VCE Results

I am very pleased to congratulate our Class of 2024 for their outstanding VCE results this year – equal to the best in our history. All 172 of our students who completed the year satisfactorily met the requirements of the VCE, and we are very proud of them all.

Twenty-five of our students (15%) achieved an ATAR of 99 or better, placing them in the top one per cent of the State. Thirty-five percent (59 students) achieved a rank of 95 or better, while 54% of our students achieved a score of 90 or better. Our median ATAR score was 90.85, and our average ATAR score was 85.4: the depth of the results is particularly pleasing. Eighty-four percent of our students gained a ranking of 70 or better.

There were 12 perfect study scores across a range of subjects: 22% per cent of all study scores were 40 or higher, and the scaling impact of the more ‘difficult’ subjects that many of our students take translated into very high ATARs.

This year’s Duces are Joel Cheok, Jerry Jin and Chris Lu, who scored the highest possible rank of 99.95. Our Proxime Accessit was Ethan Ong, who scored 99.85. All four students, apart from being exceptional students, were actively involved in the full life of the School and worked very hard at their studies.

A further twenty-one students earned scores of 99 or better. These boys also studied a wide range of subjects and actively involved themselves in the life of the School: Daniel An, Nathan Bosmans, Raphael Champion, Adrian Chiu, Joshua Day, Timothy Gunasegaram, Will Joy, Matthew Lau, Jason Liang, Ethan Mak, Jonty Neil, Brodie Pang, Sabir Singh, Rylan Tan, Matthew Tong, Minh Tran, Matthew Treagus, Rohan Wickremasinghe, Jayden Yap, Tony Zhang and Pierce Zheng.

As we all know, ATAR scores do not define a life or a person’s value; the numbers will be forgotten in a few days or weeks. The ATAR ranks students against each other in a way that cannot reflect a student’s individual journey, effort, or life circumstances. A score in the 40s or 50s can be as brilliant as a score in the 90s. The lessons learned at School, the resilience developed, and the friendships they have made have a much longer currency.

I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge our remarkable teaching staff, who helped our students achieve these wonderful results. I know that our teachers are very proud of their students, and I am very proud of them. I also congratulate and thank our parents, who have encouraged their sons by supporting them through the ups and downs of a VCE year.

Once more, congratulations to the Class of 2024 on their outstanding results. It is pleasing to see that their hard work has been rewarded so generously.

Dr Paul Hicks

Headmaster

Percentages of Study Scores and ATAR Scores

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Median Study Score
34
35
34
33.0
34.0
35
35
Average Study Score
34.3
34.2
34.6
33.4
34.3
35
35
Greater than 40
21.5
20.9
21.0
17.1
21.4
25.8
23.2
Median ATAR
90.85
91.5
90.9
86.93
90.7
90.5
90.1
Ave ATAR
85.4
87.26
87.56
83.09
85.4
85.6
84.4

Number of Students

ATARs 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
99+
25
21
16
16
23
28
23
95 - 98.95
34
41
46
20
33
35
29
90 - 94.95
33
35
28
31
31
25
33
80 - 89.95
37
37
36
49
38
31
35
70 - 79.95
15
19
25
17
22
28
16
60 - 69.95
10
8
12
17
12
11
16
50 - 59.95
8
7
8
10
7
5
8
40 - 49.95
5
4
4
4
3
2
4
Below 40
5
1
2
2
3
4
5
Total
172
173
178
167
172
171
169

Cumulative Percentages

ATARs 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
99+
15
12
9
10
13
16
14
95+
35
36
35
22
33
37
31
90+
54
56
51
40
51
51
50
80+
75
77
71
69
73
70
71
70+
84
88
85
80
85
86
80
60+
90
93
92
90
92
92
90
50+
95
97
96
96
97
95
95
40+
98
99
98
98
98
96
97