St. Clare's is pleased to announce another excellent set of results in the May 2011 examinations.

The following are the highlights of this year's results.

• a total of 99% passed the IB Diploma year in 2011. This has to be put in the context of the world-wide average pass rate for all schools and colleges which is about 78% making the achievements of our students even more significant.
• 3 students achieved 45 points, the perfect score, achieved by only 0.2 % of all students who take the Diploma, world-wide, each year.
• this is the ninth consecutive year in which students at St. Clare's have achieved 45 points.
• the mean score was 35.89, an improvement of 1.38 from last year.
• significant percentage increases have been achieved for students awarded 30 points or more, 35 points or more and 40 points or more which are shown in the table below.

In January 2012 the UK government released its league tables - St. Clare's ranked 22nd for all schools in England, 10th for independent sixth form schools and number one in Oxfordshire - read more here.

Comparison of St. Clare's 2011 results with previous years.

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
40 points or more	10.84%	10.00%	16.67%	15.24%	24.0%
35 points or more	39.76%	34.55%	48.04%	48.57%	64.6%
30 points or more	68.67%	70.91%	83.33%	82.86%	90.6%
24 points or more	93.98%	96.36%	99.02%	99.05%	99.00%
Mean score (excluding retakes)	32.49	32.45	34.35	34.51	35.89

The maximum score is 45 points and the pass mark is 24 points.

You might be interested in looking at the detailed results for each particular subject - follow this link to the list.