Please join us in congratulating the Class of 2025 for their excellent HSC results, which included:
- Thirteen individual Showcase nominations (Drama, Music, Design & Technology)
- 64 Band 6 results
- 31 students listed as Distinguished Achievers (40% of cohort)
- An additional 9 students achieved Band 6 results in our accelerated Mathematics class (Hypatia)
- 16 students with ATARs above 90
- Median ATAR of 80 for the 7th consecutive year
Apart from Band 6 results (results above 90), the Class of 2025 achieved 252 results in the Bands 5 and 6 range (80% and above), representing 56% of all HSC attempts. Further, more than 50% of the Class of 2025 completed at least one challenging extension course. That is a sure sign of ambition at Hills Grammar, and when combined with the high proportion of 80+ marks, makes a difference to ATAR for our students.
Impressively, our students continued to maintain, for the 7th consecutive year, a Median ATAR above 80.
This can be attributed to the higher than average inclusion of extension courses (50% of students with at least one extension course again this year) and a high number of students who received a Band 5 and 6.
Highest ATAR
Sai Ventatesan – Sai’s top scores included 96% in Mathematics Extension 1 and 93% in Mathematics Extension 1. Sai received this year’s highest ATAR of 97.35.
Junjie (Steve) Wang – Steve’s top scores included 96% in Mathematics Extension 1, 92% in Modern History and 90% in Physics. Steven received an ATAR of 97.2.
Nicole Meng – Nicole’s top scores included 95% in Mathematics Extension 1, 91% in Mathematics Extension 1, and 91% in Latin Continuers. Nicole received an ATAR of 97.1.
Joshua Young– Joshua’s top scores included 50/50 in Music Extension, 96% in Music 2, 93% in Mathematics Advanced, and 91% in Physics. Joshua received an ATAR of 97.1.
Showcase Nominations
ENCORE (Music)
Lachlan Ashenden – Musicology – Selected
Evin Dharmabandu – Performance
Azaya Janny-Reynolds – Composition
Joshua Young – Performance and Composition (2 nominations)
ONSTAGE (Drama)
Aidan McDonald – Monologue (Jerusalem)
Mikayla Mitchell – Mologoue (Decadence)
Nicola Uhlmann – Monologue (Alice)
Claire Duff – Critical Analysis (A Portfolio of Theatre Criticism)
SHAPE (Design & Technology)
Jasper Groth – Recover ED
Hudson Rowling – Alert Awake
Tahlia Smith – Carpal Tech
Aidan Surfield – Ergo Grip
HSC Distinguished Achievers Class of 2025
31 students achieved one or more results above 90% and are published on the NESA website as Distinguished Achievers (51% of cohort):
Syed Omar Ali — Mathematics Extension 1
Andreas, Cooper Andreas — Mathematics Standard 2
Shreyas Arunkumar — Music 1
Lachlan Ashenden — Music 1
Megan Au — English Extension 1
Ayush Bhargav — Design and Technology
Ayush Bhargav — Mathematics Advanced
Alexandar Cheung — Biology
Alexandar Cheung — Mathematics Extension 1
Alexander Cheung — Mathematics Advanced
Alexandar Cheung — Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
Daniel Cho — Legal Studies
Daniel Cho — Mathematics Extension 1
Daniel Cho — Mathematics Advanced
Evin Dharmabandu — Music 1
Claire Duff — Drama
Ashley Fu — Business Studies
Ashley Fu — Mathematics Advanced
Jasper Groth — Design and Technology
Shinji Hashimoto — Mathematics Extension 1
Shinji Hashimoto — Mathematics Extension 2
Shinji Hashimoto — Japanese Continuers
Shinji Hashimoto — Japanese Extension
Daniel Hu — Biology
Daniel Hu — Modern History
Daniel Hu — Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
Azaya Janny-Reynolds — Music 1
Vincent Jiang — Mathematics Extension 1
Vincent Jiang — Mathematics Extension 2
Vincent Jiang — Software Engineering
Kaya Kapoor — English Extension 1
Yiduo Lin — Mathematics Advanced
Aidan McDonald — Drama
Nicole Meng — Mathematics Extension 1
Nicole Meng — Mathematics Extension 2
Nicole Meng — Latin Continuers
Tanya Sidhu — Biology
Tahlia Smith — Design and Technology
Siraash Sujindran — Mathematics Extension 1
Aidan Surfield — Design and Technology
Nicola Uhlmann — Drama
Sai Amrit Venkatesan — Mathematics Extension 1
Sai Amrit Venkatesan — Mathematics Extension 2
Junie (Steve) Wang — Mathematics Extension 1
Junjie (Steve) Wang — Modern History
Junjie (Steve) Wang — Physics
Keira Wardell — Modern History
Aaron Xie — Mathematics Extension 1
Joshya Young — Mathematics Advanced
Joshua Young — Music 2
Joshua Young — Music Extension
Joshua Young — Physics
Larry Zhang — Mathematics Advanced
Junlong Zhu — Mathematics Extension 1
Junlong Zhu — Mathematics Advanced
Junlong Zhu – Physics
HSC Distinguished Achievers Class of 2026 (Advanced Mathematics)
9 of our 10 accelerants in Advanced Mathematics (Hypatia) achieved Band 6 results. The average mark for the 10 students was an outstanding 96.
Hayden C
Christopher D
Yannis H
Jasmine J
Lok Gi L
Lok Yin L
Yoonho Timothy P
Vedhika S
Melvin T
A Hills Grammar education is broader than an ATAR, and there are many paths and definitions of success.
We look forward to following the exciting futures of the Class of 2025!