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Sustained progress in St. Clare's IB results
St. Clare's is delighted to announce that the results of the May 2006 exams show that we are continuing to achieve excellent results for the International Baccalaureate Diploma. Our average IB score would put us fourth in the UK Independent Schools Council league table, behind only Sevenoaks, KCS Wimbledon, and Winchester.
We achieved:
• A 92% overall pass rate and an average points score of 33.49 - our third highest ever.
• 35 students with 35 points or more (considered equivalent to 4.5 grade As at A level) = 46.1%.
• 10 students with 40 points or more = 13.1%.
• 1 student with 45 - the highest possible mark, achieved by only 72 of the 32,000 students who took the Diploma in 2006.
• The maximum score is 45 points and the pass mark is 24 points.
Comparison of St. Clare's 2006 results with previous years
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2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
Students with 40 points or more |
14.8% |
14.0% |
14.1% |
18.8% |
13.1% |
Students with 30 points or more |
72.7% |
79.1% |
71.8% |
83.2% |
73.7% |
Students with 24 points or more |
92.0% |
100% |
94.1% |
98.0% |
96.1% |
Mean score (excluding retakes) |
33.15 |
33.79 |
32.81 |
34.54 |
33.49 |
St. Clare's IB Diploma average points scores have consistently outperformed world averages: 
.St. Clare's IB Diploma pass rates have consistently outperformed world pass rates: 
IB Highlights 2005 and 2006
- In 2006 St. Clare's Diploma pass rate was 92.1%, compared with a world-wide average pass rate of 80.25%.
- In 2005 54.5% of St. Clare's Diploma students (54 out of 101) achieved 35 points or more, i.e. the equivalent of 4.5 A grades at A level. In 2006 this percentage was 46.1.
- In 2005 8.1% of St. Clare's Diploma students achieved 43, 44 or 45 points. This compares to 1.4% of candidates worldwide.
- In 2006 13.1% of St Clare's students achieved 40 points or more. The world wide average was 5.97%.
- In 2006 the average points score was 33.49 for St. Clare's students. This compared with 29.9 worldwide.
- In 2005 the average points score was 34.53 for St. Clare's students. This compared with 30.10 worldwide.
In 2005 most of our academic subjects outperformed the world average by a significant margin. The following is just a sample:
- in English A1 (Higher Level) the average grade of a St. Clare's candidate was 5.58, compared to a worldwide average of 4.85
- in German A1 (Higher Level) the average was 6.43, compared to 5.74
- in Economics (Higher Level) the average was 5.97, compared to 5.17
- in Biology (Higher Level) the average was 5.71, compared to 4.16
- in Chemistry (Higher Level) the average was 5.73, compared to 4.72
- in Mathematics (Higher Level) the average was 5.52, compared to 4.68
In 2006, we had similar success, for example:
- in English A2 (Higher Level) the average was 6.25, compared to 5.43
- in Spanish B (Higher Level) the average was 6.40, compared to 5.60
- in Economics (Higher Level) the average was 5.67, compared to 5.17
- in History (Higher Level) the average was 5.45, compared with 4.95
- in Psychology (Higher Level) the average was 5.77, compared with 4.59
- in Biology (Standard Level) the average was 6.08, compared to 4.23
- in Chemistry (Higher Level) the average was 5.48, compared to 4.72
- in Mathematics (Standard Level) the average was 5.50, compared to 4.82
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