SCHOOL NEWS

Outstanding Olympiads

Our students have seen incredible success at various academic competitions

PHYSICS: 14 Latymerians gained an award, including one Gold and one Top Gold at the British Physics Olympiad! Achieving a Top Gold award is exceptional and means that the winner, Daniel (Year 13), has now been selected for the UK Team.

“I would like to congratulate all who took part; this was NOT an easy paper and our students should all be proud of what they have achieved,” said James Hunt of Latymer’s Physics Department. “The event organisers

BIOLOGY: The British Biology Olympiad saw our Latymerians win seven Gold, seven Silvers, seven Bronze, six Highly Commended, and five Commended awards. What a feat! One student, Matilda (Year 13), did so well that she has she has been selected to represent the UK at the International Biology Olympiad this year.

LINGUISTICS: Seven Latymerians competed in this year’s UK Linguistics Olympiad at an Advanced Level. All seven came away with an award, including one High Gold! The Olympiad had a record entry of 1,686 candidates for the Advanced Level competition this year, awarding Gold to the top 5%, Silver to the top 10% and Bronze to the top 20%.

MATHEMATICS: Our Latymerians excelled in the British Mathematical Olympiad which saw 1,000 of the best young mathematicians in the country take part. Three of our students made it into the top 300, including Quyll (Year 12), who made it into the top 100 and qualified for the next round. Some of Latymer’s young mathematicians have also been competing in the Hans Woyda Maths Championships and are now through to the Quarter Finals, having beaten teams from St Paul’s Boys’, St Paul’s Girls’, Godolphin, and Latymer and Haberdashers n Congratulations to our 1st VII netball team who won the Middlesex Cup for the first time in the competition’s history!

Boys’. An incredible accomplishment!

After qualifying for their region in the preliminary competition, the team went undefeated, beating some of London’s best teams from North London Collegiate School, St Paul’s Girls’ School, Highgate, and South Hampstead High School. With a nail-biting final game against Godolphin and Latymer, the team were crowned Middlesex Champions and lifted the trophy tournament against Richmond Upon Thames School, Waldegrave School and Orleans Park School. n Our Year 7 and 8 swimmers won the London Schools Swimming League North of the River Final Gala! Leading up to the final, 14 schools had taken part in heats over the autumn and spring terms. The top six schools from those events then qualified to compete in the North of the River Final Gala which took place at Latymer Upper School’s Sports Centre.

Latymer won the gala with 295 points (14 points ahead of North London Collegiate in second and 29 points ahead of Lady Eleanor Holles in third). City of London