Congratulations Class of 2017
Outstanding VCE and IB Results
Tintern Grammar would like to congratulate our 2017 Year 12 students on their outstanding results and contribution to the life of the school. Many exceptional academic results were achieved by our IB and VCE students.
Many of our students have achieved their personal best and as a result are well placed to go on to their first choice of University course. We, along with the students, are looking forward with keen anticipation to the opportunities that will open up to students for their life beyond school.
These results reflect the hard work of our students and the immense staff and parent support provided over the two years of the Diploma. Whilst this one number cannot and should not sum up 13 years of schooling, we encourage all our students to take the time to celebrate and reflect on their experiences at Tintern Grammar. Tintern is proudly an open entry school and these results are a true reflection of our students’ many talents and abilities.
We wish the graduating students of 2017 every success with the next stage of their lives. As a cohort, this year’s group have generated a very substantial step up in the standard of our external results. This is an impressive result at any school and places us well inside the top 40 schools on the “Better Schools” website, accurately reflecting the achievements of a wonderful group of young men and women! Particular congratulations must go to Brittany Read who was our IB and overall Dux (ATAR of 99.85), and Emily Cowin, who was our VCE Dux (ATAR of 98.75). Considering our genuinely open-entry policy, it is pleasing to see that 54% of our students received an ATAR of 80 or more (2016 – 53%), placing them in the top 20% of Australian final year students. The class of 2017 were a hardworking and committed group of scholars and their achievements reflect their work ethic and application demonstrated consistently throughout the year.
However, success can be measured in many ways and these results, although well-deserved and very impressive, are just one aspect of what we see as an excellent education at Tintern. The class of 2017’s leadership of the School and their involvement in a wide range of school activities and service has been admirable and they will leave us as happy, optimistic and resilient lifelong learners.
| ATAR | 2017 Combined Results (%) | 2016 Combined Results (%) | 2015 Combined Results (%) |
| 99 and above | 6.7% | 3.9% | 1.3% |
| 95 and above | 15.7% | 13.2% | 12.6% |
| 90 and above | 22.4% | 31.6% | 30.3% |
| 80 and above | 53.9% | 52.6% | 59.5% |
| Median ATAR | 81.30 | 82.60 | 82.60 |