Senior School Profile - Class of 2018 (Uni Destination)

Senior School Profile for Universities Class of 2019

World Class Education (I)GCSE, A Levels, IB Diploma

About Tanglin Trust School Established in Singapore in 1925, Tanglin Trust School provides a world class education through British-based learning with an international perspective for students aged 3-18 years. The school is run as a not-for-profit organisation under the guidance of a voluntary Board of Governors. The Tanglin Trust Sixth Form College offers both the A Level and International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma pathways to universities. Tanglin is inspected by accredited Ofsted inspectors using the British Schools Overseas (BSO) framework and achieved the highest grade of ‘outstanding’ in all areas since 2012.

The English National Curriculum provides the basis for the programmes of study which are enhanced and enriched to reflect the calibre of students and the school’s international setting. As students progress through Key Stages 3 to 5 of the English National Curriculum, they are presented with a widening choice of subjects to choose from for their General Certificate of Secondary Education ((I)GCSE) and A Level or IB examinations.

Tanglin Trust School has an excellent academic reputation and its impressive results enable graduates to enter their universities of choice around the world. The school also has a strong emphasis on sports and performing arts, with well-established choirs, orchestras and concerts. Students can take part in a wide array of interesting co-curricular activities and challenging residential field studies to enrich their learning experience.

A strong pastoral system nurtures positive relationships, promoting an ethos that values and celebrates students as individuals while fostering a strong sense of community.

Tanglin Trust School 95 Portsdown Road Singapore 139299 www.tts.edu.sg t +65 6778 0771 f +65 6777 5862 senior.school@tts.edu.sg CEEB: 687007 Craig Considine Chief Executive Officer

Key Stage

Year

Age

Key Stage 4

Senior School Years 10-11 (Grades 9 and 10)

14-16 years

Key Stage 5

Sixth Form College Years 12-13 (Grades 11 and 12)

16-18 years

Curriculum (I)GCSE

A Levels IB Diploma

Allan Forbes Head of Senior School Robert Randall Deputy Head, Academics Chris Allen Deputy Head, Pastoral Andy Goodliffe Head of Sixth Form Simon Hatton-Burke Director of IB University Counsellors Zoë Williams (Head) Zoe.Williams@tts.edu.sg

Two year course culminating in (I)GCSE examinations at the end of Year 11 (Grade 10) A majority of A Level examinations are linear, culminating at the end of Year 13 (Grade 12). Results are released in mid-August after graduation.

IB examinations are cumulative and occur at the end of Year 13 (Grade 12).

Results are released in early July after graduation.

University Guidance Policies

Tanglin Trust School runs a trimester structure.

The school does not rank its students or provide a grade point average (GPA).

From Year 10 we report any disciplinary issues that result in an out of school suspension.

Students are limited to 10 applications worldwide and a maximum of two application rounds. All applications are serious and well considered.

Amanda Harvey Amanda.Harvey@tts.edu.sg

Male Singapore citizens and permanent residents are required to undertake two years of National Service upon graduation. Students can apply in Year 13, needing a two year deferment, or apply during National Service.

Joanne Kilburn Joanne.Kilburn@tts.edu.sg

The Tanglin Mission Statement

Sonja Bhan Sonja.Bhan@tts.edu.sg

Tanglin Trust School Singapore has a long tradition of providing British-based learning with an international perspective. At Tanglin we strive to make every individual feel valued, happy and successful. Responsibility, enthusiasm and participation are actively encouraged and integrity is prized. Working together in a safe, caring yet stimulating environment, we set high expectations whilst offering strong support, resulting in a community of lifelong learners who can contribute with confidence to our world.

Tanglin Learner Profile Attributes

Balanced • Caring • Risk-takers • Knowledgeable • Resilient Inquirers • Communicators • Principled • Open-minded • Thinkers • Reflective The International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) Learner Profile is the basis for Tanglin’s Learner Profile.

2,812 students (720 in Years 10-13)

(I)GCSE A Level IBDP examinations offered

(I)GCSE Years 10 & 11 (Grades 9 & 10) (I)GCSE Summary for 2017 (Class of 2019)

Key Stage 4 students (ages 14-16) study a core of compulsory (I)GCSE subjects comprising English Language, English Literature, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Foreign Language, Physical Education and Life Skills. They also have the opportunity to develop their studies according to preferences and interests. Students may choose up to three option subjects in addition to the compulsory ones mentioned and typically take 10 subjects overall.

174

students took (I)GCSE examinations in 29 subjects

(I)GCSE Results Table Year

No. of Candidates

No. of Subjects offered

2016

173

30

2017

174

29

2018

184

33

100% 90% 80%

52%

70% 60%

(I)GCSE examination results for Class of 2020 (2018) - 100% of Tanglin students achieving 5 A* to C or numerical grades 9-4

0% 2016

2017

2018

2017 (I)GCSE Examination Results (Class of 2019) No. of Candidates Art & Design 38 Biology 94 Business Studies 36 Chemistry 94 Chinese 56 Classical Civilisation 7 Computer Studies 50 Dance 4 Drama & Theatre Studies 26 Economics 41 English Language 175 Subject

English Literature Film Studies French Geography German History ICT Latin Mathematics A Music Physical Education Physics Psychology Religious Studies Science (Double) Science AQA (Core) Science AQA (Additional) Spanish TOTAL TOTAL %

Subject Additional Mathematics

of all grades achieved were A*

174 65 45 59 18 45 6 9 176 30 27 94 52 16 134 13 13 50 1657 100%

A* 11 84 11 88 38

A 15 10 12 4 11

32 4 20 61

13 2 12 12 62

104 27 20 41 4 15 3 5 85 16 12 82 8 7 43

46 28 21 13 3 14 1 3 49 12 5 9 17 8 50

No. of Grades C D E 3

B 9 8 1 6 3 3

4 1 1 2

7 8 39 21 9 4 4 6 7 1

27 2 3 2 22 1 23 3 1 2 32 10 6 866 434 231 52% 26% 14%

2 2 1 12

3

G

U

1

1

1

1

1 1

% A*/A % A*-B % A*-C 68% 100% 64% 98% 88% 0% 94% 50% 62% 78% 70%

92% 100% 86% 99% 98% 43% 100% 50% 88% 98% 93%

100% 100% 97% 100% 100% 71% 100% 100% 96% 100% 99%

86% 85% 91% 92% 39% 64% 67% 89% 76% 93% 63% 97% 48% 94% 69% 0% 8% 84%

98% 98% 100% 98% 72% 80% 83% 89% 91% 100% 74% 99% 90% 100% 87% 23% 23% 96%

100% 100% 100% 98% 89% 96% 100% 100% 99% 100% 93% 100% 96% 100% 99% 38% 85% 98%

78%

92%

98%

3 1

3 7 1 1 14

1 1 2

2

17 2 8 1 98 6%

1 8 2 1 26 2%

97%

1

1

5 1 3

No. of candidates A B C D E U % A*-E 91 45 13 12 10 8

F

2

2 0%

0 0%

0 0%

0 0%

Equivalency Table UK Grading

A*/A

USA Grading

A+/A A-/B+

B

C B/B-

D

E

C+/C C-/D+

F/G F

78% of all grades achieved were A* or A

92% of all grades achieved were A* to B

A Levels

Years 12 & 13 (Grades 11 & 12) A Level courses lead to examinations for the General Certificate in Education at Advanced Level (A Level). The approach to A Levels is linear with all examinations, in most subjects, completed at the end of the second year.

Students typically take three A Levels; some have the opportunity to take four. All students complete Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) and take the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ).

A Level Results Table Year

No. of Candidates

Tanglin % passed

2016

122

100%

2017

117

100%

2018

97

100%

% of A*/A grades achieved by Tanglin students

A Level Summary for 2018

2016: 42% 2017: 50% 2018: 45%

% of A*-B grades achieved by Tanglin students 2016: 70% 2017: 78% 2018: 75%

% of A*-C grades achieved by Tanglin students 2016: 92%

100% pass rate of A Level students

2017: 92% 2018: 93%

2018 A Level Examination Results No. of Grades

No. of Entries

A*

Art & Design

6

Biology

27

Business Studies Chemistry Chinese

1

1

Classical Civilisation

4

1

1

Computer Studies

14

6

6

Drama & Theatre

7

3

3

1

Economics A

6

1

2

3

Economics B

6

2

3

English Language

5

English Literature

18

Film Studies

25

French

3

Subject

A

B

4

1

1

9

11

3

4

20

1

4

11

3

15

1

2

8

4

1

83%

100%

74%

100%

95%

25%

100%

100%

20%

100%

100%

100%

2

100%

100%

25%

2

100%

100%

43%

100%

100%

86%

100%

100%

50%

100%

100%

33%

100%

100%

0%

100%

61%

22%

100%

100%

40%

100%

100%

67%

100%

100%

86%

100%

100%

75%

100%

100%

100%

100%

77%

46%

100%

86%

43%

1

1

10

9

6

1

1

6

Greek

1

Government & Politics

13

2

4

History

14

1

5

3

5

17

11

7

5

% A*-E % A*-C % A*/A 100%

5

7

2

U

100%

2

16

41

E

100%

4

Geography

Mathematics

D

5

Further Mathematics

Information Technology

C

5

2

1 4

1 4

3

3

1

1

1

100%

50%

0%

4

4

100%

90%

54%

1

100%

91%

9%

100%

100%

31%

100%

87%

43%

100%

100%

0%

1

45% of grades were at A* or A, while 93% were in the range A*- C

32% of students taking the EPQ achieved an A*; we are increasingly finding that the EPQ is being valued by universities

Philosophy Physical Education

11

1

7

2

Physics

16

5

5

6

Psychology

23

6

7

3

Spanish

3

1

2

92

53

TOTAL

304

TOTAL %

4 39

98

3

13% 32% 30% 17%

19

9

0

6%

1%

0%

100%

93%

45%

5

0

0

100%

95%

60%

5%

0%

0%

100%

Extended Project Qualification TOTAL

96

TOTAL %

31

27

23

10

32% 28% 24% 10%

Equivalency Table UK Grading

A*/A

USA Grading

A+/A A-/B+

B

C B/B-

D

E

C+/C C-/D+

U F

Almost two thirds of students taking the EPQ achieved an A* or A

IB Diploma

Years 12 & 13 (Grades 11 & 12) The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma was introduced in September 2009, alongside A Levels in the Sixth Form. All IB students follow the full Diploma programme.

IB Results Table

Tanglin Students Average Diploma Score (out of 45)

Year

No. of Candidates

Tanglin % Passed

2016

41

100

2017

43

100

2018

53

100

TTS Average 38.1 TTS Average 38.8

2016 2017

TTS Average 38.1

2018 2018

World Average 29.7

2018 IB Examination Results Subject

No. of Candidates

English A1 Lang & Lit HL English A1 Lang & Lit SL English A1 Lit HL English A1 Lit SL French B HL French B SL French ab initio. SL German B HL German B SL Chinese - Mandarin B SL Spanish B HL Spanish B SL Spanish ab initio. SL Economics HL Economics SL Env. and Soc. SL Geography HL Geography SL History- Europe/Me HL History- Europe/Me SL Philosophy HL Psychology HL Psychology SL Business & Man. HL Business & Man. SL Biology HL Biology SL Chemistry HL Chemistry SL Physics HL Physics SL Computing HL Computing SL Maths HL Further Maths HL Maths SL Maths Studies SL Film HL Film SL Music SL Theater HL Theater SL Visual Arts A SL Visual Arts SL TOTAL

20 26 6 1 1 8 6 2 3 13 1 10 8 12 6 10 6 1 4 5 1 11 2 12 2 18 8 15 2 9 2 6 1 17 1 25 11 9 4 3 5 2 4 2 322

No. of Grades

77

66

6 9 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 10 1 3 3 4 3 2 4 1

13 15 3

1 2 1

3 2 1 1 2

1 1

5 2 5 1 1 2

2 2 2 2 6

5 5

7

USA Grading

A+

6

5

IB Diploma Summary for 2018

100%

1

pass rate for all our students who completed a regulation IB Diploma 1 1

25%

1

4 2 1 3

3 5 2 4 2 4 2 6 1 3

scored 42 points or more

5

3

6 3 4

8 1 1 1 2 2 1

1

3

2

7 4

4 4

3

1

2 1 6

6 1 3 2 8 4 2 4 1 2 1 125

4

33

1 1

8 1 1

3

2

A/A- B+/B/B- C+/C C-/D+ D/D-

Almost three fifths

2 4 1

scored 38 points or more 1

3

1 student achieved the prestigious bilingual diploma (Dutch)

1 1 1 2 1 112

58

Equivalency Table IB Grading

44

1 F

23

4

3 students achieved the maximum 45 points

University Placements The following gives an overview of the many universities Tanglin graduates have attended or received offers from in 2018.

United Kingdom Aston University Bournemouth University City, University of London Coventry University De Montfort University Durham University Falmouth University Goldsmiths, University of London Imperial College London King’s College London Lancaster University Liverpool John Moores University London School of Economics and Political Science Loughborough University Northumbria University Nottingham Trent University Oxford Brookes University Queen Mary University of London Royal Holloway, University of London Royal Veterinary College, RVC St George’s, University of London Swansea University University Collge London, UCL University of Aberdeen University of Bath University of Birmingham University of Brighton University of Bristol University of Cambridge University of Cardiff University of Dundee University of Edinburgh University of Exeter University of Kent University of Leeds University of Leicester University of Liverpool University of Manchester University of Newcastle University of Nottingham University of Oxford

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University of Roehampton University of Southampton University of St Andrews University of Staffordshire University of Suffolk University of Surrey University of Sussex University of the West of England, Bristol University of Warwick University of Winchester University of Worcester University of York York St John University United States of America Arizonia State University Boston University Colorado State University Columba College, Chicago Cornell University Duke University George Washington University Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia State University Hult International Business School, San Francisco Johns Hopkins University Loyola Marymount University Northeastern University Rice University Stanford University Temple University University of Arizonia University of California, Los Angeles University of California, San Diego University of Colorado Boulder University of Denver University of Illinois at Chicago University of Michigan University of Pennsylvania University of Rochester

University of San Francisco University of Southern California University of Virginia Univrsity of Colorado Denver Vanderbilt University Washington University in St Louis Canada Concordia University University of British Columbia University of Toronto University of Waterloo Europe BI Norwegian Business School, Norway Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne, Switzerland IE University, Spain Queen Mary, University of London in Malta Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland Trinity College Dublin, Ireland University of Leiden, The Netherlands Worms Institute, Germany Australia University of Melbourne Monash University University of New South Wales Queensland University of Technology Asia Lakeland University Japan National University of Singapore