Academic Excellence

• Emphasising Excellence

  

  A large proportion of the special character donation paid by the parents goes toward funding extra teaching staff so that class sizes are much smaller than those in state schools.

  Classes that average between 18-22 students allow for greater assistance from experienced teaching staff. Students learn in an achievement based environment where the expectations of academic success are high. Each staff member works hard at creating a friendly, structured and caring atmosphere in which boys can attain their potential.

  Lindisfarne boys' are pushed and challenged. They regularly get 1½–2 hours of homework each night. The personalised nature of our education systems means he will not be allowed to coast, but instead will be continually challenged to reach the highest possible standard of which he is capable.

• 2009 Scholarship Results

  The 2009 scholarship results saw 9 students earn a total of 21 subject scholarships (3 of which were awards for "Scholarship with Outstanding Performance" awarded to 0.04% of all the students in the Level 3  cohort for a subject).

   

  William Duley - Agriculture and Horticulture (Top Scholar)

  Hugh McHugh - Biology
                           Chemistry
                           Economics
                           Maths with Statistics (Outstanding)
                           Maths with Calculus
                           Physics (Outstanding)
                           Science

  Michael Hackney -Chemistry, Economics, Physics

  George Willis - Classical Studies (Outstanding)
                           English
                           History
                       Media Studies

  Sean Bayley - Economics, Technology

  
  Thomas Harrison - Economics

  
  Alexander Harrison - English
  

  
  Daniel Ellingham - Maths with Statistics

  
  Alexander Volz - Maths with Statistics

  
  

  Best Performance:

  1. Hugh McHugh - 7 scholarships attained and 2 of these were
                               outstanding scholarships.  (Likely to receive Outstanding Scholarship
                              Award, $5000 per year renewable).

  2. George Willis - 4 scholarships attained of which one was an outstanding

                             scholarship. (Scholarship Award $2000 per year renewable).

  
  3. Michael Hackney - 3 scholarships attained. 
                                   (Scholarship Award $2000 per year renewable).

  
  4. Sean Bayley - 2 scholarships attained.

  Overall, Twenty One scholarship Awards of which 3 were outstanding Scholarship and one Top scholar Award.
  

  The twenty one scholarships matched the efforts achieved by the 2006 and 2008 seniors and was just below our best ever results of 27 scholarships in 2007.
  

  
  Subject by subject Scholarships 2009
                                                                       

  Agriculture and Horticulture - 1

  Biology - 1

  Chemistry - 2

  Classical Studies - 1 (Outstanding schol.)

  Economics - 4

  English - 2

  History - 1

  Statistics - 3   (1 Outstanding schol.)

  Calculus - 1

  Media Studies - 1

  Physics - 2   (1 Outstanding schol.)

  Science - 1

  Technology - 1

  Total          21