Prolusiones 2024 by HaileyburyUK

Prolusiones 2024

10.00 am Chapel

11.00 am Marquee

The Commemoration Service

Preacher: The Chaplain

The Speeches and Prize-giving

Welcome and Address

The Chairman of Haileybury Council, Martin Rayfield, BSc, ACA

Chamber Choir

The Road Home by Stephen Paulus (1949–2014)

The Master’s Address

Bradby String Quartet

Chanson de Matin by Edward Elgar (1857–1934)

Presentation of Prizes

Speeches

Guest of Honour:

Professor Sir Stephen Jackson, frs, fmedsci

Frederick James Quick Professor of Biology, University of Cambridge

Senior Group Leader, Cancer Research UK

Cambridge Institute

Heads of School: Krishnav Handa and Martha Ledger

Please stand while the platform party departs.

Buffet Lunch (see final page for menu)

From 12.45–1.30 pm Main School Main Quad (House areas)

Lower School Memorial Quad

Master’s Guests Main Quad

12.30–2.30 pm SciTech

12.30–2.30 pm Clock House

From 1.00 pm Pavilion

Events

Art Exhibition

The Speech Day exhibition showcases the very best artwork produced by pupils throughout the academic year.

Archives Exhibition

Kipling in Clock House – a selection of books, drawings, manuscripts and photographs from the School’s important collection of material related to Rudyard Kipling.

Cricket

Boys’ 1st XI v. MCC (40 overs)

Lower Pavilion Girls’ 1st XI v. MCC Women (30 overs)

Tea and cake will be served from 2.30 pm in the Tea Tent.

Term will end at 2.30 pm

You are welcome to stay and enjoy the cricket to its conclusion.

The Master

Speech Day is when we gather as a community to celebrate our year and the extraordinary achievements of our pupils. We extend an especially warm welcome today to Professor Sir Stephen Jackson who is our Guest of Honour. We are honoured to welcome such a visionary scientist, educationalist and entrepreneur to our school.

Sir Stephen’s visit is especially appropriate at the end of the year which saw the opening of SciTech. In March 2024, another eminent scientist, Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, cut the ribbon to officially open the new facilities. After cutting the ribbon, Dame Jocelyn toured the laboratories and workshops. She was hugely impressed by the facilities but, perhaps, even more so by the pupils’ enthusiasm and engagement. The work in SciTech has had an impact on the academic life of the rest of the School. In particular, the emphasis in SciTech on research has permeated across the curriculum and has enhanced the pupils’ learning for sure. SciTech is part of our commitment, our vision, to provide our pupils with the very best facilities.

We were buoyed at the start of the year with the news that the outstanding results of our pupils in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) Summer 2023 examinations meant that Haileybury is currently ranked as the best performing co-educational independent IBDP school in the UK. The A level and IGCSE/GCSE results were also outstanding. Such results are a reflection of the ambition of our pupils, the dedication of the staff and a culture of achievement that permeates all aspects of our work. Indeed, those of you who have followed the School’s news throughout the year will know that it is not just in their studies that our pupils excel. The culture of participation across the co-curriculum this year has been as such that sport, activities and the arts have flourished even more, perhaps, than in recent years. I look forward to highlighting some of the pupils’ achievements in these areas in my speech today.

We also highlight today the strength of our community and the importance of our partnerships. Central to the School’s ethos is the spirit of service. The first Hearts and Wings holiday, which took place at the School last summer holidays, set the tone for a very busy year of involvement in our community. The Haileybury Youth Trust, which is based in Uganda, is flourishing; there have been numerous other projects this year which reinforce our commitment to the wider community.

One of the most distinct aspects of Haileybury is our internationalism, notably in terms of our outlook as well as our curriculum. This year, we have enjoyed meeting friends of the School and alumni in, amongst other places, Milan, Munich and Mumbai. In April I was fortunate enough to visit our partner schools in Almaty and Astana. What fine schools they are. Likewise, closer to home, Haileybury Turnford continues to go from strength to strength. All of our partnerships are of great importance to us.

As you will know, I am retiring at the end of this academic year after 37 years in teaching. Alli and I leave Haileybury with a heavy heart as we have greatly enjoyed living and working in this community. In addition to that stated above, Speech Day is an opportunity to reflect on our school’s identity. There are many elements which combine to forge such an identity: history, culture, location and buildings to name just a few. Ultimately, it is people who shape any school’s identity. The staff at this school, teaching and operations, are outstanding and second to none. Our pupils are very special indeed. The identity of our school that we celebrate today reflects, above all else, our pupils’ character, their personalities as well as their extraordinary achievements.

Martin Collier

The Chairman

Speech Day is a time to reflect on the successes of the past year and to celebrate all that has happened over the last 12 months, as well as an opportunity to look forward. The Master will talk about the academic and co-curricular success. Equally important for the Governors and the School is the wellbeing of both pupils and staff. Teenage life is challenging with a range of influences that we as parents never had to deal with. I am constantly impressed at how the pupils and staff at Haileybury manage these pressures and are open to seek help if required. This trust and openness do not happen by chance — we should congratulate pupils, staff and parents in helping our pupils navigate these very challenging times.

Service to the local community and partnership are central to life at Haileybury. The School is very proud of the success of Haileybury Turnford and our schools overseas in Kazakhstan, Malta and soon to open, Bangladesh. We have also recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hyundai Corporation

of Korea to develop a school in South Korea. This helps reinforce this school as a leader of academic excellence internationally and allows each school to benefit from the skills of the others.

I write this only a few days away from the General Election. Election results are never known until the votes are counted. However, I can you assure you on behalf of the Governors that the School has considered all options and reviewed all costs to ensure that we can thrive with confidence no matter the election result. Our pursuit of excellence in the academic, co-curricular and wellbeing of the School will continue no matter which political party is in power.

Today we say goodbye to our leaving pupils and to some members of staff. Significantly we say goodbye to our Master, Martin Collier and his wife Alli. The last seven years have seen great change at Haileybury. The School has grown from 760 pupils in 2016 to 925 at the start of September this academic year. Our academic results have improved each and every year and the SciTech building was completed. This has been achieved against a backdrop of political and economic uncertainty and the pandemic, the effects of which we are still living with today, and will continue to do so for some years to come. We will have time during this morning’s events to thank Martin and Alli for all that they have done and to wish them the very best in retirement.

I know that you will enjoy today and join me in celebrating the success of this great school.

Martin Rayfield

Guest of Honour

Professor Sir Stephen Jackson, frs, fmedsci Frederick James Quick Professor of Biology, University of Cambridge Senior Group Leader, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute

Professor Sir Stephen Jackson's research has identified key principles by which cells respond to and repair DNA damage and helped define how their dysfunction yields cancer and other age-related diseases. Sir Stephen is a Fellow of the Royal Society, the UK Academy of Medical Sciences, the European Academy of Cancer Sciences, and a member of European Molecular Biology Organisation. He has received various national and international prizes, and in 2023 was awarded a knighthood for his services to innovation and research.

In 1997, Sir Stephen founded KuDOS Pharmaceuticals, a biotech company focusing on novel oncology drugs, and served as its part-time Chief Scientific Officer until and after its acquisition by AstraZeneca. KuDOS developed the PARP inhibitor drug olaparib (Lynparza®), now marketed worldwide for certain ovarian, breast, pancreatic and prostate cancers. In 2010, he founded Mission Therapeutics to exploit advances in protein ubiquitylation and deubiquitylation to derive new medicines and was the company’s parttime Chief Scientific Officer until 2018 (he is now a board member and chairs the Mission SAB). In 2018, Sir Stephen conceived and co-founded Adrestia Therapeutics, where he served as its interim Chief Executive Officer and then its Chief Scientific Officer. Following the 2023 acquisition of Adrestia by Insmed Inc.,

he is now the part-time Chief Research Officer for Insmed Innovation UK.

Sir Stephen’s academic laboratory in the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute is further defining mechanisms by which cells detect, signal the presence of and repair DNA damage, and exploring how this knowledge could lead to better cancer treatments.

Rudyard Kipling and Haileybury

Dr Toby Parker Heritage Director and College Archivist

The School’s connection to Rudyard Kipling is a strong one but it does require an explanation. Kipling’s old school, United Services College (USC), took the name Imperial Service College (ISC) in 1912 when it was endowed by the Imperial Service College Trust. In 1942 the ISC amalgamated with Haileybury College. In the same year a House was named after him. A further connection, less obvious but equally as important, was that founding Headmaster of the USC, Cormell Price, had been the first Housemaster of Colvin and Head of the Modern Side at Haileybury. Price, a family friend of the Kiplings, had been the young Rudyard’s mentor and headmaster.

Today Rudyard Kipling is often associated with imperialism. The collections in Clock House remind the interested visitor that Kipling whilst a young journalist in India was willing to take on the establishment. On arrival in London his writing was linked with the fin-de-siècle. Oscar Wilde championed his Plain Tales from the Hills (1888), writing that ‘Mr Kipling is a genius’. His powerful horror and science fiction short stories are today largely forgotten but they are still championed by authors such as Neil Gaiman.

Kipling’s own copies of the United Services College Chronicle (on display in Clock House) were given to his wife, Caroline and she in turn presented them to ISC in 1937. The Chronicle contains prose and poetry Kipling wrote as a school boy and as a cub-reporter working for the Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore. Kipling

added his signature to the articles he wrote to identify them and prevent the misattribution of other submissions.

After Kipling resettled in India he wrote a small collection of poems about the USC. One of the poems, ‘The Song of an Outsider’ (circa 1883) was written in memory of life at the school and its surroundings in contrast to the realities of heat and working life of a journalist in India. A third variation of the poem was rediscovered a year ago and today it is in Haileybury’s possession.

Two years after writing ‘The Song of an Outsider’, Kipling sent in his poem ‘The Ride of the School’ for publication in the Chronicle. It was another romantic praise poem to the USC but this time it was wholly set in India. Kipling turned pig-sticking into an inter-school ‘match’ between Rugby, Cheltenham and the United Services College. As the hunt intensifies Rugby and Cheltenham fall by the wayside and it is left to the two Old United Services College men to dispatch the boar. At that point in the poem Kipling flips the event again and the hunt becomes a ‘house match’. The challengers are identified as former members of Pugh’s house and Crofts’ house by their colours. The boar is eventually killed by the former member of Crofts’. Kipling, a former member of Pugh’s house, appears to make himself the narrator.

Stalky & Co, published in 1899 recorded the adventures of Stalky, Beetle and M’Turk in and around ‘the Coll’ based on the USC at Westward Ho!. Kipling dedicated the book to Cormell Price, his former headmaster. The resourceful figure of Stalky was not just based on Lionel Dunsterville, a school friend, but he was also a symbol of the clever, resourceful public school boy. In ‘Slaves of the Lamp Part II’, published in Stalky & Co, Kipling observed

‘India’s full of Stalkies – Cheltenham and Haileybury and Marlborough chaps.’ ‘The Ride of the Schools’ was one such meeting of Stalkies but one which proved the superiority of a USC Stalky.

The exhibition ‘Kipling in Clock House’ is a selection of books, drawings, manuscripts and photographs from the School’s important collection of material related to Rudyard Kipling.

Prizewinners

Lower School 1

Art Prize

Karis Downham

Computer Science Prize

Georgina Hart

Drama Prize

Emilia Schneider

English Prize

Angèle Morel

Geography Prize

Grace Williams

Greek Prize

Jemima Upstone

Latin Prize

Scarlett James

Haileybury Turnford

Latin Prize

Amelia Betterton

Mathematics Prize

Ben Watson

Music Prize

Emily Chaplin

Science Prize

Harriet Turner

Lower School 2

Art Prize

Harriet Peel

Design Technology Prize

Freddy Tucker

Drama Prize

Jacob Gledhill

English Prize

Marina Channon

Haileybury Turnford

Latin Prize

Dalila Salamone

Mathematics Prize

Clarence Kei

Music Prize

Jasmyn Perrin

Spanish Prize

Matthew Whitaker

Theology & Philosophy Prize

Isis Heppell

French Prize

Abigail Cadwallader

Science Prize

Abigail Cadwallader

Design Technology Prize

Jessica Williams

French Prize

Jessica Williams

History Prize

Harriet Thomas

Theology & Philosophy Prize

Harriet Thomas

Dux of Lower School 1

Elsie Winwick

Geography Prize

Kyrah Brawn

Latin Prize

Kyrah Brawn

Computer Science Prize

George Stuttard

History Prize

George Stuttard

Dux of Lower School 2

George Stuttard

Lower School prizes are funded through the generosity of Brian Fawcett (H 52)

Removes

Locker Prize for Art

Lauren Murray (H)

Computer Science Prize

James Peeke (E)

Drama Prize

Felix Maxwell (Th)

Geography Prize

Florence Pidduck (C)

German Prize

Robin Hailey (B)

Greek Prize

Iris Reed (M)

Middles

Jerome Farrell Prize for

Classical Civilisation (Junior)

Anastasiia Golbert (C)

Computer Science Prize

Samuel Kačmár (BFr)

Keith Briant Prize for English

Literature

Bérenger Morel (Th)

French Prize

Laurina Esch-Hoffmann (Aby)

German Prize

Sofiia Sergadeeva (M)

Lloyd Bookless Greek Prize

Rian Parbhoo (E)

Italian Prize

Rufus Kellie (B)

Music Prize

Isla Emery (C)

Spanish Prize

Natasha Salmon (L)

Sports Science Prize

Sienna Outtrim (H)

Hanbury History Prize

Eliza Herbert (H)

Hall Prize for Latin (Junior)

Eloise Feeney (M)

Keith Briant Prize for English Florence Cornell (Alb)

Theology & Philosophy Prize Florence Cornell (Alb)

John Chick Mathematics Prize

Shue Ben Ho (Th)

Science Prize

Shue Ben Ho (Th)

French Prize

Jaspreet Chahil (L)

Dux of the Removes

Jaspreet Chahil (L)

Ian Findlay History Prize

Benjamin Strong (BFr)

Argles Prize for Latin

Maximilian Huang (B)

Music Prize

Hui Hang Ho (BFr)

Spanish Prize

Giulia Thomas (M)

Sports Science Prize

James Donnelly (Th)

Smythe Prize for Art

Hailey Young (L)

Geography Prize

Hailey Young (L)

Drama Prize

Sabrina Quinlivan (Aby)

English Language Prize

Sabrina Quinlivan (Aby)

Drama Prize for Acting

Amelia Whale (Aby)

Theology & Philosophy Prize

Amelia Whale (Aby)

DJ Cook Memorial Mathematics Prize (Junior)

Vladyslav Kovalenko (K)

Science Prize

Vladyslav Kovalenko (K)

Dux of the Middles

Vladyslav Kovalenko (K)

Prizewinners (continued)

Fifths

Junior Prize for Acting

Bella Fletcher (H)

Powell-Davis Prize for Art

Macy Rooney (C)

Classical Civilisation Prize

Leo Davis (Th)

Drama Prize

Isabelle Chadwick-Jones (Alb)

English Language Prize

Ella Brunner (C)

French Prize

Coco Belle Jones (H)

Kirby Geography Prize (Junior)

Jack Meredith (E)

German Prize

Katriona Head (M)

Lower Sixth

Keith Briant Prize for Acting

Jemima Hart (Alb)

Rawlins Prize for Biology

Luke McKeever (B)

Hanbury Prize for Chemistry

Molly Crone (M)

Computer Science Prize

Ethan Poulton-Trask (BFr)

Design Technology Prize

Miles Beanlands (BFr)

Deedes Greek Prize

Henry Stuttard (Th)

Hanbury History Prize

Eleanora Hibbard (H)

Italian Prize

Martina Fantin (Aby)

Douglas Roper Mathematics Prize

William Sharpe (B)

Music Prize

Hiu Yau Chan (M)

Seigel Memorial Prize –Musical Composition (Junior)

Gowan McKenna (K)

Spanish Prize

Emilio Christofis (Tr)

Sports Science Prize

Joshua Robson (B)

John Knowler Memorial Theology & Philosophy Prize

Alicia Ahmed (H)

Computer Science Prize

Yujie Hou (H)

Jan George Design Technology Prize (Junior)

Yujie Hou (H)

Hanbury Natural Science Prize (Junior)

Yujie Hou (H)

English Literature Prize

Lucy Jefford (Alb)

Hudson Latin Prose Prize (Junior)

Lucy Jefford (Alb)

Dux of the Fifths

Lucy Jefford (Alb)

Drama Prize

Amy Keane (Aby)

Economics Prize

Hodge MacDonald (Tr)

French Prize

Lucy Wiggetts (Alb)

Geography Prize

Alicia Sharpner (H)

Council German Prize

Charlotte Buhl (Aby)

McNeile Prize for Greek

James Dalgleish (Th)

Michael Freegard Instrumental Prize

Joseph Stoller (E)

Italian Prize

Sofia Palombini (C)

Hall Prize for Latin (Senior)

Ty Tollman (Th)

DJ Cook Memorial

Mathematics Prize (Senior)

Jiaqi Zhang (B)

Lower Sixth (continued)

Adrian Hamilton Memorial

Modern Languages Prize

Olivia Cammerman (Alb)

Powell-Davis Prize for Music

Freddie Stevens (E)

Michael Freegard Prize for Musical Composition

Charles Wilkes (E)

Politics Prize

Isadora Drinkall-Gash (Alb)

Spanish Prize

Ava Brand (C)

Sports Science Prize

Mieke Bevin (C)

Upper Sixth

Andersson Prize for Acting

Georgia Kendall (L)

Art School Prize

Kristina Zelinska (C)

Jerome Farrell Prize for Classical Civilisation (Senior)

Hugh Vernon (E)

Computer Science Prize

William Bleakley (Tr)

Jan George Design

Technology Prize (Senior)

Daniel Ensminger (Th)

Drama Prize

Teagan Dalley (L)

Peter Turtle Prize for Stagecraft

Joseph Tong (Th)

BG Wennink Prize for Technical Theatre

Emma Lewis (L)

Bosanquet Theology Prize

Arwen Phillips (Aby)

Patrick McLeod Innes Prize for Classical Civilisation

Milly Tavana (Aby)

Psychology Prize

Milly Tavana (Aby)

Hanbury Lower Sixth Philosophy Prize

Hans Stuffer (BFr)

Bowlker Physics Prize Hans Stuffer (BFr)

Jackson Art History Prize

Lucy Baker (C)

Butler English Prize Lucy Baker (C)

Heaton-Ellis History Prize Lucy Baker (C)

Dux of the Lower Sixth Lucy Baker (C)

Browne Drawing Prize Artem Malyuchenko (K)

Brigadier HN Leveson

Gower Economics Prize Herlene Heer (M)

Roderick Wilson Memorial Prize for English Annabelle Smith (M)

Rhoades French Prize Benjamin Grimberg (Tr)

Kirby Geography Prize (Senior) Orlando Robinson (BFr)

Council German Prize

Josephine Möll (L)

Le Fanu History Prize

Amalia Schlögel (M)

Vezey History Prize

Oliver Hurd (K)

Cirnechi Italian Prize

Gaia Borroni (Aby)

Hudson Latin Prose Prize (Senior)

Pauline Krausch (M)

Seigel Memorial Prize –Musical Composition (Senior)

Erica Fong (Aby)

Geoffrey Burnaby Prize for Musical Excellence

Sijia Dong (M)

Prizewinners (continued)

Upper Sixth (continued)

John Wrathall Prize

– Study of Music

Maya Shepherd (C)

Troughton Physics Prize

Axel Peña Hernandez (E)

Hanbury Philosophy Prize

Eleonora Le Rose (Aby)

Politics Prize

Rebekka Walser (C)

Additional prizes

The Tony Nunn Fidelitas Shield for Sports Team of the Year

U15 Girls’ Hockey team

Captain: Isla Ridley (H)

U16 Boys’ Hockey team

Captain: Samuel Bond (Th)

Frank Maxwell CCF Prize for the most outstanding senior cadet

Joshua Markson (BFr)

Rosie Goodwin Award for the most outstanding RN

Section cadet

Olivia Scarborough (M)

Simon Lewis Trophy for the most outstanding Army

Section cadet

Conway Abell (K)

Christopher Acklam Psychology Prize

Tihami Macaulay (Tr)

Centenary Spanish Prize

Nayana Donald (H)

Sports Science Prize

Francesca Baker-Pearce (Alb)

Bosanquet Theology Prize

Roman Healy (K)

Cornthwaite Biology Prize

Alexander Frith (BFr)

Council Prize for Chemistry Alexander Frith (BFr)

Michael Freegard Instrumental Prize

Alexander Frith (BFr)

Hart-Dyke Economics Prize Guglielmo Secchi (E)

Council Mathematics Prize Guglielmo Secchi (E)

Dux of the Upper Sixth and of the School

Guglielmo Secchi (E)

Chris Briggs Prize for the most outstanding RAF

Section cadet

Ella Rajda (L)

Arnold Hindhaugh

Medical Scholarship

Laura Burgess (M)

Ava Moore (L)

David Jewell Memorial Prize

Tihami Macaulay (Tr)

Alastair Macpherson

Memorial Prize

Tihami Macaulay (Tr)

OH Masonic Lodge Prizes

Charlotte Erven (Aby)

Joshua Lee-Brock (Th)

Alessandro Pomfret

Memorial Trophy

Leo Mason (E)

The Thompson Awards for Endeavour:

Removes: Lauren Murray (H)

Middles: Diane Lacombe (H)

Fifths: Delilah Fleming (Alb)

Lower Sixth: Ty Tollman (Th)

Upper Sixth: Ina Pestel (M)

School Caps

Laura Burgess (M)

Finn Newton (B)

Ruby Spavin (H)

Ewen Macpherson Prize –Deputy Heads of School

Tihami Macaulay (Tr)

Cecilia Rainer (Alb)

Hensley Memorial Prize –Heads of School

Krishnav Handa (Tr)

Martha Ledger (Alb)

A note on prize titles

Most prizes awarded on Speech Day are for pupils who have excelled in their academic subjects during the year and many were endowed by benefactors in the names of former pupils, teachers, Masters, members of Council and other friends of Haileybury.

The Dux prize is awarded to the academic leader in each year group.

School Caps are awarded to Upper Sixth pupils who have achieved success at the highest possible level.

The Arnold Hindhaugh Scholarship is named after Mr Arnold Hindhaugh, mb, bs, lrcp, frcs, (1905–47) (Colvin 1920.1–1923.1), who was a Northumbrian by birth and held surgical posts in Liverpool hospitals before and after the Second World War. During the war, as a Surgeon Lieutenant Commander in the RNVR, he undertook the great part of the surgical work for the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow. Besides surgery, his other great love was music. The Scholarship is offered to those leaving Haileybury to study medicine or music at a university or a conservatoire.

The David Jewell Memorial Prize, which was established in memory of a late Master of Haileybury, is awarded for contribution to Chapel and to the spiritual life of the School.

The Alastair Macpherson Memorial Prize was set up to honour the memory of a member of Council and is awarded each year to a pupil who has made an outstanding contribution to the social well-being of the School community.

The OH Masonic Lodge prizes are awarded to a boy and a girl who, behind the scenes, have given exceptional commitment to College life through their own leadership and/or teamwork, for the benefit of all.

The Alessandro Pomfret Memorial Trophy, is awarded to a pupil in the Lower Sixth for exceptional personal development and progress, in memory of Alessandro Pomfret of Thomason, who died on 31 July 2018. The prizewinner will also benefit from mentoring by a member of the OH or parental communities.

The Thompson Awards are awarded to pupils who have shown particular and outstanding endeavour through the year. These awards are funded thanks to the generosity of The Thompson Family Charitable Trust.

The Lloyd Bookless Prize for Greek and the John Chick Mathematics Prize were established last year to honour two distinguished past Haileybury teachers. These prizes are funded thanks to the generosity of Kevin Yuen (M 87).

Colours

Colours are awarded for notable contributions in three categories: Culture, Service and Sport. The colours system also has three different levels – Colours, Butler and Elysium –with different ties and badges for pupils who are awarded colours in one, two or three categories respectively.

Junior Colours

Culture

Oscar Baggs (Tr)

Maximilian Huang (B)

Rohit Karia (E)

Felix Maxwell (Th)

Bérenger Morel (Th)

Benjamin Strong (BFr)

Giselle Thomas (Aby)

Sophie Tong (Aby)

Sport

Cate Aylwin (L)

Scarlett Blakeney-Edwards (Alb)

Liya Dattani (L)

James Donnelly (Th)

Adam Gledhill (BFr)

Philippa Grant (M)

Jacob Hagan (E)

Elliot Hardman (Th)

Henry Head (BFr)

Barney Heard (BFr)

Roly Heard (E)

Tobias Hulbert (B)

Maximillian James (K)

Rufus Kellie (B)

Georgie Marsden (H)

Emily Mckenna (Alb)

Sienna Outtrim (H)

Sonny Owen (E)

Florence Pidduck (C)

Thomas Preece (E)

Sabrina Quinlivan (Aby)

Lois Quinn (Aby)

Chloe Ridley (Alb)

Isla Ridley (H)

Emily Schwetje (Aby)

Thomas Storey (K)

Benjamin Tilbury (Tr)

Matthew Whitehead (K)

Anya Woodgate (Aby)

Edward Wright (K)

Junior Butler Award

Culture & Service

Amelia Whale (Aby)

Senior Colours

Culture

Lucy Baker (C)

Ustyna Bohutska (H)

Beatrice Brueckner (H)

Imogen Carnegie (M)

Sijia Dong (M)

Domitilla Foddis (C)

Isadora Drinkall-Gash (Alb)

Jemima Hart (Alb)

Ling Shan Hung (Alb)

Georgia Kendall (L)

Emma Lewis (L)

Michael Mager (BFr)

Sean McCarthy (BFr)

Isaac Oldham (BFr)

Isla Packer (Aby)

Eliza Roth (M)

Joseph Smiley (Tr)

Freddie Stevens (E)

Joseph Stoller (E)

Giulia Amelie Toffolo (C)

Ty Tollman (Th)

Joseph Tong (Th)

Rebekka Walser (C)

Charles Wilkes (E)

Kristina Zelinska (C)

Service

Zoe Blackburn (M)

William Bleakley (Tr)

Gaia Borroni (Aby)

Nathaniel Coker (B)

Daniel Ensminger (Th)

Toluwalase Falade (H)

Dijan Hempel (L)

Kim Kalz (Aby)

Eleonora Le Rose (Aby)

Charlotte Mort (H)

Luke Mottolese (B)

Johnny Munday (B)

Cecilia Rainer (Alb)

Ella Rajda (L)

Scott Ramsay (BFr)

Ava Reed (M)

Olivia Rickett (M)

Charles Wright (Tr)

Sport

Philippa Barth (M)

Samuel Bond (Th)

Brogan Bostock (L)

Ava Brand (C)

Matthew Burgess (Tr)

Charles Cannon (Th)

Maximilian Coltman (K)

Sasha Coltman (C)

Austin Cooper (Th)

Zachary Crane (B)

Nicholas Davis (B)

Marco Filippetto (B)

Alice Fleming (M)

William Grace (E)

Aimee Gregory (Aby)

Oliver Griffin (Th)

Benjamin Grimberg (Tr)

Louis Hemmings (Th)

Oliver Hurd (K)

James Luckock (K)

Alexandre Martinez Lewis (Tr)

Daniel Mckenna (B)

Lorenz Murach (B)

Lucas Osman (K)

William Rayfield (Tr)

Nelly Riede (Aby)

Julius Schmidt (Tr)

Alicia Sharpner (H)

Thomas Threlfall (B)

Tomos Watkins (B)

Charlotte Webster (C)

Charlotte Whale (Aby)

Lucy Wiggetts (Alb)

James Willoughby (Tr)

Senior Butler Awards

Culture & Service

Blu Bostock (Th)

Alexander Frith (BFr)

Artem Malyuchenko (K)

Joshua Markson (BFr)

Culture & Sport

Mahum Farooq (C)

Erica Fong (Aby)

Service & Sport

Gabrielle Bittar (Aby)

Martha Ledger (Alb)

Fenella Scott (Alb)

Annabelle Smith (M)

Senior Elysium Awards

Culture, Service & Sport

Maja Alexander (Alb)

Krishnav Handa (Tr)

Tihami Macaulay (Tr)

Maya Shepherd (C)

College Prefects 2023–2024

Heads of School

Krishnav Handa (Tr)

Martha Ledger (Alb)

Deputy Heads of School

Tihami Macaulay (Tr)

Cecilia Rainer (Alb)

Heads of House

Alban’s (Alb)

Amelia Fleming

Allenby (Aby)

Tamara Bassey

Bartle Frere (BFr)

James West

Batten (B)

Marco Filippetto

Academic Prefects

Ely El Jailani (E)

Oliver Hurd (K)

Josephine Möll (L)

Annabelle Smith (M)

Activities & Events Prefects

Joshua Lee-Brock (Th)

Joshua Markson (BFr)

Arts Prefects

Heba Copping-Ahmed (Alb)

Elizabeth Hayward (C)

Maya Shepherd (C)

Colvin (C)

Mahum Farooq

Edmonstone (E)

Axel Peña Hernandez

Hailey (H)

Giorgia Marchisio

Kipling (K)

John Jahr

Charities & Service Prefects

Blu Bostock (Th)

Kim Kalz (Aby)

Reuben Lock (BFr)

Diversity & Inclusion Prefects

Ustyna Bohutska (H)

Luna Gomes Pinto Madaleno (L)

Roman Healy (K)

Lina Yaqouti (C)

Lower School Prefects

Gabrielle Bittar (Aby)

Laura Burgess (M)

Isabella De Feo (Alb)

Domitilla Foddis (C)

Alexander Frith (BFr)

Tireni Morakinyo (E)

Lawrence (L)

Ava Moore

Melvill (M)

Sophie Maendler

Thomason (Th)

Louis Hemmings

Trevelyan (Tr)

Benjamin Grimberg

Sport Prefects

Lucas Osman (K)

Ruby Spavin (H)

Sustainability Prefects

Louisa-Letizia Brennecke (M)

Dijan Hempel (L)

Constanze Mayr (L)

Wellbeing Prefects

Maja Alexander (Alb)

Alice Field (H)

Academic exhibitions and fairs

2023–2024

Academic Exhibitions are awarded to pupils for academic excellence. Pupils may be awarded an exhibition for success in an external competition or event, or in recognition of academic leadership both in and outside the classroom.

Autumn Term 2023

Lower School 1 Elsie Winwick

Lower School 2 Kyrah Brawn, Matthew Whitaker

Removes Eliza Herbert (H), Shue Ben Ho (Th), James Peeke (E)

Middles Vladyslav Kovalenko (K), Bérenger Morel (Th), Leyi Wang (H)

Fifths Yujie Hou (H), Lucy Jefford (Alb), Jack Meredith (E), Agastyaa Poddar (E)

Lower Sixth Charlotte Buhl (Aby), Molly Crone (M), James Dalgleish (Th), Emily Graham (H), Theodor Richter (E), Hans Stuffer (BFr)

Upper Sixth Gaia Borroni (Aby), Oliver Hurd (K), Alexander Frith (BFr), Annabelle Smith (M)

Spring Term 2024

Lower School 1 Angèle Morel

Lower School 2

Abigail Cadwallader, Kin Heng Sebastian Cheung, George Stuttard

Removes Henry Bristow (B), Jaspreet Chahil (L), Olivia Crone (M), Eliza Herbert (H)

Middles Oleg Astapov (Th), Ching Heng Caitlin Cheung (M), Laurina Esch-Hoffmann (Aby), Sofia Sergadeeva (M)

Fifths Katriona Head (M), William Sharpe (B), Henry Stuttard (Th)

Lower Sixth Lucy Baker (C), Olivia Cammerman (Alb), Archie Dyer (Tr), Tejas Prabhakar (BFr), Nelly Riede (Aby), Milly Tavana (Aby), Lorenz Viertler (B), Gregory Vitrenko (K)

Upper Sixth Laura Burgess (M), Ely El Jailani (E), Alice Field (H), Pauline Krausch (M), Josephine Möll (L), Cecilia Rainer (Alb), Guglielmo Secchi (E), Annabelle Smith (M)

Academic Exhibition Fair

The following pupils were selected, on merit, to present their findings in an invited talk to an audience of pupils and staff, having undertaken extracurricular research projects of significant quality.

Academic Exhibition Fair

Invited Speakers 2023: Laura Burgess (M) Alzheimer's disease

Isla-Rose Campbell (LS & L 21) What is the biggest existential threat to humanity that we are underestimating?

Omolade Femi-Saliu (M)

Panspermia

Matteo Heppe (Th)

A historical inquiry into the work of the East India Company

Filip Lepri Kaczyński (K) The Battle of Impruneta

Jack Meredith (E)

Climate and Protests

Bérenger Morel (Th)

The fragility of our world – eight critical threats to humanity

Alexander Mort (Th)

The importance of Clement Attlee in post-war Britain

Ella Rajda (L)

From utopia to dystopia

Demetrios Trichas (LS2)

Genetically Modified Plants

Tsz Hei Candice Yang (Alb)

How to calculate the age of the universe

Ching Kiu Athena Yung (L)

Flying to Mars

Academic Exhibition Fair

Invited Speakers 2024: Yan Chuen Cheng (L)

Genetically modified bacteria

James Dalgleish (Th)

Why happiness is intelligent: a celebration of meaninglessness

Milla Kapinos (C)

Russian ballet producer, Sergei Diaghilev

Angèle Morel (LS1)

The Amygdala

James Peeke (E)

Cold nuclear fusion

George Stuttard (LS2)

Why is reducing inflation so hard?

Current pupils –some recent achievements

Academic

Oleg Astapov (Th) achieved a Gold Certificate in the UK Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge, which means he was amongst the top 10% in the country.

The pair formed by Olivia Cammerman (Alb) and Tejas Prabhakar (BFr) won the Year 12 East Regional Spanish Debating Competition held at The Perse School in Cambridge.

The following Removes pupils were awarded Gold Awards (summa cum laude) in the National Latin Exam: Eloise Feeney (M), Eliza Herbert (H), Natasha Salmon (L) and Edward Yates (E).

The following Lower Sixth pupils have been awarded prestigious Arkwright Engineering Scholarships: Sean McCarthy (BFr), Sachiko Smart (Alb) and Ching Kiu Athena Yung (L).

Alexander Frith (BFr) achieved Gold in the British Biology Olympiad.

The following Middles pupils competed this year in the UK Biology Challenge Competition and achieved Gold Awards for their performance: Hui Hang Ho (BFr), Mark Krsko (Tr) and Matthew Whitehead (K).

Alexander Frith (BFr) and Ege Yener (Th) achieved Gold in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s National Olympiad.

Anastasiia Golbert (C) was awarded a Gold Certificate in the Middle School Chemistry Challenge

The following Lower School pupils were awarded UKMT Gold Certificates in the Junior Maths Challenge: Shayna Appasamy, Marina Channon, Kin Heng Sebastian Cheung, Xavier Martinez Lewis, Oliver Peeke, Martha Reece, Shangjin Shen, George Stuttard, Freddy Tucker, Ben Watson, Grace Williams.

In the Intermediate Maths Challenge, Thomas Axe (B), William Carter (Th), Jaspreet Chahil (L), Ching Heng Caitlin Cheung (M), Claire Crabtree (M), James Donnelly (Th), Henry Heppell (Th), Shue Ben Ho (Th), Yujie Hou (H), Lucy Jefford (Alb), Vladyslav Kovalenko (K), William Sharpe (B), Leyi Wang (H), Oliver Williams (Tr) and Daniel Yates (E) were awarded Gold Certificates.

In the Senior Maths Challenge, Yujie Hou (H), Sean McCarthy (BFr), Guglielmo Secchi (E), Xuran Shi (E), Jiaqi Zhang (B), Jiayu Zheng (Tr) and Yanlin Zhu (H) were awarded Gold Certificates.

Xuran Shi (E) and George Stuttard (LS2) both qualified for the Olympiad round of the Maths Challenge, which only the very best attain.

In the Junior Physics Challenge, Joseph Aves (BFr), Thomas Axe (B), Cate Aylwin (L), William Carter (Th), Ching Heng Caitlin Cheung (M), Hei Kiu Cyrus Chu (BFr), Anastasiia Golbert (C), Daniel Hiscock (B), Hui Hang Ho (BFr), Tobias Hulbert (B), Samuel Kačmár (BFr), Vladyslav Kovalenko (K), Austin Lao (Tr), Bérenger Morel (Th), Rian Parbhoo (E), Lois Quinn (Aby), Maximilian Stocker (K), Leyi Wang (H), Qifan Wang (K), Matthew Whitehead (K), Tsz Hei Candice Yang (Alb) and Yijiang Zhan (Tr) were Gold Award winners

Jemima Aves (Alb), Isadora Drinkall-Gash (Alb), Luke McKeever (B), Amelia Pinkert (Alb), Maja Sauer (Alb), Sophie Schlebusch (L) and Anne-Sophie Stegmann (L) devised and recorded a pop video in French which has been selected as the Regional Winner of the 2024 National Pop Video Competition organised by Francophonie UK in association with the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni and will take part in the final.

Lucy Wiggetts (Alb) received a commendation for her French literary translation entry to the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators run by The Queen's College, Oxford.

Co-curricular

Sport

Daisy Beer (L) won Gold at the National Academies Tournament with Pulse Netball and also won the U19 NPL with London Pulse.

Brogan Bostock (L) won Gold at the National Academies Tournament with Pulse Netball.

Laura Burgess (M) qualified for the English Swimming Winter Nationals in 50m and 100m freestyle and has now qualified for the Summer Nationals in 50m freestyle.

Leo Davis (Th) won England Cricket’s 2023 U15 Bunbury Festival as wicket keeper for London & South-East Region.

Jessica Donnelly (C) won U18 Tier 2 Plate with Old Loughtonians Hockey Club.

Aimee Gregory (Aby) is a member of the Wales U20 Lacrosse squad.

Saskia Heard (L) has been offered a contract with Arsenal U21s.

Mark Krsko (Tr) is the Hungarian National Champion for Gyorspont in Rimfire Rifle Iron Sight Division.

Caitlin Lamey-Chang (L) won U14 Nationals with Southgate Hockey Club.

Current pupils – some recent achievements, continued

Finn Newton (B) was selected for England U18 Rugby during the 2024 Six Nations Tournament and scored a try against Scotland. He has now been signed by Toulon RFC.

Fraser Rawlins (K) was selected for England U18 Rugby during the 2024 Six Nations Tournament, scoring a try against Scotland.

Sonny Rowland (BFr) has been offered a professional contract with Norwich City FC

Samuel Sofoluwe (E) has played for the Independent Schools Football Association U16 team, including international matches against Australia and Wales.

Ruby Spavin (H) has been selected for England U21 Hockey.

Madeleine Sturt (Alb) made her debut for the Wales U20 Lacrosse squad.

Sebastian Thrussell (BFr) has been awarded an U18 football scholarship with Watford FC.

The U15 Girls' Hockey team were the National Champions in the Independent Schools Hockey Cup.

The U16 Boys’ Hockey team were the England Boys' Hockey Tier 2 National Champions

The Girls’ U18 medley relay swimming quartet won Gold at the Bath & Otter Cup, National Independent Schools Medley Championships, at the London Aquatic Centre.

Model United Nations

Lucy Baker (C), Philippa Barth (M) and Rebekka Walser (C), representing Pakistan, each had their own resolution passed at the 56th Annual International Model United Nations Conference in The Hague. Their resolutions have been passed on to the real United Nations in New York for consideration.

Drama & Dance

London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

October 2023

Zoe Blackburn (M)

Devising Drama, Grade 8, Distinction

Molly Crone (M)

Acting, Grade 8 Solo, Distinction

Isla Packer (Aby)

Acting, Grade 8 Solo, Distinction

Arwen Phillips (Aby)

Devising Drama, Grade 8, Distinction

Ella Rajda (L)

Speaking in Public, Grade 8, Distinction

Amelia Whale (Aby)

Acting, Grade 8 Solo, Distinction

February 2024

Isabella Gallarati (M)

Reading for Performance, Grade 8, Distinction

March 2024

Isabel Bentley (Alb)

Reading for Performance, Grade 8, Distinction

Nina Kamara (Aby)

Acting, Grade 8 Solo, Distinction

Milly Tavana (Aby)

Reading for Performance, Grade 8, Distinction

Isabelle Rycroft (M) and Uma Vijh (M)

Acting, Grade 8 Duo, Merit & Gold Medal

Music

Diploma (ARSM)

Ty Tollmann (Th) (Flute)

Grade 8 with Distinction

Hiu Yau Chan (M) (Piano), Sijia Dong (M) (Singing)

Grade 8 with Merit

Beatrice Brueckner (H) (Jazz Saxophone), Yan Chuen Cheng (L) (Flute), Erica Fong (Aby) (Jazz Saxophone), Joseph Smiley (Tr) (Clarinet), Freddie Stevens (E) (Trumpet), Lucy Wiggetts (Alb) (Singing)

National Youth Orchestra

Joseph Stoller (E)

National Children's Orchestra

Charlotte Head (LS1)

National Youth Choirs of Great Britain

Zoe Blackburn (M), Xavier Martinez Lewis (LS1), Giselle Thomas (Aby), Amelia Whale (Aby), Lucy Wiggetts (Alb)

Hertfordshire County Youth Orchestra

Alexander Frith (BFr)

Duke of Edinburgh

Victor Andrade (E), George Brooks (E), Nayana Donald (H), Alice Field (H), Lucy Fox (L), Oliver Griffin (Th), Martha Ledger (Alb), Michael Mager (BFr), Joshua Markson (BFr), Ava Moore (L), Charlotte Mort (H), Maya Shepherd (C), Annabelle Smith (M), Hugh Vernon (E) and Benjamin Wetzka (Th) achieved Gold Awards.

Haileybury Youth Trust

Cecilia Rainer (Alb) and Anton Wendelstadt (K) have been selected to be volunteers, working with the Haileybury Youth Trust in Uganda. They will be supporting HYT's programme of tree planting and school construction along with water tank and latrine installation in the country's largest refugee settlement, Bidi Bidi.

Former pupils –some recent achievements

Tabitha Collier (Aby & L 19) received the Senior Award from Yale University Field Hockey at the end of her debut season.

Michael Levitt (L 19) has been selected for Netherlands Cricket in both the ODI and iT20 teams.

James Howden (LS & K 17) has been published in the following scientific communication: Howden JS, et al. (2024) Lung Adenocarcinoma to Meningioma Metastasis Revealed by an Isolated Retrobulbar Optic Neuropathy. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology: the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, Advance online publication.

Zara Everitt (Alb 16) has been selected for the England Netball Vitality Roses squad.

Oscar Piastri (K 16) claimed his first F1 podium finish for McLaren, coming 3rd in the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix, and won his first F1 Sprint Race in Qatar, before coming 2nd in the Qatar Grand Prix. He recently came 2nd in the Monaco Grand Prix and has come 4th three times in 2024.

Scarlett Spavin (LS & H 15) - played for England Women’s U21 hockey in the Four Nations Tournament in Germany and in the Junior World Cup in Chile in the summer of 2023. She has also been selected for GB U23 to play against Australia this June.

Alexander Bittar (B 14) made his acting debut on the London stage recently, in Drop Dead, a dark comedy, which he also co-wrote. The

show enjoyed a sell-out week following similar success at the Edinburgh Fringe last year.

Nick Isiekwe (K 14) was selected for the 2024 England Six Nations rugby squad

Nick Page (K 13) is a member of the Ireland Men’s Hockey squad which has qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Callum Ilott (BFr 12) - Started the IndyCar opener with Arrow McLaren at the Firestone Grand Prix in St Petersburg.

Frederic Kau (K 06) was nominated and shortlisted for a Student Academy Award (Oscar) for his graduation film. Nearly 2500 films were considered and 26 made it to the final list of nominations.

Rebecca Simmonds (Aby 06) sold out her one-woman musical In Clay which was first presented at VAULT Festival 2023 where it was nominated for Show of the Week.

Cllr Andreas Payne (LS & K 05) has been honoured with the Freedom of the City of London at The Guildhall

Tom Billings (LS & BFr 04) and his partner, Old Cheltonian Richard Owen, again won the British Open Rackets Doubles Championship

Jamie George (LS & BFr 02) featured for England Rugby in both the World Cup in 2023 and the Six Nations in 2024. He has been named captain of England Rugby.

Chloe Swaby (LS & Aby 01) performed with the renowned MDL Singers on the popular ITV show Saturday Night Takeaway

Suzi Battersby (Aby & C 00) was nominated for an Academy Award for ‘Best Makeup & Hairstyling’ for her work on Dame Helen Mirren as Golda Meir in Golda.

Olly Royds (M 95) and his company were awarded a prestigious Olivier Award at the Royal Albert Hall for Dinosaur World Live as Best Family Show.

Sir Christopher Nolan, obe (M 84) was knighted in 2024 for his contributions to film. Among many other awards, his film Oppenheimer won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. It also won five Golden Globes, including Best Motion Picture Drama and Best Director as well as seven British Academy Film Awards, including Best Film and Best Direction. Sir Christopher also personally received a British Film Institute Fellowship and an honorary César Award.

John Cairns (Aby 66) was Executive Producer of the film The Trouble with Jessica which won the Jury Prize & Audience Award at the 2023 Dinard Film Festival

Dr Adrian Sheen (E 65) was awarded the Order of Merit of Australia in the 2024 Australia Day awards for services to medicine.

Colonel Martin Romilly, obe (Th 56) has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the Scientific Exploration Society