Matric Results 2017

Dear Bishops Community

I would like to wish you all a happy new year and trust that you have all had a wonderful and restful holiday.

I am pleased to announce that the Matric Class of 2017 achieved exceptional results.

Some of the highlights are as follows:

150 boys wrote the exam of whom 148 (98,7%) achieved a Bachelors pass and 2 boys a Diploma pass;

There were 525 subject distinctions (3,5 per candidate);

15,2% of all subject results were above 90%;

48,6% of all subject results were above 80%;

There were 62 A aggregates (41% of the class) and 14 boys achieved an aggregate of 90% and above;

The top student was Christopher Aubin with an aggregate of 96,7%, followed by Kwangbem Ko with 94,7%;

9 distinctions were achieved by Christopher Aubin;

8 distinctions were achieved by Felix Burt, Nicholas Featherstone, Kwangbem Ko, Stephane Pienaar and Angus Thring;

19 boys achieved 7 distinctions; 17 achieved 6 distinctions and 12 achieved 5 distinctions;

36% of the class achieved 5 distinctions or better;

Christopher Aubin and Richard Baikoff scored 100% for History.

We are extremely proud of these results and congratulate every boy on his achievement and thank all the Bishops teachers whose guidance and motivation made these results possible.

Yours sincerely

Guy Pearson
PRINCIPAL