ANNUALREVIEW 2015 Academic Success
O
nce again the efforts of our Year 8 boys and staff can be applauded as they have upheld the School’s long-standing reputation for academic excellence.
Of the 243 Common Entrance and Scholarship exams taken in English, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, French, Latin, Ancient Greek, History, Geography and Religious Studies, 61% were graded A or A* and 86% graded A or B by the boys’ destination senior schools. The results themselves confirm that Arnold House boys not only win their places to the leading independent schools but do so in some style, gaining inclusion in higher sets when they arrive. Particular congratulations must go to the boys who had the honour of being entered for academic scholarships; Sam Lewis won a scholarship to City of London as did Sam Hodder-Williams to St Paul’s. Antonio Tarizzo secured his place to Eton by performing strongly in the King’s Scholarship Examinations and was also awarded a Music scholarship.
Year 8 2015 ANNUAL REVIEW | AUGUST 2015
The majority of senior schools invite boys for pre-assessments and interviews when they are in Year 6 or 7. If schools feel confident about a boy’s potential to succeed in their particular environment he will be offered a conditional place; the condition being that the required standard at Common Entrance is reached in the summer term of Year 8. The range of senior schools to which Arnold House boys transfer differs from year to year but as a ‘stand-alone’ prep school we forge strong links with an array of senior schools, as can be seen from the conditional places offered so far to our 11 and 12 year old boys: Bradfield, Brighton, City of London, Eton, Hampton, Harrow, KCS, Marlborough, Mill Hill, Radley, Rugby, Sevenoaks, Sherborne, St. Paul’s,
The Scholarship Set
Tonbridge, UCS, Wellington, Wetherby, Westminster and Winchester. Three further schools, Bedales, Dulwich and Merchant Taylors’ who hold entrance exams in Year 8, complete the current list of possible destinations for boys whose Arnold House careers will come to a close over the next two years. Senior school destinations
Number of boys transferring
City of London
5
Emanuel
1
Eton
4
Highgate
1
Mill Hill
2
St Albans
1
St Paul’s
5
UCS
5
Winchester
1