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Headmasters Letter
The purpose of this bulletin is to highlight the academic successes of the pupils at Mill Hill School both in public examinations and in the subsequent university
careers.
Recently, we commissioned Warwickers to conduct a study to follow up points raised in last year’s MORI survey. It is clear from this that our parents continue to be happy with the direction the school is taking. A majority of the parents who were interviewed believe that academic standards have improved since 1998. Indeed only 2% felt that standards had fallen. Certainly, competition for places at Mill Hill has been keener this year than at any time in recent years. We are delighted to be welcoming 111 new 4th formers and 56 new Lower 6th formers.
External demand for Lower 6th places has been particularly strong, with many citing our successful implementation of co-education as the reason for making their choice. 20% of our pupils are now girls and we are confident that this will rise to 25% next
year.
The total number of pupils in the three Foundation Schools now tops 1100. With our extensive grounds, excellent staff/pupil ratio and recognised strength in pastoral care, we believe that we now are one of the driving forces in co-education in
London.
Yours sincerely
William Winfield
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A level pass rates rose this year to an all-time high of
98%.
73% of all A levels were graded A-C, with 45% being graded
A-B.
Department highlights this year were:
| Chemistry |
83% A/B |
| Spanish |
71% A/B |
| Information Technology |
67% A/B |
| English |
65% A/B |
This year’s GCSE pass rate was up to 95%, our highest ever.
43% of exams were graded A*/A, while 77% were graded A*-B.
Particular mention should be made of the following results:
| Remove French |
100% A*/A |
| Information Studies |
100% A*/A |
| Chemistry |
95% A*/A |
| Physics |
85% A*/A |
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OXBRIDGE SCHOLARSHIP NEWS
As a result of his success in end of year examinations, Peter Thonemann has been awarded a scholarship at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where he is reading Classics. We have also heard that Matthew Frise has been awarded a scholarship at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he is studying medicine. Peter and Matthew are following in the footsteps of Daniel Geron who last year was awarded a scholarship at Oriel College, Oxford, where he is reading Law. |
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Stuart Pugh Awards Finals
1999
These awards are given by the Institute of Engineering Designers in recognition of excellence in ‘A’ level Design Technology project work. This year 70 schools entered and 10 were selected for the finals at Hewlett Packard Research Laboratories in
Bristol.
Ricky Constantinades was selected for the finals and went on to be awarded a runners-up
prize. Mr Barnes, head of Design Technology was with Ricky at the finals and he
comments. “These awards are the most prestigious in this subject area and I consider that Ricky performed extremely
well.”
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James Mason joined McClure House from Belmont in 1994. He became head of house in 1998 and has represented MHS at first team level in all major
sports. He achieved 2 A passes and a B in his ‘A’ levels.
“I was absolutely delighted with my results” said James “I am now looking forward to working as a Student Master at St. John Prep in Northwood during my gap year.”
James is planning to attend Exeter University to study Maths, Operational Research and Statistics, following in the footsteps of last year’s head of McClure, Simon Konn.
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Valentine Taylor joined Weymouth House from Northbridge House School in 1997.She was awarded 2 As and a B in her ‘A’ levels and is now looking forward to attending Cardiff University to study Business
Administration.
Val has crammed an enormous amount into her two years at MHS. She was Head of School from June to December 1998 and played a full part in the sporting and cultural life of MHS.
She has been particularly involved in theatre work. Val played Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and went to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with last year’s production of Salomé. |
| There were many personal successes throughout the Remove and Fifth years but we are delighted to report that
Michelle Duggan achieved 8 A* passes and 2 A.
Lee Blair secured 7 A*s and 2 A’s.
“I see this as the first stage in realising my ambition to study Medicine at either Oxford or
Cambridge.”, said Lee who was also a member of one of the two Mill Hill Cricket X1’s to win their Middlesex County Cricket Championships this
year.
Armin Afsharnejad and Alex Steyne also achieved all A* and A passes. Other successes included
Frank Soodeen, who despite only having been with us for one year managed to accumulate 6 A*’s and an A
grade.
Raissa Ivanova came to us from Bulgaria with limited English two years ago. We are therefore delighted to report that she has passed 9 GCSE’s with 7 graded at A*/A. Well done to her and all our GCSE students.
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