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A Level Results 2024

Our 2024 cohort have done absolutely brilliantly (see below) and are now set to take their next steps. This year, destinations including reading music at Oxford, Durham and Liverpool Universities. Students going on to concentrate on performing have gained places at both Birmingham and Royal Welsh conservatoires. Huge congratulations to all.

Value Added

At least as important as raw grades is how our students’ progress compares with other institutions. Our ALPS grade of 2 for music puts us in the top 10% of institutions for progress in music. We have maintained positive value added in music (i.e. our students do better than expected) for well over a decade.

Summary of Results

Grades Percentage
Students A*-B

79%

(including  17% getting an A*)

Students achieving at least a C

100%

Pass rate

100%

Previous results

Since the new A level specification started in 2017 on average 77% of our students have achieved at least a B, a record of which we are very proud.

Year 12 Half Term Homework

Composition

Please do corrections according to your feedback and then submit here by the end of Friday.

Appraising

Into the Twentieth Century homeworks to complete by the end of half term please:

Keep up your practice for the end of year performance

Remember that the first week back we have NO LESSON ON MONDAY and instead two doubles, one on Tuesday and the other on THURSDAY starting at 1.40 and running until the end of college (i.e. choir time plus our normal lesson).

Year 13 Revision

You need to have your own programme of revision that you are following alongside the set work. You need to keep both AoS E set works, the Haydn, the C20 Core Wider Listening, and development of the symphony work for the essay on the boil. For the latter, you should be updating and revising notes, probably by symphony.

There is weekly active revision: https://classroom.google.com/c/MzIwMjgyMjU3MjAy/a/NjA5Njg3MTg1MzIy/details. You need to upload FOUR completed tasks for each of the next four weeks.

There is also a lot of material you can use for extra revision here: https://classroom.google.com/c/MzIwMjgyMjU3MjAy/a/NTkzNjM2NDI1NTQ4/details

For both you need to be logged in with your COLLEGE account.

Finally, there are also practice questions in the Rhinegold book (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eduqas-Level-Music-Study-Guide/dp/1785583476)

You should listen to our Spotify playlists to help you with familiarity

Year 12 Easter Homework

Composition

  • Rondo Homework:
    • Corrections/improvement of Rondo theme (according to feedback)
    • Second half of A section (modulation to dominant)
    • Beginning of C section
    • Make sure you have filled in your log

Development of the Symphony

Year 13 Homework Spring Half Term

You must practising for your performance, which could be as early as the beginning of March. Listen to recordings of assessment and showcase and use the

Revision (all due at the end of half term)

You also need to have your own programme of revision that you are following alongside this work. You need to keep both AoS E set works, the Haydn, the C20 Core Wider Listening, and development of the symphony work for the essay on the boil. For the latter, you should be updating and revising notes, probably by symphony.

You should listen to our Spotify playlists to help you with familiarity

Year 12 HW around half term

Composition

Finishing off (for MONDAY end of day after half term)

Preparation for assessments

Essay on Orchestration on TUESDAY (essay plan on Classroom due on SUNDAY of half term)

Short answer on Haydn 104 on THURSDAY (revision on Classroom due on Wednesday after half term)

Remember that your PERFORMANCE programmes are also due after half term.

Year 12 HW w/c 23rd January

Homework this week (due on MONDAY)

If you haven’t done the Brillder brick on Sonata Form I would like you do to this please.

First log in: : https://brillder.com/

THEN in the same browser go here: https://app.brillder.com/play/brick/2186/cover/music/sonata-form

I have seen that work with my own eyes!

When you have done it, please submit on Classroom as well.

Year 12 HW w/c 9th January

Homework this week (due on MONDAY)

Year 13 Homework Xmas Break

You must PRACTICE for the PERFORMANCE mock in January. This is extremely important and will make as much difference to your final mark as anything

Revision and other work

You need to do regular revision on set works, core wider listening and essay topics as well as complete the active revision set below. You should also listen to the C20 Spotify playlists.

  • Exam revision set for over Xmas (Week 4). This should be done by Sunday 8th January (before your exam on Tuesday 10th)

Year 13 Homework w/c 28th November

You must PRACTICE for the PERFORMANCE mock in January. This is extremely important and will make as much difference to your final mark as anything

You also need to keep pushing on composition. We need a rough finished draft of composition 1 and some substantial sketches for composition 2 by Christmas

Revision and other work