Written by: Ian Lee, IGCSE Coordinator and Matt Grady, IB Coordinator
IB Diploma Results (Year 13)
YCIS Pudong again continued with the tradition of excellent IB Diploma results for the 2019-20 academic year in what has been a challenging year for IB students worldwide. We are exceptionally proud of the resilience, dedication and performance of our IB students with them scoring an average of 4 points above the world average. We were also very pleased to report a 100% pass rate for all of our full IB Diploma candidates. Eight of our IB students received the prestigious Bi-lingual Diploma demonstrating proficiency in two first languages. In addition, IB school statistics noted that the average subject score was a very strong 5.66 marks out of a possible 7 points which is testament to the excellent teaching and learning that continues to run through YCIS Pudong.
It was also wonderful to see that 5 of our top scoring IB students have been with YCIS since either ECE or Primary reflecting that these results are a product of a whole school effort at YCIS Pudong. Along with these terrific results, the breadth of leadership, service and co-curricular opportunities were also instrumental in contributing to another fantastic set of University and College placements for our cohort of 2020.
IGCSE Results (Year 11)
The Class of 2022 came through the toughest year of their lives with a superb set of IGCSE scores from Cambridge Assessment. There were so many success stories that it is hard to know which to highlight. Special mention must go to over 30% of our students who achieved a full set of 10 A*/A grades across every subject, staying focused and connected when the world was going through Covid-19 lockdowns around them.
All IGCSE Drama students attained A* or A, as did all IGCSE Music students, showing that the restrictions on having public performances did not hold back YCIS performers. It was a similar story with our creatives, with IGCSE Art and Design and IGCSE Design and Technology students all achieving excellent grades. Science was also particularly strong this year with almost all extended students attaining an A or A*. Not only that, every single student passed IGCSE Mathematics, with the vast majority of extended students achieving A*/A. Special mention to the Year 10 Mathematics Advanced students who sat IGCSE one year early and were all awarded A*.
The English and Chinese departments once again demonstrated the strengths of our bilingual core, with every student passing their language and literature courses, and once again dominated by A*s and A’s.
We are so proud of our students who might not have received multiple A* and A grades, but who worked equally hard to achieve passing grades in their subjects. In many cases, it is those students and their work, and the work of parents and teachers to get them there, which isn’t celebrated enough when exam ‘results’ messages are released, so we want to end on a huge congratulations to everyone on their great success.
