overall grades being an A, B or C and with 78% at A or B. Also, 40% of our students gained at least one A*, therefore not as inaccessible as we thought.
We are particularly proud this year of 3 of our students who took the 1 year A Level programme with each of them gaining A* in all of the subjects that they sat.
The Principal, Mr McQuin, comments:
"We all knew this year it was going to be much tougher for students to get good offers, but looking at the results we are very confident that most, if not all of our students will be studying their subject of choice next year."
Photo: 1 year A Level students, Felicity Baines and Henry Bleech pictured above with Mr McQuin (Principal)
Art Exhibition
Bosworth Independent College Art Department is particularly pleased with this year’s Art Exhibition. Both GCSE and A Level students have displayed their work alongside their personal sketch books for all to view.
Mrs Barsby (Head of Art) has enjoyed the amount of creativity shown by this year’s candidates with each student showing a real individuality to their work. This is obviously testament to the teaching staff allowing each student to develop their own unique style.
Students throughout the year work on all initial ideas within their sketchbooks. They begin by utilising the more traditional art methods including; observational drawing, water colour, pen and ink, charcoal and pastel. Alongside working on these methods they study artists from all the main art movements.
For unit 1 the set theme was ‘natural forms’ and students begin by looking at shells, landscapes, bones and vegetables in order to develop the traditional techniques.
From the knowledge and understanding that student’s gain during the year they can then decide on which theme they wish to develop for their final piece of work.
From this year’s exhibition we can see students have been influenced by varying artists/movements; Marc Chagall, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Jasper Johns, Pop Art, Roy Litchenstein, Georgia O’Keefe, Salvador Dali, Claude Monet and the Impressionists, Vincent Van Gogh and Pablo Picasso.
Students have produced final art pieces in textiles, film, oils, acrylics, origami and mixed media. This year it has been exciting to witness the development of all the original interpretations and we are extremely proud of the work that has been produced.
More on A Level Art at Bosworth
Why choose to study at Bosworth Independent College?
We house International students from over 20 different countries along with UK pupils who primarily join us as day students.
Which means anyone who joins the College from the UK enters a rich cultural experience, mixing with students from all over the world. This greatly broadens their view of the world and their understanding of International issues.
We also strongly believe students are challenged by their International counterparts particularly in the subjects of maths and science and it opens their eyes to the competitiveness they will face at University level. Pre University, we encourage students to raise their game at GCSE and A Level, ensuring they work consistently hard towards their final exams.
The College has been established for over 33 years and has grown from a small tutorial college into a learning centre for over 300 students. With highly experienced teaching staff and average class sizes of 8 to a class, students are given the support and attention they require to achieve their full potential.
For GCSE we offer either a one or two year programme with 16 subject options on the current curriculum.
The two year GCSE course is aimed at students who are 14 and just joining the GCSE learning level, these students will take 7-10 subjects.
The one year GCSE course is aimed at International students or slightly older UK students who are looking to progress to A Level’s as quickly as possible and they take 5-7 GCSE’s.
For A Level we also offer a one or two year programme with 22 subject options on the two year programme and 7 subject choices for the one year option on the current curriculum.
The one year A Level is aimed at UK students who have already studied to a higher level and they either need to retake or they want to choose a new subject. Or for International students who have already studied to a higher level and have the ability to complete A Levels in one year.
Our aim for our UK students is to teach them from GCSE to A Level (14-18 years) ensuring they reach their full potential to achieve the University of their choice. Nearly all of our students progress to University, but we pride ourselves that last year 59% of our A Level students left to attend one of the top 25 UK Universities.
Our A Level results are outlined in full in the results section.
The appliance of Science
At Bosworth Independent College we appreciate that young people vary in their approach to Science. Some students can’t get enough of the subject and opt to follow all three separate sciences, whilst others are possibly keen on just one or two of the science options.
For others who do not have a passion for the subject, but who appreciate employers and university admission tutors wish to see this under a student’s GCSE list, they choose to study general science. We firmly believe in offering this flexibility to students as we recognise the importance of tailoring to the needs of the individual at GCSE.
At Bosworth we offer a one year or two year GCSE syllabus for many different science options: general science, biology, chemistry or physics. We have the facility of 6 separate laboratories which helps us to timetable the 3 individual science subjects. We also allow any student to re-sit their GCSE sciences with us if they need to improve their grade.
For A Level, we recommend only students who have studied either; double science or biology, chemistry and physics GCSE progress through to A Level, as it is too big a jump to move from general science through to the individual sciences.
Of the nine possible modules of GCSE science only 3 are covered in general science. If a student has studied the three individual sciences of biology, chemistry and physics they will have covered all 9 modules.
Taking the Science subjects through to A Level leads to a wide variety of career opportunities: medicine, dentistry, optometry and engineering to list just a few.
In 2009 Bosworth students gained a grade A/A* at 56% in Chemistry, 50% in Physics and 39% in Biology.
If you are as serious about science as we are, come and talk to us.
Students take up mathematical challenge
Minh Trang Nguyen pictured with her Olympiad award – an exceptional achievement
Currently at Bosworth Independent College 174 of our 192 A Level students choose to study Maths at A Level, with many of these students also opting for A Level Further Maths. Last year, our students achieved a 100% pass rate at A Level in these subjects, with 73% of students gaining an A grade and a further 18% a B grade.
Therefore, it is fair to say Maths is a core subject at Bosworth, and because of the number of students we have studying this subject at A Level we are able to offer 16 different units out of a possible 18 available.
To incorporate this number of units we actually have 51 different A Level groups with an average of 8 students in each group. Which obviously means timetabling this subject in itself proves a mathematical challenge! However, having 18 maths teachers on hand helps.
The students can choose statistics, mechanics or decision maths to go alongside the compulsory pure maths units and with students from 22 different nationalities opting for maths each Bosworth student has a very unique learning experience.
Furthermore, this year we entered a number of students into the Maths Challenge competition which is set for AS Level students. Of those who participated; eight students achieved gold, thirteen silver and four bronze medals.
Three of our gold medal winners qualified to enter the first round of the Maths Olympiad and one of these students, Minh Trang Nguyen, won a place in round 2 of the Olympiad from which the National team is chosen. This is an exceptional achievement and we are eagerly awaiting her results.
