Congratulations to the Class of 2025!

FIRST IN STATE

Students who received first place in an HSC course and also achieved a result in the highest band possible are celebrated in the First in Course merit list. Placing first in an HSC course is an enormous achievement. Students who receive this result are celebrated at a State awards ceremony. The following IGS student achieved First in State twice:

• Alessia Savi (Year 11) achieved First in State for Italian Continuers with 98 per cent
• Alessia Savi (Year 11) achieved First in State for Italian Extension with 49 out of 50

Only 7 of 73,000 students topped the State in 2 HSC courses. To accomplish this in Year 11 is extraordinary. Congratulations, Alessia!

NSW TOP ACHIEVERS

The following students received one of the highest places in an HSC course and also received a result in the highest band.

• Alessia Savi (Year 11) achieved First in State for Italian Continuers with 98 per cent
• Alessia Savi (Year 11) achieved First in State for Italian Extension with 49 out of 50
• Anne-Catherine Linzer achieved Third in State in German Extension with 49 out of 50
• Jessica Fichera achieved Fifth in State for Italian Continuers with 97 per cent
• Elizabeth Watson (Year 11) achieved Fifth in State for Japanese Extension with 48 out of 50 

NSW ALL-ROUND ACHIEVERS

Each year, students who achieve results in the top band for at least 10 units of HSC courses are recognised as All-Round Achievers by the NSW Education Standards Authority. This year three IGS students gained such an honour.

Congratulations to 2025 IGS Dux Stella Manos, Matthew Lau and Anna Sulan for achieving more than 90 per cent in at least 10 units.

NSW DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVERS

There were 63 Distinguished Achievers who between them received 120 honourable mentions by being awarded 90 per cent or above in at least one course, which is the highest band possible.

ATAR HIGHLIGHTS

The Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) is a rank (not a mark or score) between 0.00 and 99.95 that indicates a student’s position relative to all the students in their age group. Universities use the ATAR, among other measures, to help them select students for their courses.

Strong results at IGS: 

• Stella Manos received the highest ATAR of 98.55
• 16 students received ATARs of 95 or above (16.7 per cent of our Year 12 cohort)
• 25 per cent of the Year 12 cohort received ATARs of 90 and above
• Almost 70 per cent of the Year 12 cohort received ATARs of 75 and above

EARLY UNIVERSITY OFFERS

ATARs are just one pathway to tertiary study. IGS students have already received 178 early offers to courses at universities including UTS, UNSW, ANU, Macquarie University, WSU, Notre Dame, ACU, UOW, ICMS, UTAS, RMIT and JCU. Diverse areas of study include Natural and Physical Sciences, Architecture and Building, Engineering and related Technologies, Health, Management and Commerce, Society and Culture and Creative Arts. Congratulations to these students. A special thank you to our Careers Advisor for supporting our students to explore their post-school opportunities.

FIRST IN STATE HONOURABLE MENTIONS

• 100 per cent of students studying the following courses achieved results in the top band possible: Music 1, Music Extension, Science Extension, Chinese Extension, French Beginners, Italian Extension, Japanese Beginners, Japanese Extension and Spanish Extension.
• 100 per cent of students studying the following courses achieved results in the top two bands: English Extension 1, History Extension, Music 2, French Extension, German Extension, Italian Beginners and Spanish Beginners.

IGS Students have performed particularly well across all Science Courses this year:

• In Biology, students achieved 8.75 per cent above the State mean
• In Chemistry, students achieved 4.43 per cent above the State mean
• In Physics, students achieved 6.10 per cent above the State mean
• In Science Extension, students achieved 7.54 per cent above the State mean (IGS students achieved 3 of the 60 E4 top band results in the State)

Other highlights include:

• In Aboriginal Studies, students achieved 12.51 per cent above the State mean
• In Music 1, students achieved 11.38 per cent above the State mean
• In Japanese Continuers, students achieved 10.69 per cent above the State mean
• In Geography, students achieved 9.80 above the State mean
• In Legal Studies, students achieved 9.53 per cent above the State mean
• In PDHPE, students achieved 8.84 per cent above the State mean
• In Modern History, students achieved 7.68 per cent above the State mean
• In Economics, students achieved 6.51 per cent above the State mean

Students may complete HSC courses early via acceleration or compression. We congratulate 39 IGS Year 11 students and one Year 7 student who completed HSC courses this year.

38 per cent of these students achieved 90 per cent or higher in one or more HSC course.

Acceleration in Languages

24 Year 11 students accelerated in Languages. Students accelerated across four languages and seven courses, in French Beginners, French Continuers, German Continuers, Italian Continuers, Italian Extension, Japanese Continuers and Japanese Extension. These students achieved a mean of 90 per cent and a median of 89 per cent.

High results in each course were achieved by:

• June Yu with 94 per cent for French Beginners
• Mollie Webb with 95 per cent for French Continuers
• Annika Schmitz with 96 per cent for German Continuers
• Alessia Savi with 98 per cent and First in State for Italian Continuers, and 49 out of 50 and First in State for Italian Extension
• Jessica Fichera with 97 per cent and Fifth in State for Italian Continuers, and 48 out of 50 for Italian Extension
• Elizabeth Watson with 98 per cent and Fifth in State for Japanese Continuers and 48 out of 50 for Japanese Extension

Acceleration in Mathematics

Fourteen Year 11 students accelerated in Mathematics Advanced, achieving a mean of 84.7 per cent and a median of 83.5 per cent.

The highest result in Mathematics Advanced was earned by Kai Humphreys with 97 per cent.

This year the youngest IGS student completing an HSC course was Year 7 student Jakob Lal who studied Mathematics Extension 1 and Mathematics Extension 2. Next year, Jakob will take on HSC Physics! 

Aboriginal Studies by Compression

Nine Year 11 students completed both Year 11 and Year 12 Aboriginal Studies in one year. Their mean result was 86.4 per cent with a median of 86 per cent.

The highest result of 94 per cent was achieved by Matilda Brown and Isabelle Glass.

Selected for ENCORE Music (Musicology)

• Tomas Mimmocchi

Nominated for ENCORE Music (Composition)

• Lucas Kung

Nominated for ENCORE Music (Performance)

• Simon Matar
• Teheke Hape-Knap

Nominated for OnSTAGE Drama (Individual Performance)

• Lucinda Crompton

Nominated for SHAPE Design and Technology (Major Design Project)

• Elka Donnelly

Nominated for Young Writers English Extension 2 (Major Work)

• Amy Unsworth

HSC Course results

*Student achievement in these Courses is not expressed through performance bands

Extension Course results

HONOUR ROLL OF DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVERS BY COURSE