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Churchill's undergraduates have done the College proud in its 50th anniversary year!
Alumni: 14th Jul 2010 15:02Churchill's undergraduates have done the College proud in its 50th anniversary year, obtaining our best ever set of examination
results. Our previous high mark was 2008, but this year we have gone even better. 28% of our students achieved Firsts, and
an additional 47% II.1s.
These results gave us our highest placing in well over 20 years in the Tompkins Table of Cambridge College exam results. We
were 3rd out of 29 Colleges. (In 1st place were Emmanuel, who had a quite exceptional year. Trinity pipped us to 2nd place
by the narrowest of margins.)
The Senior Tutor, Richard Partington, commented that the undergraduates, through their talent and immense hard work, had presented
the College with a wonderful birthday present in its 50th year. He also paid tribute to the dedication and focus of Churchill's
Directors of Studies and Tutors. He was especially pleased that these results had been achieved at a time when Churchill had
the highest proportion of state-sector students of any Cambridge College. 'I realised that this was a remarkable place as
soon as I arrived here three years ago', he said. 'Churchillians have an easy and relaxed social way about them alongside
an ambition to be the best and a completely can-do attitude. It's a real privilege as well as a pleasure to be among them.'
The results released by the Independent can be found here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/recruiting-stateschool-pupils-pays-off-for-cambridge-college-2022122.html.
The top ten appear as follows:
Tompkins Table 2010 % Score - % Firsts
1 (2) Emmanuel 69.11% - 33.2%
2 (1) Trinity 67.15% - 32.1%
3 (7) Churchill 67.08% - 29.0%
4 (9) Trinity Hall 66.02% - 25.1%
5 (8) Magdalene 65.31% - 24.3%
6 (3) Selwyn 64.88% - 23.7%
7 (16) Peterhouse 64.85% - 27.0%
8 (18) Clare 64.19% - 23.5%
9 (5) St. Catharine's 64.15% - 23.8%
10 (6) Pembroke 64.04% - 24.1%