Published on: 22 January 2014


The Class of 2013 continued the School’s record of academic excellence. Christ Church students received seven General Exhibitions – the highest number in the State – as well as three Course Exhibitions, three perfect scores of 99.95 and an impressive Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) median of 90.1.

The year group graduated with 177 WA Certificate of Education (WACE) externally-assessed students and 11 WACE Wholly School Assessed (WSA) students.

Of the 177 boys who sat for the ATAR:

  • 16 (9 per cent) obtained an ATAR of 99 or more, placing them in the top one per cent of students across the country.
  • 32 (18 per cent) obtained an ATAR of 98 or higher, placing them in the top two per cent.
  • 63 (36 per cent) obtained an ATAR of 95 or higher, placing them in the top five per cent.
  • 92 (52 per cent) obtained an ATAR of 90 or higher, placing them in the top 10 per cent.
  • Alexander Chua, Liam Kearney and Simon Swan achieved top scores of 99.95.
  • General Exhibitions were awarded to Liam Kearney (2013 School Dux), Alexander Chua, Matthew Eton, Simon Swan, Brian Hao, Robert Pennefather and Matt Freind.
  • Course Exhibitions were awarded to Liam Kearney for Economics and Philosophy and Ethics, and to Alexander Chua for Mathematics.
  • The median ATAR for the year group was 90.1.
  • The School received 19 Certificates of Distinctions and 16 Certificates of Commendation.

Certificates of Distinction, for the top 0.5 per cent of candidates in each course, were awarded to:

Liam Kearney – Chemistry, Economics, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy and Ethics
Simon Swan – Chemistry, Economics, Mathematics, Physics
Alexander Chua – Chemistry, Mathematics, Mathematics Specialist
Patrick Broadhurst – Chemistry, Mathematics
Matthew Eton – Chemistry, Mathematics
Matt Freind – Economics
Robert Pennefather – Mathematics
Migara Tennakoon – Mathematics

Certificates of Commendation, for achieving at least 20 ‘A’ grades in Years 11 and 12, were awarded to Patrick Broadhurst, Alexander Chua, Matthew Eton, Matt Freind, Brian Hao, Liam Kearney, Nicholas Leedman, Ryan Lian, James Liu, Luke Liu, Jesse Martino, Robert Pennefather, Ashwin Ramanathan, Simon Swan, Migara Tennakoon and Charn Thanissorn.

Of the 11 boys who completed WSA subjects, six completed a Vocational Education and Training (VET) course and two completed an Aboriginal School Based Traineeship with Leighton.

Headmaster Garth Wynne said the School was thrilled with its students’ results. “We are so proud of all our 2013 graduates, who reflect the School’s ongoing focus on achieving one’s best in the academic domain, no matter what course of study they choose,” Mr Wynne said. “My pride comes from the fact that so many boys met their own goals for excellence.”

“It is wonderful to see boys of a wide range of academic capabilities achieve such results through the combination of hard work, competitive collaboration, the support of their inspiring and motivating teachers and of course, members of their wider family.”