Greene’s is non-selective and accepts students of all ages and abilities. Thus, the success of each student can only be measured against his or her stated objectives. However we are able to provide an over-view of the success of some of our students.
Student results for 2010-2011
University entrance: For the 2010-2011 academic year of over 400 students in total, there were 29 full-time students at Greene’s finishing their A levels and applying to university – 12 of these students were retaking some or all of their A level units. Of the 29 students, 16 (55%) obtained a place at their first choice of university, including Oxford (1), Imperial (1), UCL (2), Durham (1), Manchester (2), and Newcastle (1), and two students were accepted to universities in Canada (British Colombia) and France (Lyon).
A level grades: There were 93 full-time and part-time A level candidates who successfully sat a range of A level examinations during the 2010-11 academic year. Over 70% of grades were A* to B; and just under 84% of grades were A* to C. A particular highlight of the summer 2011 A level results was that 5 out of 15 (one third) of our Mathematics A level candidates obtained A* grades.
The 12 students who were retaking their A levels managed to achieve an average three-point increase in their grades: the range was from a one-point grade increase to a nine-point grade increase.
Academic feedback: Just over 12,000 (12,198) tutorial reports were submitted by our tutors during the 2010-2011 academic year. Over many years Greene’s has provided courses of individual tuition using selected tutors who give feedback to students by way of a written report after each tutorial. These tutorial reports (named ‘slips’ as they were originally small slips of paper) are the main way in which students are able to measure their progress. Recently these reports have been made available online to students and their parents, and have included a grading scheme for all homework assignments and the student’s performance during the tutorial. Students can now follow their progress tutorial by tutorial.
Independent study: The tuition reports also include an estimate of the number of hours that a student has spent on their homework in order to measure the extent of independent learning they are doing, which we call the ‘index of independent learning’ or IOI. The IOI is the number of hours of homework completed divided by the number of hours of tuition; a figure of 2-4 is appropriate for A level study and 1-3 for GCSE study. As well as being important for successful study at university, we think that developing each student’s independent study skills should be one of the main benefits of studying at Greene’s, and the IOI has shown itself to be a clear predictor of university entrance success. Among our A level students in the 2010-11 academic year, no student with an IOI of less than one went on to take a place at their first choice of university. Independent study counts.