Results

Students at Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools are celebrating their A level results today after a remarkable chapter in their lives.

The students in the co-educational Monmouth Schools Sixth Form performed very strongly in the first year of traditional A level examinations since 2019.

More than a quarter of all grades awarded were the top grade, A*, while 56.6% of grades were A* or A – well above the UK national average of 36.4%.

To illustrate the success of the Monmouth cohort further, more than three quarters (77.4%) of all grades were A*, A or B.

Four students fulfilled their offers to study at the University of Oxford.

Zeb, a Deputy Head Boy at Monmouth School for Boys, will be reading Physics at Lincoln College, Oxford, after achieving an outstanding four A*s.

Zeb previously had a 3,000-word article published online by the Young Scientists Journal and scooped a prestigious gold award in the British Physics Olympiad Senior Physics Challenge.

Elinor achieved three A*s and a B and will be studying Japanese at Hertford College, Oxford.

Freya, Head Girl at Monmouth School for Girls, will be going to St John’s College, Oxford, to read History of Art after recording two A*s and an A. Freya has been a pupil at Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools since nursery.

And talented musician Eden, a former pupil at Osbaston School, achieved two A*s and an A and will be reading German and Russian at Somerville College, Oxford.

There were many other outstanding individual performances.

Emma achieved a remarkable five A*s and will be heading to Durham University to read Physics.

In addition to Zeb, five other students recorded four A*s. Benjamin will now study Medicine at the University of Exeter; Claire, who also achieved an A in EPQ, will read Medical Sciences at Exeter. Jonathan will also be heading to Exeter to study Natural Sciences; Carys will read Mathematics at the University of St Andrews, while Harry is to study Finance at the London School of Economics.

Lillian, who achieved three A*s, two As and an A in EPQ, was a top performing student and secured her place to read Economics at University College London.

Jodie recorded an impressive three A*s and two As to study Biochemistry at the University of Bristol.

Isobella achieved two A*s and an A and will be reading Medicine at Imperial College London.

“I am really looking forward to studying at Imperial – it’s a fantastic course and I might eventually go into paediatrics or surgery,” said Isobella. “I can’t wait to get started.”

Teddy will be heading to the University of Virginia, USA, after recording three A*s and an A.

Examination boards had been instructed to achieve grade outcomes which were roughly halfway between the grading in 2019 and the higher grades achieved under the teacher-assessed system in 2021.

This year’s A level results at Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools are much closer to the 2021 grades than the 2019 grades, highlighting that the students performed strongly against the UK cohort.

Headmaster at Monmouth School for Boys, Mr Simon Dorman, and Headmistress at Monmouth School for Girls, Mrs Jessica Miles, were delighted with the achievements of the students.

They said: “We could not be more proud of the achievements of our outgoing Year 13 students.

“They are our first-ever year group to take their A levels without having sat their GCSEs.

“They also had to contend with all the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic throughout the last two years.”

Mr Dorman and Mrs Miles added: “In spite of the challenges they faced, our students have shown great determination and passion for their subjects and made the best possible use of all the support given to them by our brilliant teaching staff.

“Our boys and girls work extremely hard at Monmouth in their academic studies and achieve impressive results alongside being so heavily involved in many activities at our schools.

“Our Year 13 leavers are an outstanding group of young men and women. They can look forward to taking their next steps with great confidence and will make a positive impact in society.”

Past results

Results 2022
Students at Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools celebrated their A level results, and a bumper crop of top grades.

The students in the co-educational Monmouth Schools Sixth Form performed very strongly in the first year of traditional A level examinations since 2019.

More than a quarter of all grades awarded were the top grade, A*, while 56.6% of grades were A* or A – well above the UK national average of 36.4%.

To illustrate the success of the Monmouth cohort further, more than three quarters (77.4%) of all grades were A*, A or B.

Four students fulfilled their offers to study at the University of Oxford.

Zeb, a Deputy Head Boy at Monmouth School for Boys, will be reading Physics at Lincoln College, Oxford, after achieving an outstanding four A*s.

Zeb previously had a 3,000-word article published online by the Young Scientists Journal and scooped a prestigious gold award in the British Physics Olympiad Senior Physics Challenge.

Elinor achieved three A*s and a B and will be studying Japanese at Hertford College, Oxford.

Freya, Head Girl at Monmouth School for Girls, will be going to St John’s College, Oxford, to read History of Art after recording two A*s and an A. Freya has been a pupil at Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools since nursery.

And talented musician Eden, a former pupil at Osbaston School, achieved two A*s and an A and will be reading German and Russian at Somerville College, Oxford.

There were many other outstanding individual performances.

Emma achieved a remarkable five A*s and will be heading to Durham University to read Physics.

In addition to Zeb, five other students recorded four A*s. Benjamin will now study Medicine at the University of Exeter; Claire, who also achieved an A in EPQ, will read Medical Sciences at Exeter. Jonathan will also be heading to Exeter to study Natural Sciences; Carys will read Mathematics at the University of St Andrews, while Harry is to study Finance at the London School of Economics.

Lillian, who achieved three A*s, two As and an A in EPQ, was a top performing student and secured her place to read Economics at University College London.

Jodie recorded an impressive three A*s and two As to study Biochemistry at the University of Bristol.

Isobella achieved two A*s and an A and will be reading Medicine at Imperial College London.

“I am really looking forward to studying at Imperial – it’s a fantastic course and I might eventually go into paediatrics or surgery,” said Isobella. “I can’t wait to get started.”

Teddy will be heading to the University of Virginia, USA, after recording three A*s and an A.

Examination boards had been instructed to achieve grade outcomes which were roughly halfway between the grading in 2019 and the higher grades achieved under the teacher-assessed system in 2021.

This year’s A level results at Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools are much closer to the 2021 grades than the 2019 grades, highlighting that the students performed strongly against the UK cohort.

Headmaster at Monmouth School for Boys, Mr Simon Dorman, and Headmistress at Monmouth School for Girls, Mrs Jessica Miles, were delighted with the achievements of the students.

They said: “We could not be more proud of the achievements of our outgoing Year 13 students.

“They are our first-ever year group to take their A levels without having sat their GCSEs.

“They also had to contend with all the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic throughout the last two years.”

Mr Dorman and Mrs Miles added: “In spite of the challenges they faced, our students have shown great determination and passion for their subjects and made the best possible use of all the support given to them by our brilliant teaching staff.

“Our boys and girls work extremely hard at Monmouth in their academic studies and achieve impressive results alongside being so heavily involved in many activities at our schools.

“Our Year 13 leavers are an outstanding group of young men and women. They can look forward to taking their next steps with great confidence and will make a positive impact in society.”

Results 2021
Students at Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools are celebrating their A level results today after a remarkable chapter in their lives.

The students in Monmouth Schools Sixth Form showed tremendous resilience as they overcame disruption and uncertainty caused by the pandemic during the past 18 months.

The Monmouth students achieved outstanding individual results after adapting to learn in different ways – both at home and at school.

A total of 37.3% of all grades were A*, while 65.8% were A* to A, and 86.8% were A* to B.

Four students fulfilled their Oxbridge offers.

Xiaoli, aged 16, will be reading Engineering at Queens’ College, University of Cambridge, after achieving four A* and an A* in Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) to add to A* in both Maths and Further Maths. She also has 15 GCSEs under her belt and Grade 8 in Music Theory, flute and piano. Inspired to pursue a degree in Engineering after an alumna, Priyanka Aswani, returned to school to give a talk, Xiaoli would like to be an aerospace engineer.

Head Girl at Monmouth School for Girls, Anna, gained two A* and two As and will be reading German and Linguistics at The Queen’s College, Oxford. She is also taking up a choral music scholarship. A member of the National Youth Orchestra of Wales, Anna is also in the Rodolfus Choir (run by Ralph Allwood). Anna won the Oxford-German Olympiad in 2020 and led the cello section in Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools Symphony Orchestra and Senior Strings.

Robin, who achieved two A* and an A to add to his A* in both Maths and Further Maths, fulfilled his offer for a place at the University of Cambridge. However, Robin has decided to read a degree in Computer Science with Cyber Security at the University of Southampton, a course which he believes is better suited to his future career path.

Ellie Cole, who was awarded two A*s and two As in her A levels last summer, has accepted an offer to read German and Hebrew at St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford.

Ellie applied to Oxford whilst in Germany, sitting her admissions tests in Munich and doing the interviews from the school. She attended Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools from Nursery to Sixth Form and, as part of her degree at Oxford, will spend a year abroad at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Four students are following their dreams to read Medicine. Ally, who recorded four A*, will be studying at King’s College London, while Anais, with three A*s, is heading to University College London. Adam, with three A*s, has secured his place at the University of Birmingham and Nicole, with three A*, to add to her A* in Chinese, will be taking her degree at Cardiff University.

Chloe, with an two A* and one A, has secured a place to read Dentistry at the University Bristol. Mari, with two A*, an A and an A* in EPQ, and Ellie, with an A* and two As, will be reading a veterinary degree at the University of Nottingham and University of Liverpool, respectively.

Charles (Maths, University of Warwick), Jonah (Chemistry, Imperial College London), Rose (Architecture, University of Edinburgh) and Che (Mathematics with Finance, University of Exeter) also achieved four A* in this year’s results.

Deputy Head Boy at Monmouth School for Boys, Josh (Mathematical Computation, University College London), Maria (Computer Science, University College London), Vivian (Mathematics with Management and Finance, King’s College London), and Aidan (Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham) all achieved three A*s and an A.

Headmistress at Monmouth School for Girls, Mrs Jessica Miles, said: “This year’s A level students have had to cope with uncertainty and disruption, they have been asked to adapt, to learn in different ways and in different locations and using different tools. They have been supported along the way by their teachers who have worked incredibly hard to develop lesson plans and assessments that have been used both in the classroom and remotely.  I am immensely proud of them and extremely grateful for all their commitment.”

Headmaster at Monmouth School for Boys, Mr Simon Dorman, said: “Our Year 13 cohort has performed magnificently in their A level assessments, in spite of facing severe disruption to their studies throughout their Sixth Form courses. We could not be prouder of them and they should be congratulated on their excellent grades. A total of 43 students out of 132 achieved three or more A*/A grades, which is 32.6% of the cohort.”

Mr Dorman added: “Our students have been supported magnificently by our brilliant teaching staff, who have worked tirelessly. The students will now go on to university armed with enviable grades and new skills learned during the pandemic, which will stand them in good stead for the transition to higher education. This is an exciting time for them as they confirm their university places and prepare for the next stage of their education.”

Principal, Mr James Murphy-O’Connor, said: “I am delighted that the hard work and dedication of our students are recognised in the results. Last year, schools had widespread confusion with the algorithm, and this year’s results are fairer and more accurate, and students and parents understand how they have been reached. We were required to submit a policy on how we would determine grades – which were reviewed by exam boards and amendments were made. Significant checks and balances were introduced to ensure fairness in this year’s grade awarding.”

Results 2020
Students at Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools are celebrating their A level results after an extraordinary chapter in their young lives.

The students in Monmouth Schools Sixth Form showed maturity and resilience throughout the coronavirus pandemic, which disrupted their studies.

This is also the first A level cohort to have been fully integrated in Monmouth Schools Sixth Form since co-educational teaching was launched in September 2018.

There have been outstanding individual performances, while 61.8% of all grades were A* to A and 86.8% were A* to B.

Three students at Monmouth School for Girls have secured places at Oxbridge.

Eva, who lives in Usk, has been awarded A*s in Maths, Chemistry and Physics and an A in Further Maths and will be taking up an offer to read Chemical Engineering at Queen’s College, University of Cambridge.

Abergavenny’s Soha will also be heading to the University of Cambridge, to study Modern and Medieval Languages at Murray Edwards College, after achieving A*s in English Literature, History and German.

Budding linguist Jena, who lives near Abergavenny, has secured an A* in German and As in both French and Russian and has an open application to read a degree in German and Czech at the University of Oxford.

Head of School at Monmouth School for Boys, Joe, who lives near Ross-on-Wye, has been awarded A*s in French, History and Mathematics and will read History and French at the University of Bristol.

Captain of the 1st XI football team, Anan, who lives in Coleford, has scored A*s in Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics and an A in Further Maths and will study Medicine at University College London.

Jack also excelled, securing A*s in Mathematics, Further Maths and Physics and an A in Chemistry. He will now head to Durham University to read Mathematics.

Lydney’s Kyah has been awarded 4 A*s in Economics, Mathematics, Further Maths and History and is taking up an offer to study Mathematics and Economics at the London School of Economics.

Rugby player Adam, who represents Dragons Rugby, will take up an offer to study Medicine at Cardiff University after being awarded As in Biology, Chemistry and History.

Cricket captain, Thomas, from Chepstow, recorded an A* in Mathematics and As in Chemistry, Further Maths and Physics and will be heading to the University of Bristol to read Mechanical Engineering.

Other outstanding candidates include sports scholar, Elinor, an international lacrosse player with Wales, who achieved A*s in Psychology, PE and Geography. Elinor, who has raised more than £5,000 for the Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) charity, will be studying Psychology at Loughborough University.

Fellow Wales international lacrosse player, Bethan, a Music and Sport scholar from Ross-on-Wye, will read Psychology at the University of Warwick after recording A*s in English Literature, Music and Art.

Deputy Head Girl at Monmouth School for Girls, Esme, will study Modern Languages at Durham University after being awarded two A*s and an A.

Amelia, who achieved two A*, an A and an A in EPQ, is also be taking up an offer at Durham University to study Modern Languages and Cultures.

Mrs Jessica Miles, Headmistress at Monmouth School for Girls, said: “These have been extraordinary times to be taking A levels and we are overwhelmingly proud of the maturity and resilience shown by our Year 13 students.

“The class of 2020 has worked hard and navigated its way through unprecedented circumstances brought about by the coronavirus pandemic and unfortunately we have not been able to mark key milestones with them, such as speech days and end of term celebrations, or to say our goodbyes.

“Therefore, it is always a relief when the hard work is recognised and we are delighted that the vast majority of our students have been successful in achieving places at their first or second choice universities.

“We look forward to the day when we are able to mark their achievements and their time at school.”

Mr Simon Dorman, Acting Head at Monmouth School for Boys, said: “We share the frustrations of our students who were not able to sit their A level exams this summer due to the pandemic and whose grades have been calculated.

“We are proud that 61.8% of all grades were A* to A, meaning that the majority of students’ expectations have been met or exceeded.

“We believe that the positivity shown by our students over the past five months during such difficult circumstances should help them to deal with the challenges they may face in the future.

“The students always work extremely hard at Monmouth in their academic studies and achieve excellent results alongside being so heavily involved in many activities across the schools.”

Principal, Mr James Murphy-O’Connor, paid tribute to the teaching staff at Monmouth for their dedication and professionalism.

“The dedicated teaching staff at Monmouth rose to the challenge brought about by the pandemic and these results also illustrate their professionalism and hard work,” he said.

“The teaching staff were asked to provide assessments on every Year 13 student and combined that with managing a hugely successful switch to our online teaching programme.”

Results 2019
Students at Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools have achieved a very strong set of results in the more challenging two-year linear A-level examinations.

At Monmouth School for Boys, 40.7% of all grades were A* to A – well above the national average of 25.5% – and 66.8% were A* to B, an improvement in the results from 2018.

The A* rate was 11.1% and a total of 84% of all grades were A* to C.

Fourteen boys recorded three or more A* and A grades.

At Monmouth School for Girls, 40.2% of all grades were A* to A – again exceeding the national average – and 70.1% – more than two-thirds of all grades – were A* to B.

The A* rate was 10.8% and 88.3% of all grades were A* to C, an improvement in the results from 12 months ago.

Ten girls achieved three or more A* and A grades.

Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools were particularly pleased that the vast majority of students gained their first or second choice place at university.

Great Britain junior rowing cox, Jack, a Deputy Head of School at Monmouth School for Boys, achieved three As and will be taking up an offer to read History at Oxford University.

Adam, a fellow Deputy Head of School, who was heavily involved in last year’s outstanding Young Enterprise business project, was awarded three A*s.

Joe was another student who excelled, recording two A*s and two As and will be heading to the University of St Andrews to read Computer Science.

He said: “I am absolutely delighted and the results have put me on the pathway towards working in computing, possibly in cyber-security.”

Jerome, who achieved 3 A*s and an A, and Anuj, who secured an A* and three As, were also among the successful students.

Sixteen-year-old Robin, who has just finished Year 11, took the A level Mathematics exam two years early and gained an outstanding A* grade.

Headmaster at Monmouth School for Boys, Dr Andrew Daniel, said: “This is the first year of the fully reformed and more challenging two-year linear A level examinations and the boys have achieved very strong results.

“Having played such a full role in the life of the school, alongside their academic commitments, the vast majority of boys are now able to take up offers at their first or second choice university.”

At Monmouth School for Girls, Deputy Head Girl (Boarding), Mererid, a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Wales, recorded two A*s and two As and will take up an offer to read Music at Newnham College, Cambridge University.

“I have had seven brilliant years in Monmouth and it has given a wonderful grounding and I can’t wait for the exciting challenges at Cambridge,” said  Mererid.

Bella, who joined the Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools’ family at Pre-Prep and Nursery, secured one A* and two As and will now read French and German at Oxford University.

Freya will also be heading to Oxford University, to study Law at St Anne’s College, after achieving three As and a B.

Deputy Head Girl, Lisa, who holds a prestigious Arkwright Engineering Scholarship and runs her own business, was awarded three As and a B and will read Mechanical Engineering at Birmingham University.

Head Girl, Faisa, who achieved three As, will follow her dream to read Medicine at Cardiff University.

“I am so happy,” said Faisa. “I have had a brilliant year as Head Girl of the school and now I can follow my dreams of studying medicine.”

Deputy Head Girl, Katie, will head to Edinburgh University to study French and German after she also achieved three As.

GB sailor, Hannah, achieved three A*s and will read Natural Sciences at Exeter University.

Fourteen-year-old Xiaoli, who lives in Mitchel Troy and hopes to become an astronaut, passed her A level Mathematics exam with an outstanding A* grade.

Headmistress at Monmouth School for Girls, Mrs Jessica Miles, said: “It is always a relief when the hard work pays off and the girls achieve their personal best.

“An impressive percentage of A* to A grades means that the vast majority of our students’ expectations have been met or exceeded.

“The girls work extremely hard at Monmouth in their academic studies and achieve impressive results alongside being so heavily involved in many activities at the school.”