Prolusiones 2026 by HaileyburyUK

Prolusiones 2026

10.00 am Chapel

11.00 am Marquee

The Commemoration Service

Preacher: The Reverend Matthew Austen, Chaplain

The Speeches and Prize-giving

Welcome and Address

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

Feeling Good by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse, arranged by Michael Bublé

The Master’s Address

Étude Op. 10 No. 12 (Revolutionary Study) by Frédéric Chopin

Presentation of Prizes

Speeches

Guest of Honour: Dr Olajide Williams (B 83) Professor of Neurology and Vice Dean of Community Health, Columbia University

Heads of School: Ella Rajda and Reuben Gillam

Contemporary Choir

Where is my husband? by Raye

Please stand while the platform party departs.

Buffet Lunch (see final page for menu)

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

Lower School Memorial Quad (parents)

Master’s Guests

Lower School (pupils)

Main Quad

Events

12.30–2.30 pm Art School The Speech Day Exhibition

The exhibition showcases over 100 pieces of the very best art produced by Haileybury pupils, past and present.

SciTech

Quad

From 11.30 am Pavilion

The '20 Trees' Exhibition

The SciTech Atrium is hosting a bespoke collection of drawings by our Artist-in-Residence, James Robinson, commissioned by the Haileybury Archives.

Clock House Exhibition: Attlee at Haileybury

The exhibition showcases Clement Attlee's relationship with Haileybury, including a newly commissioned portrait and a selection of his letters from our Archives.

Cricket

Boys’ 1st XI v. MCC (declaration)

From 1.00 pm Lower Pavilion Girls’ 1st XI v. MCC (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 Chairman

Speech Day is the most important day in the school calendar. It provides us with the opportunity to celebrate the successes of every pupil at Haileybury. It also provides an opportunity for the Haileybury community to come together, whether they are parents, pupils, staff or friends and alumni. We formally recognised this community through the creation of the Haileybury Association earlier this year.

Today we welcome current parents and pupils as well as Old Haileyburians. We also welcome representatives from the Haileybury Education Group.

The past year has been challenging and rewarding in equal measure. October saw the Independent Schools Inspectorate conduct their triennial inspection. I was delighted that not only did we pass all the required standards but we were also recognised as having a Significant Strength for our Academic and Co-curricular Enrichment programme. A Significant Strength is awarded to very few schools.

In December we concluded the full acquisition of the tennis centre that is now known as the Haileybury Tennis Centre. This allows us to

provide greater tennis coaching and recognise tennis alongside the other elite sports being coached at the School. Further investment will be made over the summer to bring this facility up to the required standard.

I have been Chairman for only three years and events outside of our control have had an impact on Haileybury in each year. This year is no exception with the crisis in the Middle East and its effect on energy supplies and inflation.

This will not however prevent Haileybury from continuing to be the ambitious and outward-looking school that it always has been, providing its pupils with the very best academic, co-curricular and pastoral support.

At a time when we constantly read of independent schools struggling or closing their doors, I am delighted to confirm that our pupil numbers for September will be at, or close to, the highest we have ever had. On behalf of the Governors and the School I would like to thank you for the confidence you place in Haileybury and our ability to provide the very best allround education for your children.

To those leaving the School today – you are about to enter the next very exciting chapter of your life. Remember that you can always come back to Haileybury and we look forward to hearing of your many adventures.

Martin Rayfield

The Master

As we gather to celebrate the achievements of another academic year, it is fitting that we reflect upon the broader landscape that is shaping the future of our pupils. History teaches us that change is a constant, an unstoppable force that brooks no resistance. In our own time, we stand upon the cusp of profound transformations. Technology and artificial intelligence are impacting how we learn and the world of work. To ignore these advancements, or to pretend that they will quietly fade away, is futile.

Throughout its history, Haileybury has proven itself to be an institution capable of evolving with courage and confidence. We have adapted to new educational landscapes, making pivotal changes whenever the era demanded them. Our school successfully transitioned from a boys-only institution to a thriving co-educational community and expanded its academic horizons from offering solely A levels to providing both A levels and the International Baccalaureate. Just as we met those historic milestones, we will respond to today’s digital disruptors with the same confidence and clarity of thought.

True stewardship in times of transition requires us to know precisely what must never change. While we evolve, Haileybury remains anchored to its timeless foundations: academic excellence, outstanding pastoral care and a broad co-curricular offering. Crucially, we will continue to celebrate and nurture all that makes us human - empathy, kindness, courage and creativity - while remaining steadfast in our commitment to nurturing resilience and developing character.

Haileybury is secure enough in its identity to navigate change without losing its character and ethos; we will embrace new opportunities

with confidence and will look to the future with optimism. Our capacity to balance tradition with forward-thinking innovation has earned global recognition, as evidenced by Haileybury recently being selected as one of the world's top 100 independent schools in the prestigious Spear's Schools Index. This international accolade reflects our reputation for academic rigour and a belief in a broad and balanced education, confirming that our values resonate far beyond our 500-acre campus.

It is this intersection of Haileybury's timeless values and global impact that makes our Guest of Honour so fitting. We are delighted to welcome Dr Olajide Williams as our Guest Speaker today. Once a proud boarder in Batten, Dr Williams now serves as Professor of Neurology and Vice Dean of Community Health at Columbia University. He is also co-founder of the Hip Hop Public Health Programme. His pioneering work embodies the very spirit of courage, empathy and service that we hope to inspire in all our pupils.

Thank you for your support this past year and I hope that you enjoy this special day.

Eugene du Toit

Guest of Honour

Dr Olajide Williams (B 83)

Dr Williams attended St Martin’s Preparatory School, Northwood, before coming to Haileybury in the 1980s. He completed his medical degree at the University of Lagos, Nigeria and then undertook his medical residency and fellowship training at Columbia University Medical Center and New York Presbyterian Hospital. He holds a Masters in Biostatistics also from Columbia University and is currently a tenured Professor of Neurology and a Vice Dean at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

A renowned stroke neurologist, Dr Williams has led research and trials targeting stroke disparities. He is a well-published author, recipient of numerous national and international awards including the European Stroke Research Foundation Investigator of the Year award, two-time Columbia University Outstanding Teacher of the Year award and the National Humanism in Medicine Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges. Dr Williams served on the Board of Directors for the Partnership for a Healthier America, a bipartisan nonprofit organisation founded by former First Lady Michelle Obama. In 2006, he co-founded Hip Hop Public Health, a charity dedicated to building health literacy in America’s urban schools which received the 2022 Cannes Lions Grand Prix for Good Health.

Dr Williams is an elected member of the Association of American Physicians. He has been featured twice on Root 100’s most influential Black Americans list and Fast Company Magazine’s 100 Most Creative People in Business list. We are delighted to welcome Dr Williams back to Haileybury to speak with us today.

Special Thanks

Today marks William Flint Cahan's final day of 47 years of dedicated service to the School and thus we bid him a fond farewell with our thanks for all that he has given to Haileybury.

William has taught French throughout his time here and served as Head of French and MFL for over 20 years; he has also taught English, German and TOK. He has been a tutor in Allenby, Batten, Melvill and, latterly, has spent 26 years in Kipling and will be missed by all who have been fortunate to have been taught or tutored by him. At times throughout his career he has overseen Scholarship entry, Oxbridge entry and our Examinations. He ran 3rd XI Cricket for 19 years, was a Lieutenant in the CCF, edited the Haileyburian magazine and has been Master i/c of Speech Day prizes and Prolusiones for 46 of his 47 years.

William is the epitome of an outstanding schoolmaster and he enters retirement with our sincere gratitude and warmest wishes.

Lost Socks and Top Bunks: Geoffrey Pike’s letters from the Front

Kyrah Brawn (C) and Dr Sam Koon Director of Teaching and Learning and Head of Classics

‘Hey mom

[In] my hc appointment… they said I'd have to do a Return2play. I had that this morning and I have a concussion. So I'm off training for abt 2 weeks and then slowly get back into match play for cricket.

Love you xx’

In a twenty-first century boarding school, messages home like this are a common but stressful reality for parents who do not have immediate access to their children. You, parents and guardians, can trust in Haileybury's pastoral care and can also be reassured of the sender’s swift recovery from her injuries.

Geoffrey Pike, an Old Haileyburian writing over a hundred years earlier, sent his mother a similarly concerning message:

‘My dear mother,

You have probably heard by now that I was wounded last night. It’s nothing serious, only a bullet through the arm just above the elbow.’

Pike wrote this letter in 1916, in the middle of the First World War. As any parent’s heart contracts painfully when receiving news that their child has been hurt, Pike's mother must have experienced a similar anguish at being unable to offer comfort to her son, fighting as he was, across the Channel.

Geoffrey Pike attended Haileybury between 1911-14 (in Le Bas House, which later became Kipling) putting his education aside to enlist in the Great War. His initial experiences of being a soldier appear remarkably similar to a

pupil's first weeks at boarding school; it seems that Pike’s schooling influenced what he chose to emphasise in his letters home. He wrote frequently to his parents sharing mundane images of daily life in the trenches alongside the more worrying news of his injury. On one occasion, he states plainly:

‘I haven’t any news really, I don’t think I had any when I began to write.’

What Geoffrey Pike did consider to be news were (at face value) simple things, such as the details of his sleeping arrangements. In just five words, Pike expressed a different sort of battle in which he had triumphed. Relating a boyish struggle that still causes conflict in dorms up and down the country, Pike excitedly exclaims:

‘I got the top bunk!’

Any boarders amongst you will instantly recognise Pike’s achievement. In addition, those of you who have experience of items lost in the school laundry system will feel once more a certain camaraderie with Pike. Often, it is up to parents to parcel up whatever items their child is missing and hope that these will last just a little longer than those they are replacing.

Geoffrey notes in another letter:

‘These socks you gave me are very nice and fit splendidly.’

More than battle or injury, Pike wrote of socks: first to inform his parents that he had none left, then to thank them for the packages of socks that he had received.

Yet, in several letters the tone changes and looks back nostalgically on his time at Haileybury. Pike frequently references other

Old Haileyburians that he remembers from his time at school. He comments on their House, and on occasion their character, ranging from boys he found quite likeable to ones he thought were arrogant. One mention of an OH takes a different tone:

‘There is a picture of Pemberton in this week’s “Mirror”. He was in Le Bas with me… It says that he fell 150 ft in a burning aeroplane and was killed.’

Thus, through study of Pike’s letters, we come to understand a little better how conflicts impact both the people who fight them, and the places, like their former schools, which they aim to defend.

With remembrance in mind, it is overly simple to claim that every moment of wartime was struggle and terror. A war is more than constant fighting, as Pike’s letters make clear:

‘We are having a sing-song tomorrow night… and there is a competition at the end between the several battalions.’

This activity mirrors our yearly House Music competition. It speaks to our persistent, hopeful spirit that, even when surrounded by dread, people will still choose to come together and sing.

Geoffrey Pike’s letters are just one of the many valuable collections in the Haileybury Archives. In this context, value equates not to money, but something equally hard won: knowledge. The material stored in our archives remains largely unpublished, but we believe that information should not be limited only to those with a key. Whilst history can be great, bold and mythical, it is more so made up of lost socks and fights over bunk beds. Every person should have the chance to see their own reflection in history and the multi-faceted nature of our archive means that this is entirely possible if we only take the time to knock on the door and step inside.

Letter from Pike to his mother, 24th May 1916.

A photograph of Pike in 1916, after his wound.

Prizewinners

Lower School 1

Art Prize

Ella Solanki

Design Technology Prize

Eleanor Stancliffe

Drama Prize

Amariah Owusu-Banahene

English Prize

Lauran Elhag

French Prize

Annabelle Hurn

Lower School 2

Art Prize

Roseanna Sloper

Geography Prize

Johnny Marriott

Computer Science Prize

Beatrice Olayinka

Design Technology Prize

Toby Hailey

Drama Prize

Elizabeth Martin

Greek Prize

Henry Koon

History Prize

Adley Pocha

Haileybury Turnford Latin Prize

Clementine Haley-Williams (HT)

Music Prize

Julia Mercer-Parker

Science Prize

Freya Hill

Computer Science Prize

Austin Zhou

Mathematics Prize

Austin Zhou

Geography Prize

Madeleine Fletcher

Latin Prize

Madeleine Fletcher

Theology & Philosophy Prize

Iona Tomkins

Dux of Lower School 1

Iona Tomkins

French Prize

Ffion McKillop Paley

Haileybury Turnford Latin Prize

Tanisha Balasingam (HT)

Mathematics Prize

Simran Chahil

Science Prize

Penelope Gardner

Spanish Prize

Madison Coombs Brown

Theology & Philosophy Prize

Fred Page

English Prize

Lydia Lipscomb

Music Prize

Lydia Lipscomb

History Prize

Georgia Hunt

Latin Prize

Georgia Hunt

Dux of Lower School 2

Georgia Hunt

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

Removes

Locker Prize for Art

Chi Yin Fabian Cheung (Th)

Computer Science Prize

Riley Thakrar (Th)

Drama Prize

Carissa Wild (Alb)

Keith Briant Prize for English

Harriet Thomas (H)

French Prize

Jessica Williams (Aby)

German Prize

Albert Duck (K)

Middles

Drama Prize

Jonathan Jarmer (Th)

Drama Prize for Acting

Jasper Harth (E)

Keith Briant Prize for English Literature

Giovanna Cheng (Aby)

French Prize

Amelie Culverhouse (C)

Geography Prize

Esme Gillam (H)

Ian Findlay History Prize

William Grant (E)

Argles Prize for Latin

Amelia Herbert (H)

Greek Prize

Jemima Upstone (C)

Hanbury History Prize

Emilia Schneider (M)

Italian Prize

Valentina Bryce (M)

Hall Prize for Latin (Junior)

Angèle Morel (Alb)

Haileybury Turnford Latin Prize

Amelia Betterton (HT)

John Chick Mathematics Prize

Aarav Srivastava (E)

Music Prize

Emily Chaplin (L)

Science Prize

Oliver Peeke (E)

Spanish Prize

Victoria Baughan (H)

Sports Science Prize

Isabella Wackett (M)

Theology & Philosophy Prize

Shivom Saujani (K)

Geography Prize

Elsie Winwick (Aby)

Dux of the Removes

Elsie Winwick (Aby)

Spanish Prize

Matthew Whitaker (Th)

Sports Science Prize

Abigail Cadwallader (H)

Theology & Philosophy Prize

Shalyn Lau (Aby)

Smythe Prize for Art

Louisa Wimmer (L)

Italian Prize

Louisa Wimmer (L)

Jerome Farrell Prize for Ancient History

Kyrah Brawn (C)

English Language Prize

Kyrah Brawn (C)

Lloyd Bookless Greek Prize

Kyrah Brawn (C)

German Prize

Kehan Xu (K)

DJ Cook Memorial

Mathematics Prize

Kehan Xu (K)

Science Prize

Kehan Xu (K)

Computer Science Prize

Kin Heng Sebastian Cheung (Tr)

Music Prize

Kin Heng Sebastian Cheung (Tr)

Dux of the Middles

Kin Heng Sebastian Cheung (Tr)

Prizewinners (continued)

Fifths

Junior Prize for Acting

Emily Polledri (Alb)

Computer Science Prize

Shue Ben Ho (Th)

Jan George Design

Technology Prize (Junior)

Nathan Manickavasagar (BFr)

English Language Prize

Sianna Seehra (Alb)

Michael Freegard Instrumental Prize

Yin Chung Nathan Tang (B)

Italian Prize

Alexandra Garman (M)

Douglas Roper Mathematics Prize

Zimiao Wang (Tr)

Hanbury Natural Science Prize (Junior)

Eliza Herbert (H)

Lower Sixth

Jackson Art History Prize

Yanyun Chai (M)

Rawlins Prize for Biology

Maximilian Huang (B)

Patrick McLeod Innes Prize for Classical Civilisation

Leyi Wang (H)

Computer Science Prize

Nataliia Voitenko (L)

Design Technology Prize

Anya Woodgate (Aby)

Drama Prize

Kallisti Mager (M)

Sports Science Prize

William Roberts (Th)

Powell-Davis Prize for Art

Chloe Ridley (Alb)

French Prize

Chloe Ridley (Alb)

Classical Civilisation Prize

An Minh Le (BFr)

Seigel Memorial Prize –Musical Composition (Junior)

An Minh Le (BFr)

Drama Prize

Rebecca Sambridge (L)

Music Prize

Rebecca Sambridge (L)

English Literature Prize

Philippa Grant (M)

Hudson Latin Prose Prize

Philippa Grant (M)

Hanbury History Prize

Jaspreet Chahil (L)

John Wrathall Prize – Study of Music

Jaspreet Chahil (L)

Spanish Prize

Pauline Freiin von Herman (Alb)

John Knowler Memorial Theology & Philosophy Prize

Pauline Freiin von Herman (Alb)

Kirby Geography Prize (Junior)

Robin Hailey (B)

German Prize

Robin Hailey (B)

Dux of the Fifths

Robin Hailey (B)

French Prize

Benjamin Strong (BFr)

Geography Prize

Natália Svätojánska (H)

Council German Prize

Rishi Vijh (Th)

Italian Prize

Edoardo DeMurtas (E)

Hall Prize for Latin (Senior)

Lennart Illmer (E)

Powell-Davis Prize for Music

Oscar Baggs (Tr)

Geoffrey Burnaby Prize for Musical Excellence

Joseph Aves (BFr)

Bowlker Physics Prize

Philip Stern (K)

Psychology Prize

Georgie Marsden (H)

Spanish Prize

Giulia Thomas (M)

Sports Science Prize

Darcy Skinner (H)

Keith Briant Prize for Acting

Amelia Whale (Aby)

Lower Sixth (continued)

Bosanquet Theology Prize

Amelia Whale (Aby)

Economics Prize

Bérenger Morel (Th)

Michael Freegard

Instrumental Prize

Bérenger Morel (Th)

Butler English Prize

Ieva Zobnina (Aby)

Upper Sixth

Art School Prize

Charlotte Head (H)

Cornthwaite Biology Prize

Claire Crabtree (M)

Council Prize for Chemistry

Jonathan Hundt (BFr)

Jerome Farrell Prize for Classical Civilisation (Senior)

Benjamin Gunby (B)

Computer Science Prize

Agastyaa Poddar (E)

Jan George Design

Technology Prize (Senior)

Henry Mort (B)

Drama Prize

Bella Fletcher (H)

Browne Drawing Prize

Sophia Afilaka Daub (C)

Brigadier HN Leveson-Gower

Economics Prize

Elias Junger (BFr)

Hart-Dyke Economics Prize

Macy Rooney (C)

Heaton-Ellis History Prize

Ieva Zobnina (Aby)

Hanbury Philosophy Prize

Laurina Esch (Aby)

Politics Prize

Laurina Esch (Aby)

Hanbury Prize for Chemistry

Vladyslav Kovalenko (K)

Roderick Wilson Memorial Prize for English

Lilly Diekmann (M)

Kirby Geography Prize (Senior)

Delilah Fleming (Alb)

McNeile Prize for Greek

Henry Stuttard (Th)

Le Fanu History Prize

Reuben Gillam (Th)

Vezey History Prize

Alexander Mort (Th)

Cirnechi Italian Prize

Rebecca Viani (M)

Seigel Memorial Prize –Musical Composition (Senior)

Joel Arekion (K)

Hanbury Philosophy Prize

Alicia Ahmed (H)

Troughton Physics Prize

William Sharpe (B)

Centenary Spanish Prize

Claudia Dolcetta Capuzzo (C)

DJ Cook Memorial Mathematics Prize

Vladyslav Kovalenko (K)

Dux of the Lower Sixth

Vladyslav Kovalenko (K)

Peter Turtle Prize for Stagecraft

Jack Meredith (E)

BG Wennink Prize for Technical Theatre

Joshua Cox (Th)

Bosanquet Theology Prize

Ella Brunner (C)

Andersson Prize for Acting Lucy Jefford (Alb)

Hudson Latin Prose Prize (Senior)

Lucy Jefford (Alb)

Rhoades French Prize

Isabella Apollo (Aby)

Adrian Hamilton Memorial Prize for Modern Languages

Isabella Apollo (Aby)

Council German Prize

Daniel Yates (E)

Council Mathematics Prize

Daniel Yates (E)

Prizewinners (continued)

Upper Sixth (continued)

Christopher Acklam Psychology Prize

Ben Taylor (K)

Sports Science Prize

Ben Taylor (K)

Additional prizes

Frank Maxwell CCF Prize for the most outstanding senior cadet

Alexander Mort (Th)

Rosie Goodwin Award for the most outstanding RN Section cadet

Harry Cohen (BFr)

Simon Lewis Trophy for the most outstanding Army Section cadet

Emily Turner (M)

Chris Briggs Prize for the most outstanding RAF Section cadet

Yin Chung Nathan Tang (B)

The Tony Nunn Fidelitas Shield for Sports Team of the Year

The Golf team

Captain: Finlay Griffin (Th)

Winners of the 2025 HMC

Swift Foursomes National Plate

Alastair Macpherson Memorial Prize

Laurina Esch (Aby)

Politics Prize

Ngan Minh Le (C)

Dux of the Upper Sixth and of the School

Ngan Minh Le (C)

David Jewell Memorial Prize

Edward Yates (E)

Alessandro Pomfret Memorial Trophy Thabo Ncube (E)

OH Masonic Lodge Prizes

Freya Matthews (Aby)

Thomas Threlfall (B)

The Thompson Awards for Endeavour:

Removes: Amelie Roche (M)

Middles: Harriet Peel (H)

Fifths: Lucy Weeks (Alb)

Lower Sixth: Anastasiia Golbert (C)

Upper Sixth: Johann Gantenberg (Th)

Arnold Hindhaugh

Medical Scholarship

Claire Crabtree (M)

Edward Clark Jean Sibelius Prize for Ensemble Music

The Senior Saxophone QuartetMaximilian Huang (B), Rohit Karia (E),

Yin Chung Nathan Tang (B), Anya Woodgate (Aby)

Wilkins Prize for Reading

Angèle Morel (Alb)

School Caps

Lettie Hughes (M)

England U18 Hockey, Samuel Sofoluwe (E)

England U18 ISFA, Madeleine Sturt (Alb)

Wales U20 Lacrosse

Haileybury Turnford

Partnership Cup

HT music department (with Harvey-James Green (HT) accepting it on behalf of the department)

The Master's Prizes

Courage: Giordana Beretta (H)

Olivia Scarborough (M)

Curiosity: Matthew Whitehead (K)

Kindness: Isabel Kotanko (Alb)

Service: Joshua Cox (Th)

Respect: George Brandt (Tr)

Integrity: Faaiq Tijani (K)

Bethany Wade (H)

Ewen Macpherson PrizeDeputy Heads of School

Charlotte Head (H)

Agastyaa Poddar (E)

Hensley Memorial PrizeHeads of School

Reuben Gillam (Th)

Ella Rajda (L)

A note on prize titles 2026

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, 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 wellbeing 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 the life of the School 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 the 31st 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 in honour of two distinguished past Haileybury teachers. These prizes are funded thanks to the generosity of Kevin Yuen (M 87).

The Lower School prizes (Fawcett Family Fund), the DJ Cook Mathematics prizes, the Alastair Macpherson and the Ewen Macpherson prizes are funded thanks to the generosity of The Haileybury Society.

The Tony Nunn Fidelitas Shield is named after Antony Nunn, obe (Hailey 1941-45). Tony won an Olympic Bronze medal for Great Britain Hockey in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Tony was inducted into the Field Hockey Hall of Fame in 2022, and at the time of his death in May last year, Tony was the oldest living British Olympic medallist and was a lifelong supporter of Haileybury and Haileybury sport. His Shield is awarded to the team that has achieved great success, but crucially whose success was achieved whilst exemplifying nothing but the highest of sporting values.

The Haileybury Turnford Partnership Award, established this year, is for pupils from Haileybury Turnford who have participated with commitment and excellence in the Haileybury Partnership.

The Edward Clark Jean Sibelius Prize for Ensemble Music, established this year, recognises a group of pupils who have achieved high standards as a musical ensemble. This prize is funded thanks to the generosity of Edward Clark (L 61).

With the advent of the Haileybury Hundred book-reading challenge this year, the Wilkins Prize for Reading recognises a pupil, from any year in the School, who has shown exceptional commitment to reading. Following the Library's refurbishment, the prize has been named after William Wilkins, who designed the original space.

A note on prize titles 2026 (continued)

This article highlights how the members of the golf team embody the values underpinning the Tony Nunn Fidelitas Shield for Sports Team of the Year.

Game over? Well,

not quite...

by David Wybar

As dramatic and unpredictable finishes go, it would be hard to beat the shoot-out in the deciding game of this year’s East of England Schools Tournament, held at Aldeburgh G.C. in early March. With Haileybury and Uppingham, top qualifiers after 36 holes of scratch stableford, two matches apiece in the team match play finals, the fifth and deciding game was all-square after 18 and heading into extra holes.

Uppingham’s Gus Leetham and Haileybury’s Fin Griffin both took three from the edge of the first green for a half in 5. But when Fin hooked his tee shot at the 2nd into the thick gorse on the left (nearer the first fairway than the second), it looked to be all over for the Hertfordshire pupils, Gus’s drive was safely down the middle.

It’s never over till it’s over, however, and after a Haileybury teammate had found his ball, Fin took a penalty shot, dropped it back in line with the pin in a small clearing in the ‘jungle’, and hit a magnificent iron to the back of the green, finishing about

40 feet from the hole. From there his long putt dropped in for an unlikely 4.

Uppingham’s Gus, meanwhile, safely on the green and about 25 feet away in two, did what most of us would have done with the pressure mounting, and duly threeputted.

Game over? Well, not quite. With spectators rushing to congratulate the Haileybury hero, Fin looked at his ball and saw that the one he had picked out of the hole (and evidently found in the gorse) was a TaylorMade 1, whereas the one he had hit from the second tee was a TaylorMade 3. The penalty in match play, of course, is loss of hole and therefore the match and the Ratcliffe Cup went to Uppingham.

Haileybury Golf Team: reigning East of England Champions 2026 and 2025 National Plate Champions.

This final twist was obviously a disappointment for Fin’s mother Elaine Ratcliffe, a former Curtis Cup player and non-playing Curtis Cup Captain in 2021 and 2022, who was on hand to present the trophy. Fin’s contribution to a great contest, however, was not overlooked and he received a special prize for his sportsmanship.

David Wybar is Secretary of Aldeburgh G.C.

Colours

Notable contributions in Culture, Service and Sport are recognised through the awarding of Colours. This system features three levels – Colours, Butler and Elysium – with corresponding ties and badges for pupils receiving recognition in one, two or three categories.

Junior Colours

Culture

Victoria Baughan (H)

Maya Brand (C)

Grace du Toit (H)

Jasper Harth (E)

Jonathan Jarmer (Th)

Wilfred Kellie (B)

Sage Kudsee (M)

Cariana Lewis (M)

Charles Lipscomb (Tr)

Sining Mao (H)

Amaziah Owusu-Banahene (Alb)

Alexander Upstone (E)

Sophia Wylde (Aby)

Service

Oliver Graham (Tr)

Edward Yates (E)

Sport

Noah Abel (Tr)

Babaseyi Akinsete (B)

Abigail Cadwallader (H)

Charles Cannon (Tr)

Samuel Davies (B)

Esme Gillam (H)

Hector Gout (B)

Harrison Green (BFr)

Chun Tat Brian Ho (Th)

Takomerwa Katandula (K)

Leo Paps (Tr)

Harriet Peel (H)

Luca Scatigno (K)

Freya Sharpe (Alb)

Eleanor Smith (Alb)

Junior Butler Award

Service & Sport

Alexander Alphonse (Tr)

Senior Colours

Culture

Oleg Astapov (Th)

Daisy Atkins (M)

Joseph Aves (BFr)

Oscar Baggs (Tr)

Poppy Banks (H)

Oscar Davison (Tr)

Jake Fawcitt (E)

Ivy Fletcher (H)

Hui Hang Bertrand Ho (BFr)

Joshua Knight (K)

Mark Krsko (Tr)

Charles MacArthur (Th)

Olivia Manou Corvinus (H)

Felix Maxwell (Th)

Alice McKeown (C)

Jesús Moreno Iglesias (BFr)

Orlando Orchard (Tr)

Sofiia Sergadeeva (M)

Ishan Shivahare (Th)

Vera Son (M)

Philip Stern (K)

Ava Thöne (Aby)

Sophie Tong (Aby)

Rishi Vijh (Th)

Nataliia Voitenko (L)

Amelia Whale (Aby)

Service

Conway Abell (K)

Isabella Apollo (Aby)

Sebastian Azim-Khan (K)

Nikita Bychkov (Th)

Joshua Cox (Th)

Coco Feilles (Alb)

Austin Lao (Tr)

Ngan Minh Le (C)

Kallisti Mager (M)

Sienna McMillan (Alb)

Alexander Mort (Th)

Riccardo Munafò (Tr)

Caitlin Marie Nothdurft (H)

Agastyaa Poddar (E)

Kai Ramachandran (E)

Isabel Schupp (H)

Maximilian Stocker (K)

Richard Stübinger (E)

Natália Svätojánska (H)

Giselle Thomas (Aby)

Giulia Thomas (M)

Sport

Jack Ansell (K)

Felicitas Bergweiler (Aby)

Scarlett Blakeney-Edwards (Alb)

George Brandt (Tr)

Matthew Burgess (Tr)

Isabelle Chadwick-Jones (Alb)

Chi Pok Chen (Tr)

Leo Davis (Th)

Florence Fletcher (H)

Johann Gantenberg (Th)

Isla Gardner (Aby)

William Grace (E)

Finlay Griffin (Th)

Elwood Harrison Hales (E)

George Johnston (BFr)

Jemima Lee-Brock (C)

Samuel Linger (Th)

James Martyn (Tr)

Sophie Miller (L)

Blake Milne (E)

Henry Mort (B)

Benjamin Parker (E)

Florence Pidduck (C)

Eve Rawlins (L)

Chloe Ridley (Alb)

Olivia Scarborough (M)

Wen Alice Shi (L)

Emily Shuttle (Alb)

Abigail Smiley (L)

Samuel Sofoluwe (E)

Lucas Sparke (B)

Bethany Wade (H)

Elodie Wade (H)

Charles Wedge (K)

Amelia Wells (Aby)

Rosalie Wendelstadt (L)

Ruihan Zhang (H)

Senior Butler Awards

Culture & Service

Laurina Esch (Aby)

Viktoriia Grebeniuk (H)

Lucy Jefford (Alb)

Nathaniel Markson (BFr)

Bérenger Morel (Th)

Vy Nguyen (M)

Culture & Sport

Charles Cannon (Th)

Luca Gildein (BFr)

Rohit Karia (E)

Alexandre Martinez Lewis (Tr)

Ilhan Bin Mohd Shahrizal (K)

Cassidy Osman (Aby)

Junhoi Westley (BFr)

Service & Sport

Emilio Christofis (Tr)

Claire Crabtree (M)

Nathan Hartley (K)

Charlotte Head (H)

Kristián Head (M)

Kuan In Ngan (H)

Senior Elysium Awards

Culture, Service & Sport

Alicia Ahmed (H)

Isabella Moia (H)

Lower School Colours

Lower School colours are awarded to those pupils who have made a significant contribution to life in the Lower School. This could be for their efforts in the sporting, academic, dramatic or musical aspects of Lower School or for all-round efforts.

Lower School 1

Isabelle Adair

Madelena Alcántara

Alexander Armstrong

Emma Battersby

Jagger Clark

Charles Clowes

Charles Dawson

Helena Dodsworth

Olive Duck

Lauran Elhag

Madeleine Fletcher

Freya Hill

Annabelle Hurn

Alyaan Khokhar

Amelia Kington

Oliver Knight

Mickey McAnulty

Eleanor McGivern

Julia Mercer-Parker

Maya Michaels

James Musgrove

Ziva Nulty

Emilia Osorio Setchell

Amariah Owusu-Banahene

Adley Pocha

Hugo Reed

Stella Robb

Joshua Simons

Selena Spaho

Eleanor Stancliffe

Florence Stuttard

Iona Tomkins

Thomas Watson

Richard Westcott

Harry Wylie

Austin Zhou

Lower School 2

Marcus Balleny

Eloisa Brady

Louis Cass

Dawson Chin

George Cowley

Isla Davison

Harry Denial

Matilda Fielding

Penelope Gardner

Florence Goss

George Hawkins

Josie Hilliam

Kai Kapadia

Jayden Lau

Kazer Lee

Oscar Ling-Sharp

Xanthe Mackenzie

Otis Murphy

Elliot Orr

James Race

Eden Scatigno

Michael Slark

Roseanna Sloper

Theodore Stafford

Grace Tizzard

Harry Urwin

Zixi Wang

Honor Warwick

Oliver Westwick

Alexa Whittaker

Dexter Wright

Academic exhibitions and fair 2025–2026

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 inside and outside the classroom.

Spring Term 2026

Lower School 1

Eleanor Stancliffe

Lower School 2

Toby Hailey

Removes

Victoria Baughan (H)

Matilda Samuels (Alb)

Middles

Kyrah Brawn (C)

Kin Heng Sebastian Cheung (Tr)

Clarence Kei (Tr)

Fifths

Florence Cornell (Alb)

Pauline Freiin von Herman (Alb)

Ella Grimminger (C)

Natasha Salmon (M)

Lower Sixth

Cate Aylwin (L)

Laurina Esch (Aby)

Anastasiia Golbert (C)

Lennart Illmer (E)

Zar Leong (Th)

Rishi Vijh (Th)

Ieva Zobnina (Aby)

Upper Sixth

Lilly Diekmann (M)

Delilah Fleming (Alb)

Luca Gildein (BFr)

Coco Belle Jones (H)

Isabella Moia (H)

William Sharpe (B)

Autumn Term 2025

Lower School 1

Madelena Alcántara

Lower School 2

Ffion McKillop Paley

Beatrice Olayinka

Removes

Chi Yin Fabian Cheung (Th)

Wilfred Kellie (B)

Middles

Kyrah Brawn (C)

Giovanna Cheng (Aby)

Kehan Xu (K)

Fifths

Philippa Grant (M)

Robin Hailey (B)

Eliza Herbert (H)

Sofya Pisarskaya (L)

Lower Sixth

Laurina Esch (Aby)

Maisie Harvey (Alb)

Tsz Hang Carolyn Leung (C)

Gleb Maslov (K)

Hailey Young (Aby)

Upper Sixth

Lilly Diekmann (M)

Viktoriia Grebeniuk (H)

Ngan Minh Le (C)

Alexander Mort (Th)

Agastyaa Poddar (E)

Gabriele Siano (Tr)

Academic Exhibition Fair

Having undertaken independent research projects investigating topics of their choice, 77 pupils showcased work of high quality in a superb event. The following seven pupils were also invited to present their work to an audience of pupils, parents, staff and invited guests.

Lauran Elhag, LS1

The History of Muslim Spain

Georgia Hunt, LS2

From Enigma to Encryption: The story of cryptology

Wilfred Kellie (B), Removes

Is the United Kingdom still a global superpower?

Giovanna Cheng (Aby), Middles

Cross-Cultural Chronemics: How conversational timing shapes social integration

Tsz Hang Carolyn Leung (C) and Matthew Whitehead (K), L6

Taking Flight: Developing a vertical take-off and landing fixed wing drone

Rian Parbhoo (E), L6

Achieving energy sustainability in Zambia

College Prefects 2025–2026

Heads of School

Reuben Gillam (Th)

Ella Rajda (L)

Heads of House

Alban’s

Madeleine Sturt

Allenby

Poppy Guy

Bartle Frere

Junhoi Westley

Batten

William Sharpe

Academic Prefects

Claire Crabtree (M)

Kristián Head (M)

Ngan Minh Le (C)

Gabriele Siano (Tr)

Activities and Events Prefects

Isabelle Chadwick-Jones (Alb)

Luke Howard (Th)

Megan Saywell (Alb)

Arts Prefects

Charles Cannon (Th)

Luca Gildein (BFr)

Lucy Jefford (Alb)

Charities Prefects

Alicia Ahmed (H)

Franz Stuffer (BFr)

Deputy Heads of School

Charlotte Head (H)

Agastyaa Poddar (E)

Colvin

Charlotte Webster

Edmonstone

Benjamin Parker

Hailey

Giordana Beretta

Kipling

Faaiq Tijani

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Prefects

Lorenz Murach (B)

Lola Patel (L)

Lower School Prefects

Jack Ansell (K)

Samuel Bond (Th)

Martina Fantin (Aby)

Saskia Heard (L)

Isabella Moia (H)

Service Prefects

Lilly Diekmann (M)

Greta Hanusa (L)

Lawrence Isabella Leone

Melvill

Lettie Hughes

Thomason

Leo Davis

Trevelyan

George Brandt

Sport Prefects

Matthew Burgess (Tr)

Freya Matthews (Aby)

Henry Stuttard (Th)

Sustainability Prefects

Delilah Fleming (Alb)

Jack Meredith (E)

Matteo Paniczek (B)

Wellbeing Prefects

Johann Gantenberg (Th)

Rati Kapur (C)

Matilda Rainer (Alb)

Current pupils –some recent achievements

Academic

Hui Hang Bertrand Ho (BFr) was awarded a Gold Certificate in the British Biology Olympiad putting him in the top 5% nationwide, which for a L6 pupil was especially prestigious.

Harjeevan Luther (B) achieved a Gold Award in the UK Chemistry Olympiad.

This year our Lower Sixth Classical Civilisation pupils curated a museum exhibition at Hertford Museum using objects from our ancient Greek material culture collection. This was the first time Haileybury has put on this kind of publicly accessible display. The pupils involved were: Maisie Harvey (Alb), Milla Kapinos (C), Sophie Tong (Aby) and Leyi Wang (H).

National Latin Exam Gold Medals –(summa cum laude) were awarded to:

Victoria Baughan (H), Cariana Lewis (M), William Pomroy (K), Grace Williams (Aby), Jessica Williams (Aby) and Zhihan Zhang (C).

The following pupils were awarded Gold Awards (the top 10% nationally) in the UK Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge:

Intermediates (LS1 and LS2) Eloisa Brady was Best in School. Other Gold winners were: Jack Button, Simran Chahil, Madison Coombs Brown, George Cowley, Isla Davison, Penelope Gardner, Dexter Harris, Josie Hilliam, Oscar Ling-Sharp, Johnny Marriott, Ffion McKillop Paley, Harry Newby, Beatrice Olayinka, James Race, Jacob Thakrar, Grace Tizzard and Austin Zhou.

Seniors (R,M and V) Shue Ben Ho (Th) was Best in School. Other Gold winner: Riley Thakrar (Th).

Elite (L6 and U6) Guglielmo Ceccatelli (BFr), Siraz Gunduz (H), Emmanuel Magani (E), Leo Pestel (Th) and Nataliia Voitenko (L) were all tied for Best in School

The following pupils were awarded Gold Awards in the follow-up to the Bebras Challenge, the Raspberry Pi Foundation Coding Challenge:

Novice

Lower School: Louis Cass, Madison Coombs Brown, Madeleine Fletcher, Henry Koon, Kazer Lee, James Musgrove, Fred Page, Dylan Rose, Eleanor Stancliffe, Jacob Thakrar, Richard Westcott, Austin Zhou.

Removes: Samuel Canagalla (BFr), Shivom Saujani (K), Tianze Zhang (B).

Explorer

Lower School: Toby Hailey, Beatrice Olayinka, Grace Tizzard.

Removes: William Pomroy (K), Leo Stevens (Tr). Trailblazers: Emmanuel Magani (E), Leo Pestel (Th).

Pierre De Leusse (B) has been awarded an Arkwright Engineering Scholarship.

The following Lower School pupils were awarded UKMT Gold Certificates in the Junior Maths Challenge: Austin Zhou (Best in School, qualifying for the Junior Maths Olympiad), Simran Chahil, Georgia Hunt, Kazer Lee, Beatrice Olayinka, Fred Page, Adley Pocha and Blake Upson.

In the Intermediate Maths Challenge Kehan Xu (K) was Best in School and won a Gold Certificate along with fellow Middles: Noah Abel (Tr), Poyraz Benlidayi (B), Jonathan Jarmer (Th), Clarence Kei (Tr), Yulang Ma (BFr), Dominic McKenna (E), Wilfred Okines (Tr), Keyi Qian (M), Shangjin Shen (Tr) and George Stuttard (Th). The following Fifths also won Gold Certificates: George Brady (Th), Shue Ben Ho (Th), James Peeke (E), Yin Chung Nathan Tang (B), Zimiao Wang (Tr) and Isaac Xu (Tr). Successful Removes were Aarav Srivastava (E), Elsie Winwick (Aby), Zi Ye (K) and Tianze Zhang (B).

In the Senior Maths Challenge Daniel Yates (E) was awarded a Gold Certificate and qualified for the Senior Maths Olympiad. Gold certificates were also awarded to Shue Ben Ho (Th), Jonathan Hundt (BFr), Vladyslav Kovalenko (K), Austin Lao (Tr), Harjeevan Luther (B), William Sharpe (B), Nataliia Voitenko (L), Leyi Wang (H) and Kehan Xu (K).

In the Anthea Bell Prize Competition for Young Translators 2026 run by The Queen’s College, Oxford, a competition of over 25,000 entries, commendations were awarded to the following pupils:

Benjamin Shiraz (BFr) and Benjamin Strong (BFr) for their French to English translation of an extract from Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu (1913).

Isabel Kotanko (Alb) and Bohan Jack Wang (B) for their German to English translation of a passage from Jeder stirbt für sich allein by Hans Fallada (1947).

Arianna Petriglieri (L) for her Italian to English translation of an extract from ‘Belle Carote’ from Macaco by Simone Torino (2025).

Jonathan Jarmer (Th) for his Spanish to English translation of an extract from Jordi Sierra i Fabra's Escape Book (2023).

Sebastian Azim-Khan (K) was selected to be Commended by Trinity College, Cambridge, for the essay he submitted to their 2025 Robson History Essay Prize, entitled: 'Why did the crisis that triggered the First World War begin in the Balkans?’

Carola Citterio (L) received a commendation for the 2025 Bulletin of Advanced Spanish, University of Glasgow, Sixth Form Essay Competition for an essay entitled: Bad Bunny, a cultural icon of the Spanish-speaking world.

The following entered the prestigious John Locke Institute Global Essay Competition and attended the prize ceremony:

Lilly Diekmann (M) was 'Highly Commended' for her essay entitled: 'What figure in history did most to enlarge human freedom?'

Laurina Esch (Aby) was shortlisted for her essay entitled: 'Should politicians ever be punished for lying?'

Alexander Mort (Th) was shortlisted for his thoughtful and original response to the question: ‘Which figure in history did most to enlarge human freedom?’

Leyi Wang (H) was highly commended for her entry not only in the Girton College, Cambridge, Humanities Writing Competition, but also in the Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, Archaeology Essay Competition.

Co-curricular

Jasper Harth (E) has been selected for the World Scout Jamboree in Poland in the summer of 2027

Cdt Sgt Ella Rajda (L), CCF RAF Section, was appointed the Hertfordshire Lord Lieutenant's Cadet.

Sport

Thomas Alexander (Tr) has been awarded a Football Scholarship to Keiser University, USA.

Daisy Beer (L) made her on court debut in the Vitality Netball Superleague for London Pulse v Nottingham Forest.

Brogan Bostock (L) has been selected for the England U19 Netball Roses Academy Long Squad.

Current pupils – some recent achievements, continued

Leo Davis (Th) has played cricket for Essex CCC Academy & 2nd XI.

Jonathan Edwards (Tr) has been the U18 80kg+ England Boxing Champion, two years in a row. In June 2026, he won the Four Nations Championship U19s 90kg+ Heavyweight Division. He is now representing England in the Three Nations Cup.

Aaron Frame (Th) made his Cyprus cricket T20i debut.

Robin Hailey (B) and Toby Hailey (LS2) both sail for the Topper National Performance Squad.

Lettie Hughes (M) has been selected for England U18 hockey.

Tate Leniston (LS2) represents England Judo

Zack Michaels (E) has been selected for England U16 hockey

Florence Pidduck (C) and Lois Quinn (Aby) represented England Hockey U16 in the Four Nations Tournament in 2025.

Omar Shah (K) was selected for the Bunbury U15 England cricket festival

Samuel Sofoluwe (E) has this year played football for the ISFA U18 team.

Madeleine Sturt (Alb) captained Wales U20 in the Lacrosse Home Nationals and has been awarded a Lacrosse Scholarship to study at Florida Southern, USA, from September.

Ben Taylor (K) has played cricket for Northamptonshire CCC Academy & 2nd XI.

Blake Upson (LS2) has qualified for the National Prep Schools’ Athletics Finals for U14 high jump.

National level team success:

U13 girls’ indoor hockey won Silver in the UK Indoor Hockey National Championships.

U16 girls’ indoor hockey won Bronze in the National Schools Championships

U16 girls’ netball won the Independent Schools' National Plate.

U18 girls’ indoor hockey won Silver in the National Schools Championships.

U18 boys’ indoor hockey came 7th in the National Schools Championships.

U18 boys’ outdoor hockey won Silver in the National Schools Cup.

U18 girls’ outdoor hockey won Bronze in the National Tier 1 Finals.

U18 girls’ lacrosse won the Division 2 title at the National Championships.

U18 boys’ medley relay team came 7th in the National Final at the London Aquatics Centre.

Duke of Edinburgh

Oliver Aitken (E), Annabel Armstrong (H), Emilio Christofis (Tr) , Joshua Cox (Th), Calum Emery (K), Kristián Head (M), Eleanora Hibbard (H), Lucy Jefford (Alb), Nathaniel Markson (BFr), Alexander Mort (Th), Macy Rooney (C), Emily Shuttle (Alb), Charlie Smith (Tr), James Willoughby (Tr) all achieved Gold Awards.

Model United Nations

Oleg Astapov (Th), Laurina Esch (Aby), Julius Sauer (E), Lujza Tršková (M) and Hua Hua Yu (H), representing the Russian Federation, had their committee resolutions and Security Council amendments debated at the 58th 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 and Dance

Florence Cornell (Alb) represented England in the 2025 Dance World Cup.

Amelia Whale (Aby) was selected to perform at the West End's Other Palace Theatre on 25 May for the UK final of West End Calling – a televised, national talent competition for musical theatre. She was placed sixth overall by the judges, from a field of 2000, but was the audience’s favourite, winning the ‘audience vote’ category.

Hailey Young (Aby) won the Best Film Review category for her review of the Coen Brothers' No Country For Old Men at the 2026 INTO FILM national awards ceremony held at London's iconic ODEON Luxe Leicester Square in June this year.

London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA):

Awarded after Speech Day 2025:

Distinction at Grade 8 (Gold Medal) for Acting: Sophia Afilaka Daub (C); Charles Cannon (Th); Jemima Costin (H); Bella Fletcher (H); Kristián Head (M); Sofia Shavrina (Aby); Madeleine Sturt (Alb); Daniel Yates (E).

Awarded this academic year:

Distinction at Grade 8 (Gold Medal) for Acting: Daisy Atkins (M); Theodore Baughan (E); Isabella Cannon (Aby); Florence Cornell (Alb); William Farrow (B); Florence Fletcher (H); Ivy Fletcher (H); Giulia Gerosa (C); Dylan Kirsch (E); Honor Packer (Aby); Maximilian Stocker (K); Thomas Threlfall (B); Qifan Wang (K); Yuanyuan Zheng (H).

Distinction at Grade 8 (Gold Medal) for Reading for Performance: Nina Kamara (Aby); Amelia Whale (Aby).

Distinction at Grade 8 (Gold Medal) for Speaking in Public: Dainan Cave (E); Jaspreet Chahil (L); Hannah Cirsch (Alb); Lilly Diekmann (M); Bianca Ferraro (L); Isabella Gallarati (M); Luca Gildein (BFr); Viktoriia Grebeniuk (H); Ella Grimminger (C); Chloe Haworth (L); Robert Lappe (E); James Luckock (K); Harjeevan Luther (B); Giovanni Maschio (Tr); Viktor MayerSchönberger (Th); Annika Mehta (C); Nishika Mehta (C); Isabella Moia (H); Lyla Rajda (L); Samke Schwanke (Aby); Caterina Vassena (L); Moritz von Lackum (K); Leonhard Wendisch (B); Hua Hua Yu (H).

Music

ARSM Diploma

Sining Mao (H) (Piano).

Grade 8 with Distinction: Jaspreet Chahil (L) (Clarinet), Charles Lipscomb (Tr) (Piano), Saoirse McKeever (Alb) (Rock & Pop Vocals).

Grade 8 with Merit: Rohit Karia (E) (Jazz Saxophone), Priscillia Pia Lam (Alb) (Piano), An Minh Le (BFr) (Jazz Saxophone).

National Children’s Orchestra

Esther Tham (LS2).

National Youth Choir

Helena Dodsworth (LS1), Charlotte Head (L), Matilda Samuels (Alb), Amelia Whale (Aby).

National Children’s Choir of Great Britain

Olivia Hassan (Alb).

National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain

National Youth Choir

Xavier Martinez Lewis (Tr).

Other notable musical achievements in 2026 Joseph Aves (BFr) progressed to the penultimate round of the Wales International Piano Festival (Junior Section).

The Schola Cantorum sang in Westminster Abbey

Former pupils –some recent achievements

Jeremy Baker (C 78) represented Great Britain in the Individual Men’s Épée at the 2025 Veteran World Fencing Championship.

Aryan Bansal (Th 16) was awarded a First Class BEng Honours degree in Materials Science and Engineering with Management by Imperial College London.

Federico Benazzo (Th 16) received the AIAA Jefferson Goblet Student Paper Award at the AIAA SciTech Conference in Orlando.

Sam Billings (BFr 04) captained the Oval Invincibles cricket team to secure their third consecutive win in The Hundred final and reached his 400th T20 appearance.

Tom Billings (LS & BFr 04) retained the World Doubles Rackets Championship in November 2025 and also won the British Open Doubles Championship in May 2026.

Fabian Bindley (LS & L 14) was awarded a First Class MEng Honours degree in Computer Science by University College London.

Lottie Bloomfield (Alb 16) was awarded a First Class BSc Honours degree in Maths with Finance by the University of Liverpool.

Amelia Brand (LS & M 13) was awarded a First Class BA Honours degree in Liberal Arts by the University of Leeds.

Giulia Brotto (Alb 14) spoke at the Wo+Men’s Leadership Centre and the Women and Gender Equality Special Interest Group at Cambridge Judge Business School.

Daisy Button (LS & Alb 15) was awarded a First Class BA Honours degree in English Literature by the University of Leeds.

James Clark (B 13) captained Terrace United, a team consisting mostly of OH players, who this year won their third consecutive Saturday London Football Cup Final at Wembley.

Lewis Cooper (LS & Th 15) was awarded a First Class BSc Honours degree in Economics by University College London.

Victoria Curley (LS & M14) was awarded a First Class MA Honours degree in English Literature and Creative Writing by the University of Glasgow.

Zara Everitt (Alb 16) captained London Pulse to their first Vitality Superleague Netball Championships title in 2025 and achieved 150 Netball Superleague caps.

Dr Jolyon Flint Cahan (LS & K 04), MSC, BMBS, MRCA, passed the Royal College of Anaesthetists' Primary FRCA examination, achieving full marks in the Structured Oral Examination.

Thomas Freeman (E 17) was awarded a First Class BEng Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering by the University of Exeter.

Aldo Gelati (Th 20) was awarded a First Class BSc Honours degree in Management by the London School of Economics.

Jamie George (LS & BFr 02) played for England Rugby in the autumn series and again in the Six Nations. He has been picked for the inaugural Nations Championships this summer and was called up to be part of the British and Irish Lions tour, his third tour.

Leighton Gibbs (B 15) was awarded a First Class BSc Honours degree in International Business by the University of Leeds.

Declan Griffin (LS & B 16) came 4th (of 60) in Part 1B of the Cambridge Philosophy Tripos in July 2025.

Christian Grint (E 19) was awarded a First Class BA Honours degree in Philosophy by the University of Warwick.

Jack Holloway (LS & B 15) was awarded a First Class BA Honours degree in Business Management and Human Resources by the University of Leeds.

Monica Hsueh (Aby 00) made it to the semifinals of the 2025 BBC New Comedy awards

Qijia Hu (H 21) was awarded a Grade 8 with Merit (Singing Performance) by the ABRSM.

Oscar Hurley (L 16) was awarded a First Class BSc Honours degree in Economics by the University of Bath.

Luke Igolen-Robinson (LS & B 15) was awarded a First Class BSc Honours degree in Business and Management by Royal Holloway, University of London.

Nick Isiekwe (K 14) has been picked to play rugby for England for the inaugural Nations Championships this summer.

Haris Khattak (B 17) was awarded a First Class BA Honours degree in Economics and Business by University College London.

Michael Levitt (L 19) played for the Netherlands in the men’s cricket T20 World Cup.

Oscar Lock (LS & BFr 13) has been commissioned into the Royal Air Force as a Pilot Officer.

Reuben Lock (BFr 19) took on the London Marathon in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Hodge MacDonald (LS & Tr 18) helped take Trinity University, Texas to the NCAA National Soccer Finals, which was their first appearance in 23 years.

Callum McGurk (LS & K 14) was awarded a First Class BSc Honours degree in Economics by Newcastle University.

Andrew Miller (LS & L 11) was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.

The Ven. Luke Miller (H 79), KHC, SSC has been appointed a Deputy Lieutenant in the Greater London Lieutenancy.

William Miller (H 65) was invited to deliver the inaugural lecture launching the International Anglo-Canarian Forum at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Andrew Neal (Tr 16) played for Hampshire County Cricket Club.

Gemma O’Farrell (LS & Alb 15) was awarded a First Class BA Honours degree in Marketing Management by Oxford Brookes University.

Ruth Pattison (M 20) was awarded a First Class BSc Honours degree in Medical Physiology by the University of Leicester. She was awarded the Royal Society Top Bioscience Award for getting the highest overall grade in a bioscience subject and the School of Biological Sciences Analytical Project Prize.

Andreas Payne (LS & K 05) has been appointed as a Founder Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Communicators.

Sasha-Lee Pescod (C 19) was awarded a First Class BSc Honours degree in Psychology by the University of Leeds.

Lilibet Philpott (LS & H 15) ran the London Marathon in support of the Lord’s Taverners.

Former pupils – some recent achievements, continued

Oscar Piastri (K 16) came 3rd in the 2025 Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship, winning seven races and helping McLaren defend their World Constructors' Championship title and he was awarded The Don Award, presented annually by the Sport Australia Hall of Fame to the sportsperson or team who has “most inspired the nation.”

Lillian Quinn (Aby 17) was awarded a First Class BSc Honours degree in Biochemistry by Kings College London.

Fraser Rawlins (LS & K 18) has been awarded a contract to play rugby for Saracens. He was also selected for the England U20 Rugby squad in a match against Leicester Tigers U23.

Katherine Rayfield (Alb 17) was awarded a First Class BSc Honours degree in Environmental Geoscience by the University of Durham.

Luca Sfragara (BFr 20) was awarded a First Class BSc Honours degree in Economics, Management and Computer Science by Università Bocconi.

Urav Shah (BFr 16) won the prestigious global Early Stage Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Technology category.

Scarlett Spavin (LS & H 15) played for Durham University in the National Hockey Club finals in May 2026, the highest level of club hockey.

Katie Stacey (M 01) published her first book, entitled No Paradise with Wolves, which was named one of BBC Wildlife’s Best Books of 2025.

Jacob Stanley (Tr 20) was awarded a First Class BSc Honours degree in Economics by the

University of Warwick.

Sebastian Thrussell (BFr 21) won the Scholar of the Year award at Watford FC.

Tariq Wild (B 16) was awarded a First Class BA Honours degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics by the University of Manchester.

Chengzhi Xu (Th 15) was a presenter at the New York Times annual debate, part of the Youth and Leaders Summit hosted by the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po.

Naina Zilbermints (LS & Aby 14) was awarded a First Class MA Honours degree in English by the University of St Andrews.

Peiyan Zou (Tr 18) was awarded a First Class BSc Honours degree in Computer Science by the University of Nottingham.

Duke of Edinburgh 2025/6

Yan Chuen Cheng (L 21), Louis Hemmings (LS & Th 17), Isaac Oldham (LS & BFr 17), Amelia Pinkert (Alb 23), Lucy Wiggetts (Alb 20) and Yijia Zhu (M 21) achieved Gold Awards in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme.

Haileybury Association

This year we have launched the Haileybury Association to unify and inspire all members of Haileybury, past and present.

Haileybury’s community extends far beyond the school walls. It includes our pupils and staff, alumni and their families, former staff and governors and friends of the School around the world. Together, we form a network bound by shared values, experiences and lifelong connections.

Through the Hailebury Association members enjoy:

• Exclusive events to strengthen social and professional links

• Access to our dedicated careers platform offering tailored advice, mentoring and networking opportunities

• Regular updates and news from across the community

• An enduring sense of belonging to the School and opportunities to give back

• Discounted membership with the Oriental Club

As U6 depart Haileybury, they are automatically enrolled as members of the Haileybury Association, maintaining an enduring connection with the School as they progress to the next stage of their lives.

We warmly invite you to find out more through the website haileyburyassociation.com