Academic Highlights and Top Achievers
Somerset College takes pride in its unwavering commitment to academic excellence. The Class of 2024 has set a remarkable standard, achieving an average of 4.2 A symbols per student. Over the past eight years, the school has maintained an impressive average of at least 3 A symbols per student. We are also delighted to uphold our unbroken record of a 100% Bachelor’s Degree pass rate, ensuring all our students have access to university opportunities. Among the 98 candidates, an outstanding 59 achieved an A average, with 8 students attaining an exceptional 90% or higher average.
In addition, numerous students featured nationally in the upper echelons of the IEB results.
Tahirah Ahmed, Megan Falkenberg, Zara Hingeston, and Matthew Wylie were awarded a Commendable Achievement award for achieving within the top 5% of all IEB candidates nationally across five subjects and an A symbol for Life Orientation.
Ashleigh Cotterrell, Nila Prinsloo, Isabella Pritchett, Sarah Tucker, Gabriella Verdal-Austin, and Harriet Wraith achieved Outstanding Achievement Awards for ranking within the top 5% across six or more subjects and achieving an A symbol in Life Orientation.
Somerset College students were also awarded 40 Top 1% awards for featuring in the top 1% percent of their cohort nationally across a range of subjects. This includes 2 in Accounting; 2 in Afrikaans; 6 in English HL; 1 in Geography; 1 in History; 10 in Life Orientation; 4 in Life Sciences; 3 in Mathematical Literacy; 6 in Mathematics Core; 2 in Further Studies Mathematics; 2 in Physical Sciences; and 1 in Visual Art.
In all our academic departments except one, the Somerset College average was higher than the national IEB average. Our students attained an average over 10% higher than the national IEB average in 10 subjects, including Accounting, Afrikaans, Design, Geography, History, Information Technology, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Mathematical Literacy, Further Studies Mathematics and Visual Art. The Somerset College average for Mathematics Core is 18% higher than the National Average.
A special mention goes to Sarah Tucker for attaining 8 A symbols with an average of 95.1%. She achieved 100% for Core Mathematics, FSM Standard and FSM Elective.
Summary:
Pass rate: A 100% Bachelor’s Degree (University Entrance) pass
Average A symbols per candidate: 4.2
A Averages: 59 A averages from 98 candidates (of these, 8 averages of 90% or above)
Commendable Achievements: 4 (Achieved within the top 5% in 5 subjects and achieved a rating level of 7 in Life Orientation)
Outstanding Achievement Awards: 6 (Achieved within the top 5% in 6 subjects and achieved a rating level of 7 in Life Orientation)
Top 1% Awards in specific IEB subjects: 40
STUDENTS WITH 8 A SYMBOLS:
Tahirah Ahmed
Ella Beattie
Ashleigh Cotterrell
Zara Hingeston
Nila Prinsloo
Isabella Pritchett
Sarah Tucker
Gabriella Verdal-Austin
STUDENTS WITH 7 A SYMBOLS:
Dayle Combrinck
Sarah Davidson
Megan Falkenberg
Nina Gräbe
Cameron Leybrandt
Caitlyn Macleod Smith
Hannah O’Connor
Bailey Pinto
Alyssa Pretorius
Gracie Smith
Ruby van der Merwe
Emma van Schalkwyk
Harriet Wraith
Matthew Wylie
STUDENTS WITH 6 A SYMBOLS:
Talia Abelson
Jack Bamford
Julia Brown
Megan Huggett
Joshua Human
Coco Macdonald
Hannah Macfarlane
Caroline Morris
Tristan Williamson
Chloe Young
STUDENTS WITH 5 A SYMBOLS:
Erin Cunningham
Rowan Curtin
Helené Goosen
Milla Harris
Naia Harwood
Madison Irvine
Caitlin Kendall
Nicola Kloppers
Liza Linkov
Sarah Pardoe
Nicholas Plotz
Sian Prothero
Tyrone Rieth
Hannah Willis
STUDENTS WITH 4 A SYMBOLS:
Zandra Axten
Ami Bilton
Nabeel Braaf
Mikaela Ehret
Xander Erasmus
Jonathan Firth
Lara Gouws
Matteo Keppke
Siena Kontopirakis
Tatum Liebenberg
Luke Limbert
Josh Messina
Dylan O’Connor
Rupert Scorey
One student chose not to have their results published.
STUDENTS WITH 3 A SYMBOLS:
Daniel de Wit
Skye Edwards
Gina Harris
Hanna Keet
Khumo Ntisana
Ruby Tomlinson
Tiber van Dijk
One student chose not to have their results published.
STUDENTS WITH 2 A SYMBOLS:
Zubair Abrahams
Aidan Beattie
Travis Coenraad
Ariane de Villiers
Stefan De Villiers
Michael du Toit
Nicholas Faure
Michael Green
Max Jones
Josh Oberholzer
STUDENTS WITH 1 A SYMBOL:
Therese Adendorff
Isabella Alexander
Gina Baird
Marko Baumgardt
Neha Chetti
Anna Downing
Rosemary Good
Alexia Kontopirakis
Massimo Kontopirakis
Gwyneth Makeredza
Luseko Mazwi
Carlu Miranda
Connor Murphy
One student chose not to have their results published.