Huge congratulations to our Year 12 HSC and IB students on their outstanding achievements! This year marks a milestone for Santa Sabina College, with our IB cohort achieving the strongest results ever recorded in the six years since introducing the program. The Sydney Morning Herald has ranked us as the top-scoring IB school in NSW for students scoring 44 or above, with an impressive 12.5% of our cohort receiving a score of 44 or above, equivalent to an ATAR above 99.5.
We are incredibly proud of Tanisha Chari and Rochelle Dias, our joint duxes, who each achieved a perfect IB score of 45 and ATARs of 99.95. Warm congratulations also to Lucia Juarez and Isabella Yang, who achieved IB scores of 44 and ATARs of 99.5.
Santa Sabina’s IB students continue to outperform global benchmarks, with the global IB average in 2024 sitting at 29.20, compared to our College’s average of 37 (ATAR 93.3).
The IB offers an Enquiry Upon Results (EUR) process for students seeking reassessment, meaning our complete IB academic performance picture will be finalised in early 2025.
In addition to the success of our IB students, 86 students completed their Higher School Certificate (HSC) in 2024. Special congratulations to Natalia Sukkar, our highest ATAR recipient, with an impressive 98.25, and to Cassandra Hanna, who earned recognition as a Top All-Rounder for achieving Band 6 or equivalent across 10 units. This year, 16 accelerants (Year 11) sat exams in Italian Continuers and Mathematics Advanced. We are especially proud of these students who achieved strong results.
Showcasing outstanding student work
Each year the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) showcases outstanding student project work in a series of exhibitions and performances. The 2024 selections and nominations were:
Selected for ARTEXPRESS – Visual Arts
- Zigi Badcock
Selected for Shape – Design and Technology
- Georgia Rowda
Selected for TexStyle – Textiles and Design
- Abigail Salmon
Nominated for Encore – Music 2
- Rose Hart
Nominated for Encore – Music 1
- Chloe Batchelor
Nominated for ARTEXPRESS – Visual Arts
- Hilary Chan
- Armani Jamieson
- Anabel Mabon
- Sophie Stirling
Nominated for Shape – Design and Technology
- Tina Cassimatis
- Verina Tadros
Nominated for Shape – Textiles and Design
- Abigail Salmon
- Daniella Scarcella
At Santa Sabina, we have high expectations that our students will strive to fulfil their academic potential and we encourage our students to do their best in all they undertake. Study is a Dominican Pillar and learning is at the heart of all we do. Alongside this, our students are also given every opportunity to extend themselves more broadly and to excel in the music, sporting, arts and cultural life of the school. Our holistic focus means that learning is happening in every context and interaction and this is what sets our students up to be well-rounded people. Students also commit to service and to citizenship, to contributing their time and talents to make the world a better place. The Class of 2024 has been a joyful, cohesive, kind and dignified group of young people. Their strong results reflect their dedication and resilience. Congratulations to them, their families and their teachers who travelled alongside them on their school journey.
