Academics
The years of study are referred to as blocks E to A. "A block" is the equivalent of grade 12 or year 12 and has boys aged 17 or 18 and "E block" is the equivalent of grade 8 or year 8 and has boys aged 13 or 14.
Michaelhouse educates boys and has an academic staff of about sixty with a male teaching quotient of approximately 70%; the master/pupil ratio is 1:10 . Each grade has 5 classes with approximately 22 boys per class.
Michaelhouse school-leavers write the Independent Examinations Board exams and consistently achieve top results.
| IEB Results | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of candidates | 106 | 109 | 90 | 108 |
| Number of failures | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University endorsement (%) | 87.2 | 95.5 | 94.4 | |
| A aggregates (%) | 20 | 22 | 27 | 21 |
| A-B-C aggregates (%) | 94 | 83 | 91 | |
| Subject distinctions | 125 | 126 | 137 | 139 |
| Number in top 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
The school has produced over 30 Rhodes scholars to study at the University of Oxford and 10 Elsie Ballot scholars to study at the University of Cambridge.
In recent years, one Michaelhouse graduate was accepted directly to the University of Oxford and four to the University of Pennsylvania, of whom three were accepted to Wharton Business School.
The school hosted the World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships in 2002.
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