We are pleased to announce that in this year with unprecedented challenges, Stamford students continued to achieve strongly in International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program (DP) and Advanced Placement (AP) exams. Despite facing cancellation of planned exams, and changes in assessment methods, our IB results exceeded many of last year’s results.
Our Class of 2020 graduates completed the IB course with a 94% pass rate. This is well above the Global rate of 78% and is also our highest ever pass rate.
Of the students who completed IB course, 5 Students achieved results over 40, out of a total of 45, which is a tremendous result. Our highest achieving student was Rafaella (Ella) Zanatti who will be attending Duke University, USA.
Our AP results were also strong with 74% of our scores were a 3 or above, and a higher percentage of students scored 5s than any year before this. Our students also scored above global averages in almost all subjects. This is especially impressive considering that the modified online exam required our students to sit these exams between midnight and 4 a.m.
The continuing development of our language program was demonstrated by 27% of our students receiving the IB Bilingual Diploma. Growth in the area of language is not surprising given the diverse make-up of the Class of 2020 which represents 38 nationalities, within our wider community of 75 nationalities. To date, 95% have accepted to their first or second choice university. Students from the class of 2020 will be attending universities and colleges in 19 different countries, across 4 different continents.
At Stamford we are a non-selective and inclusive school. We are proud of the unique pathways we offer to suit students and their interests. We pride ourselves as a school of diverse pathways and subject choices for students as this ultimately equips students for university and beyond. Each student graduates with a US High School Diploma as well as the opportunity to pursue the International Baccalaureate (IB), or Advanced Placement (AP) Diploma, or a blend of subjects from the three programs — the only school in Singapore to offer these unique and individualised pathways.
Our High School Principal, Ocki Fernandes, said, “I am so pleased by the results of our fifth graduating class. I attribute the success of all of our students to hard work, commitment, effort and the strong and positive relationship between our students and teachers. The transparency of our new assessment and reporting system led to 98 % of our students’ final scores being within 1 point of their predicted grades. Colleges and universities value schools which accurately and consistently predict grades and academic achievement.”