Our 2025 Year 12 SACE graduates have once again continued the tradition of academic excellence at Golden Key Education.
We extend our warmest congratulations to the following students for achieving a Perfect ATAR of 99.95 (SACE):
• Kyle Liu — 5 A+ Merits and an exceptional Aggregate score of 89.85 (near the maximum of 90)
• Olivia Fok — 5 A+ Merits in Mathematical Methods, Specialist Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, and English Literature
• Roger Zhu — Extremely high scaling in Mathematical Methods, Specialist Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry
We also congratulate Rongxin Shao and Tianchen Yu on their outstanding achievement of ATAR 99.90.
Based on current statistics, Golden Key Education has produced 11 students with ATAR 99.80+ in 2025. The total number of A+ Merits has exceeded 40, and the median ATAR stands at 99.2, continuing to set new academic benchmarks.
In addition, in 2025, over 20 of our current Year 11 students have already completed two or more Stage 2 subjects (excluding AIF), including top performers who achieved perfect scores of 20/20 in two Stage 2 subjects.
Year 2024:
In 2024, a total of 62 students were enrolled in our Golden Key Year 12 program. 23 students achieved an ATAR ranking in the top 1% nationally (ATAR 99+), 36 students in the top 2% (ATAR 98+), which resulted in 38 Merits.
Student list for ATAR 99.50+ (including a casual private student achieved an ATAR 99.95):
99.90 Laila Thomson & Yifan Wu
99.85 Lele Zhang & Siddharth Rachakonda
99.80 Chelsea Chung
99.75 Tanya Yang (Dux) & Ishita C (Dux)
99.70 Jackey Zhuang
99.65 Eugene Lee (Dux) & Joey Yan
99.55 Judy Tian
Special congratulations to Olivia Fok for achieving A+ Merits in three Year 12 subjects (Maths Methods, Specialist Maths, Physics) in Year 11.
Year 2023:
A total of 52 students were enrolled in our Golden Key Year 12 program. 14 students achieved an ATAR ranking in the top 1% nationally (ATAR 99+), 18 students in the top 2% (ATAR 98+), which resulted in 23 Merits.
Congratulations to Marco Jin for achieving an IB score of 44 (Mathematics HL 7, Physics HL 7, Chemistry SL 7). High ATAR achievers: Veda Muthineni 99.85; Queenie Hu 99.80; Philip Tan for 99.70; Alex Ma 99.70; Lucas Jin 99.65; Yiding Liu 99.60. Special congratulations to Alex Ma for achieving a perfect score of 20.0 in his Specialist Maths. 16 students achieved a High Distinction in the University Headstart/Extension course, giving them a perfect scaled score of 20.0 towards their ATAR.
A special mention to Yifan Wu for achieving an A+/A+ Merit in Stage 2 Specialist Mathematics and Physics during his year 10. Additionally, congratulations to Lele Zhang for achieving an A+ Merit in Stage 2 Maths Methods during year 11.
Year 2022:
A special mention goes out to following outstanding efforts:
Mark Jiang (SACE) who achieved the highest possible ATAR of 99.95 (A+ with Merit on Maths Methods, Chemistry, Biology and RP; A+ on Specialist Maths; HD on his Headstart Mathematics); Mithusha Kulatunga ATAR 99.90 (SACE) and other 9 students who achieved an ATAR 99+. More than 30 of our students achieved a perfect score (A+ with Merit) for one or more of their Year 12 subjects. Congratulations and well done!
Year 2021:
Xian Huang (IB score 45) and Anthony Pham (SACE) who achieved the highest possible ATAR of 99.95; Hanson Wang 99.85; Eric 99.75 (IB); Ruby Chen 99.65 and other 6 students who achieved an ATAR 99+. More than 30 of our students achieved a perfect score (A+ with Merit) for one or more of their Year 12 subjects. Congratulations and well done!
Year 2020:
Our Year 12 graduates of 2020 have reinforced Golden Key’s tradition of academic success. Special mention goes to Gina Wang, Yifan Zhao, Le Jiang & Anonymous who achieved the highest possible ATAR of 99.95. In particular, Gina has achieved an unprecedented SEVEN A+ grades with Merit awards for SACE.
Needless to say, 2020 has been a stellar year for our students. While we await results from all of our IB students, we can already confirm 12 students who achieved 99+, including Matt Yang achieved ATAR 99.90. More than 30 of our students achieved a perfect score for one or more of their Year 12 subjects.
(Read more about 2015-2019 Golden Key Year 12 student achievement, please click on 'More information' )
Professional Maths, English & Science Tuition in Adelaide
Golden Key Education is an Adelaide-based education centre providing high-quality academic tuition for students from Years 1–12. We specialise in Mathematics, English and Science, with structured programs ranging from strong foundation building and school curriculum support to accelerated learning, SACE and IB preparation, scholarship examinations, Mathematics competitions and UCAT.
Our teaching team includes registered teachers, experienced educators, subject specialists, SACE moderators and high-achieving graduates with strong knowledge of Australian school curricula and senior secondary assessment. Through carefully structured lessons, professionally developed learning materials, regular homework and assessment, and ongoing academic feedback, we help students strengthen their understanding, build confidence and achieve measurable academic progress.
Whether a student needs additional support, wants to extend beyond the school curriculum, or is working towards ambitious senior secondary and university goals, Golden Key provides a clear and supportive pathway to help them reach their academic potential.
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The ACER Scholarship Tests consist of a series of academic ability tests used to select students for the award of a scholarship, used by approximately 250 independent schools across Australia. The tests require students to demonstrate a range of skills such as the ability to interpret, infer, deduce and think critically. They are not curriculum based and do not test the ability to retrieve learned knowledge.
For succesfful applicants, the financial stipend rewards to successful students can be substantial, up to 100% of the school fees with approximately $75,800 savings per child over the course of their secondary schooling. Intense preparation from students are certainly required in order to be a competitive candidate in these tests.
Our 3+1 ACER/IGNITE scholarhip preparation programmes, consist of a range of accelerated tuition programmes throughout the year to help students to expand their knowledge, and a consistent training over the year.
