Excellent GCSE Results as Habs Monmouth Goes Co-ed from September
As Monmouth School for Boys and Monmouth School for Girls prepare to merge this September, both schools are celebrating an impressive final set of GCSE results.
With Monmouth School for Boys and Monmouth School for Girls merging this September, both schools can celebrate an outstanding final set of GCSE results. 54.9% of the results for the Girls’ School were graded 9-7 (A*-A), with 47.2% of the boys’ entries achieving the same standard.
As always, there was a significant number of individual success stories, with students gaining a full complement of 9 to 7 or A*-A grades. In the Girls’ School, Fay Russell, an academic scholar from Chepstow, achieved a staggering ten grade 9s and is hoping to study Biology, Chemistry, Maths and Further Maths in the Sixth Form, at A level.
Claire Chen, Orla Edwards, Keilah Greaves, Constance Humphries, Martha Llewelyn, Esme McCrum, Dilys Murcott, Isla MacMaster and Zahara Solosy all achieved a full house of grades 9-7. In addition, Orla Edwards, from Monmouth, achieved a Distinction in BTEC Performing Arts for Dance.
There was another clean sweep of grade 9s in the Boys’ School, with Kopano Matli, from Hereford, achieving nine top grades, as well as two A*s. Other students who achieved a full house of 9-7 grades (or A*-A) were William Beynon, Samuel Carver, Hugh Major, Alexander Simmons, Thomas Guerin, James Wardle, Theo Burt and Chun Ho Wong.
Many of the students have successfully combined their studies with a broad timetable of extra-curricular commitments. While Claire Chen, Thomas Guerin and James Wardle are all music scholars, Dilys Murcott, a drama and academic scholar, has just come back from completing the Rotary Leadership Award trip. The school prides itself on ensuring that students can balance their academic work with a wide range of sporting and extra-curricular opportunities, so they can pursue their passions at the same time as focusing on their studies.
Headmaster of Monmouth School for Boys, Mr Simon Dorman said: “I am delighted to see our hard-working Year 11 boys achieving the excellent grades that they deserve. These grades are the culmination of years of hard work by them and their teachers and are an excellent springboard into their A level courses in our fabulous new Sixth Form Centre, which opens its doors in September.”
Acting Head of the Girls’ School, Mrs Rachel Rees added, “I am so proud of our girls who have worked incredibly hard to achieve success. It is particularly pleasing to see how well our sport and music students have done, demonstrating excellent time management in balancing co-curricular and academic. We look forward to welcoming them into the brand-new Sixth Form in September and hope that they will continue to engage with our four pillars of Sport, Performing Arts, Textile Design and Sustainability. A big thank you to our teaching staff for supporting the students through their GCSE studies.”
From September this year, Haberdashers’ Monmouth School will be fully co-educational from age 3 to 18. The school has seen major investment into its facilities in the past two years and celebrates a number of outstanding new facilities including a new Sixth Form Centre and Dance Studio. The Prep School has relocated to the site of the former Girls’ School and summer 2025 sees the opening of a state-of-the-art strength and conditioning facility – the Eddie Butler Centre.
