In 2007, Westbourne students have achieved an average ENTER of over 80. This is only the second time of such a splendid result, and it matches 2006. Results of VCE exams indicate a very solid year’s work; 2 students have an ENTER over 99: 8 students have 95 or more and 67 students have scored 80 or above. In 2007, all 133 Year 12 students have satisfied the requirements for their VCE, maintaining our long tradition of 100% pass rate.

In terms of Study Scores, the highest possible result is 50. In 2007, 10 students scored between 45 and 50, and 40 students between 40 and 44.

The Median Score of all our students is over 80, which means that 50% of our students are placed in the top 20% of all Victorian candidates.

The two students who obtained an ENTER over 99 are placed in the top 1% of all Victorian students. Dux of the School was Thanh Huynh with 99.75. Thanh lives in Kings Park and joined the School in Year 7. Thanh was heavily involved in Flinders Inter-House activities, particularly in Debating, Athletics and Chess. He also represented the School in Softball and Badminton.

The maximum score a student can obtain in any subject is 50. A score over 40 indicates that the student is in the top 8% of all candidates. Thanh obtained a perfect score of 50 in Maths Methods, 49 for Chemistry, 46 for Accounting (in 2006), 44 for English, 42 for General Maths Methods and 41 for L.O.T.E. Thanh also completed Enhancement Chemistry at Monash University.

Helen Tu obtained an ENTER of 99.55. In 2006, Helen scored 50 for V.C.E. Year 12 Accounting and has done exceptionally well in 2007 in Chemistry, English, LOTE and 2 Maths subjects. She has been at the School for 6 years and has been involved as Vice-Captain of Hudson House and the organisation of many activities for the whole year.

The overall results for 2007 are scores to be proud of:

Dux of the School was Kevin Nguyen who was one of thirty-five students in the state to attain a perfect score of 99.95. Kevin is the first Westbourne student to ever record this score. Kevin also studied Mathematics as part of Melbourne University Program for High Achieving Students (MUPHAS), for which he obtained a First Class Honour. Kevin was awarded one of 14 Melbourne University Scholarships.

Since the VCE was introduced in the early 1990's, Westbourne students have maintained a 100% pass rate. The class of 2006 continued this strong academic tradition with all 139 students satisfying the requirements for the award of the Victorian Certificate of Education.

In 2006 three Westbourne students obtained an ENTER above 99 placing them in the top half of the top 1% of students in Victoria, seventeen had an ENTER above 95, and thirty-nine above 90. Over 50% of Westbourne students achieved an ENTER which placed them in the top 20% of all candidates throughout the state. Their results are the best ever recorded by a year level at Westbourne in recent years. The median score was 80.15 compared with 79.6 in 2005 and 76.35 in 2004. Eleven Year 12 Students and two Year 11 Students obtained a perfect study score of 50 for a subject.