Dear Families
I am very pleased to share with you the results of our Year 12 Class of 2024.
We are immensely proud of our Year 12 students, not only for their outstanding academic achievements but also for their invaluable contributions to our school community over the years. They have demonstrated remarkable growth and resilience, rising to challenges and embracing new realities with determination. As a community, we celebrate their readiness to face the future with courage, curiosity and compassion.
While we are extremely proud of these results and our high performing students, these are but one measure of the achievement of this cohort. There are many stories that sit behind these numbers that demonstrate the personal growth and achievements of our students. No matter the result, we are confident that our students are well-prepared for the opportunities and challenges ahead. We wish our students all the very best as they take their next steps, which may include further study, joining the workforce or taking a gap year.
We sincerely thank our dedicated team of teaching and professional staff who work in partnership with our families to support each student to achieve their best.
Summary of results
I am proud to provide the following overview of the combined results of both the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) and International Baccalaureate (IB) cohorts:
- 13 students achieved an ATAR of 99 or above (in the top 1% of the state)
- 7% of all ATARs were 98 or above (in the top 2% of the state)
- 16% of all ATARs were 95 or above (in the top 5% of the state)
- 30% of all ATARs were 90 or above (in the top 10% of the state)
- 59% of all ATARs were 80 or above (in the top 20% of the state)
- The median Carey ATAR was 83.4
Our 2024 IB Dux is Taran Qiu who achieved a perfect IB score of 45 and an ATAR of 99.95, which is the highest possible ATAR score that can be achieved by a student.
Our 2024 VCE Dux is Kevin Chen who achieved an ATAR of 99.55.
We congratulate Taran and Kevin for their exceptional efforts and achievements.
We also sincerely congratulate the 21 IB and VCE students who join Taran and Kevin as Carey Scholars as they have achieved an ATAR of 98 or above:
Lara Aitken, Maxwell (Max) Allen, Conor Boussioutas, Daniel Chiu, Ella-Mei Graham, Xuanye (Geoff) Guo, James Gebert, Avaneesh Kuruparan, Asha La Gerche, Ruijie (Simon) Lai, Lele Li, Shiyu (Suri) Liu, Radha Lokuge-Hayes, Connor Mackenzie, Cian Murphy, Lily Rogers, Oliver Stambe, Qi (Harry) Su, Lucas Wheatley, Montgomery Wraith and Lucy Wynne.
Additional IB results highlights include:
- 4 students achieved an IB score of 44 or above, which is equivalent to an ATAR of 99.3 or above, placing them in the top 0.7% of the state
- Over 32% of our IB students achieved an IB score of 39 or above which is equivalent to an ATAR of 95 or above, placing 27 students in the top 5% of the state
- 87% of our IB students achieved an IB score of 30 or above which is equivalent to an ATAR of 80 or above, placing them in the top 20% in the state
- Our IB average score of 36 translates to an ATAR of 91
- 57% of IB subject scores were 6 or 7 out of a possible 7
- Two IB students were awarded a Bilingual Diploma, in recognition of their successful completion of all subjects, other than Language A, in an additional language.
Additional VCE results highlights include:
- 10% of our VCE students achieved an ATAR of 95 or above, placing 25 of our students in the top 5% of the state
- 49% of our VCE students achieved an ATAR of 80 or above, placing one in two of our VCE students in the top 20% in the state
- There were three VCE perfect study scores of 50, achieved by Kade Ingram in Business Management, Kaixin Li (Year 12 Class of 2026) in Mathematical Methods, and Cate Middleton in Health and Human Development
- 23 VCE students were awarded the VCE Baccalaureate in recognition of their successful completion of both a higher-level mathematics subject and a language as part of their VCE program.
University offers
We wish our students all the very best with the upcoming tertiary offer rounds which commence on Monday 23 December. We anticipate the majority of our students will be offered a place in their first preference for tertiary study, and most will be offered a place in one of their top three preferences. In addition, we are pleased to confirm that prior to the final examinations, around 70 students in 2024 received early offers to universities in Victoria or interstate. This means that around 20% of our Year 12 students are currently holding an early offer, with some students holding offers at more than one university. These offers can be based on a range of criteria such as Year 11 results, student statements addressing adversity, evidence of community service, student responses to criteria or questions, teacher recommendations or an interview. We would like to congratulate those students and wish them well with their studies.
Congratulations again Class of 2024! We wish you well on your journey and look forward to further celebrating these achievements at the Senior School Celebration Assembly on Friday 21 February 2025.
With best wishes
Jonathan Walter
Principal
