SPEECH DAY
PROGRAMME FOR THE EVENING
Opening music
Musical Prequal
Welcome from the Chair of Governors
Steve Banks
Headmaster’s Report of the School Year 2023/24
Kevin Fear Reports by students
Wellbeing Centre: Akhil Bollina and Soraya Ebrahimian Khouzani
Academic Success and Mentoring Students: William Harwood and Ives Lau
Hockey Tour: Sienna Woods and Ollie Johns
Distribution of prizes
Musical interlude
Chicago Medley
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Introduction to address
William Mason
Address
Scotty Mills
Vote of thanks
Beatrice Hagues
Major Scotty Mills Royal Marines
Officer (Ret’d)
Former Head of Performance and Physical Training for all 6500 of Britain’s Commando Green Berets
Scotty Mills has led a life that he could never have dreamt of. From the backstreets of South London, he went onto serve his country and lead Britain’s Commandos around the globe as a Commando ‘Green Beret’ Officer. In 2003, operating alongside the US Navy Seals, he led a team of Marines into Iraq as ‘first on the ground’ theatre entry troops and has deployed on missions all around the world.
As Commanding Officer, he led a team of recovery specialists who were responsible for rebuilding the lives of hundreds of battlescarred physically and mentally broken injured service people across all 4-Armed Forces. A World Record breaker, he was selected as an Olympic Flag Bearer at the London 2012 Olympic Games. As Head of Performance for all 6500 Commandos, he has worked closely alongside multiple elite teams who went on to win gold medals at Olympic, World & European championships . As an advisor to the FA, he inspired Gareth Southgate, Harry Kane and the England Football Team to develop their culture through innovative leadership and
team cohesion training that saw them come together and perform when the pressure was on.
Known as “Gareth’s Secret Weapon”, a term coined by the renowned TV Presenter Lorraine Kelly, Scotty has built up a very strong reputation internationally for being able to inspire others to reach their full potential. In 2018 he was voted the most inspirational serviceman across the entire Armed Forces community receiving a National Award.
Scotty’s incredibly compelling story is filled with exceptional stories of the power of human inspiration. Now an accomplished global motivational speaker, and as a performance leadership and culture specialist, Scotty is highly sought after across multiple industries to continue his life’s work to ‘Inspire people and teams’ to achieve their impossible dreams.
Scotty is married to Suzanne and they have 4 grown children. His first published book, “Never Give In” charts the ‘12 Commando Rules for Life’ and is available at Waterstones.
ACADEMIC RESULTS
GCSE
39.7%
Students gained the equivalent of at least 10 8/9/A*
260 Sixth Form Pupils
584 Lower and Middle School Pupils
A Level
Grade 9 A* Grades 8/9/A* Grades
Gained a full set of A*/9 grades
24 65 8 23 54
Students gained 3 A grades or better
Students achieved the equivalent of 10 7/8/9/A*/A grades
Grades 7/8/9/A*/A Grades
Grades
Students gained 3 or more A*grades
PRIZES
The C G Boyd Memorial Prize (for leadership) - goes to Head Boy/Head Girl
The Muriel Petty Prize - for outstanding gifts of character, initiative or leadership
Lovell Order for services - for Leaders of the school
Sixth Form Prizes
The Sixth Form Psychology
The Sixth Form Prize for Religious Studies
The Sixth Form Prize for Drama
The Sixth Form Prize for Physics
The Sixth Form Prize for Art
The Sixth Form Prize for Physics
The Sixth Form Prize for DT
The Sixth Form Prize for Biology
The Sixth Form Prize for Geography
The Sixth Form Prize for Computer Science
The Sixth Form Prize for Political Studies
The Sixth Form Prize for Classical Civilisation
The Sixth Form Prize for Spanish
Sir David & Lady White Award for Enterprise
The Simon Eastwood Mem Prize for Chemistry
The Sir David and Lady White Award for Enterprise
The Barry Duesbury Prize for English
The Holland Prize - for all round contribution and academic achievement
The Friends Cup
The Charlie Long Memorial Prize for computing
The Cusins Memorial Prize for History
Dr Gow’s Prize for Mathematics
The Kali Puri Prize for EPQ
The K R Imeson Prize for Music
Prizes for Creative Work
The Muriel Radford D H Lawrence Literary Prize
The Kali Puri Prize - for the student who best embodies the Duke of Edinburgh
The Cusins Memorial Prize for History
The Gibbs Award - for the greatest improvement between Entrance to the School and GCSE results
The Chris Rossiter Cup
The Rolf Noskwith Prize for Computing
Year 11 Prizes
The Year 11 Prize for Mathematics
The Year 11 Prize for English
The Year 11 Prize for Biology
The Year 11 Prize for History
The Year 11 Prize for Spanish
The Year 11 Prize for Art
The Year 11 Prize for Classics
The Year 11 Prize for Physics
The Year 11 Prize for Geography
The Year 11 Prize for Chemistry
The Year 11 Prize for French
The Year 11 Prize for German
The Year 11 Prize for Food & Nutrition
The Year 11 Prize for Music
The Sir Harry Djanogly Award
The C L Reynolds Prize for Religious Studies
The Duncan Muir Award for Drama
The Charlie Long Memorial Prize
The Kali Puri Prizes
The Paul Rixon Memorial Prize
The David Leicester Memorial Award - for contribution to outdoor education
Junior Prizes
Dr Turpin’s Prize for a Classical Essay (Junior Prize Year 7-9)
The Muriel Radford D H Lawrence Literary Prize
The Junior English Prize (Year 7-9)
The Benjamin Barsby Prize - awarded to the student in Years 7-9 who has all round abilities which include involvement in school activities including sport and who shows loyalty to the School
The John Ross Sergeant Memorial Prize
The George Green Prize for Mathematics
The Tamplin Cup - for the most distinctions by a student in Year 7-10
The Wheeler Cup - presented to the House which over the whole year has gained the most points in the Inter-House competitions).
PRIZES
Prize
Dr Gow’s Prize for Mathematics (Sixth Form)
Dr Gow’s Prize for Mathematics (Sixth Form)
Name
Elliott Abbott
Rohan Banerjea
Dr Turpin’s Prize for a Classical Essay (Junior Prize Y7-9) Vis Gowda
Lovell Order for services to the School
Lovell Order for services to the School
Lovell Order for services to the School
Lovell Order for services to the School
Lovell Order for services to the School
Lovell Order for services to the School
Lovell Order for services to the School
Lovell Order for services to the School
Lovell Order for services to the School
Lovell Order for services to the School
Lovell Order for services to the School
Lovell Order for services to the School
Lovell Order for services to the School
Lovell Order for services to the School
Lovell Order for services to the School
Lovell Order for services to the School
Lovell Order for services to the School
Prizes for Creative Work
Prizes for Creative Work
Prizes for Creative Work
Prizes for Creative Work
The Barry Duesbury Prize for English (Sixth Form)
The Benjamin Barsby Prize
The Bexon Prize for Economics (Sixth Form)
The C G Boyd Memorial Prize (for leadership)
Alexandra Arlachova
Max Bailey
Akhil Bollina
Georgie Brown
Seth Dineen
Soraya Ebrahimian Khouzani
Kari Gill
Bea Hagues
William Harwood
Asha King
William Mason
Vuyo Mukange
Shay Patel
Hannah Poyser
Isla Spedding
Millie Walster
Esther Wattis
Maddie Robson
Jai Sharma
Reuben Tao
Otto Wylie
Otto Bajwa Greenwood
Tegan Duff
Gauri Khanna
Gauri Khanna
Prize
The C G Boyd Memorial Prize (for leadership)
The C G Chambers Memorial Prize
The C L Reynolds Prize for Religious Studies (Y11)
The Charlie Long Memorial Prize
Name
William Merritt
Caleb Lindsay
Henna Quraishi
Freddie Baker
The Charlie Long Memorial Prize Abubaker Targoni
The Chris Rossiter Cup
William Harwood
The Cusins Memorial Prize for History (Sixth Form) Lucy Bateman
The Cusins Memorial Prize for History (Sixth Form)
The David Leicester Memorial Award
The Duncan Muir Award for Drama (Y11)
The Friends Cup
Jamie Scott
William Mason
Khadija Hussain
Deborah Campbell Ritchie
The George Green Prize for Mathematics (Y7-9) Ives Lau
The Gibbs Award Imogen Baseley
The Holland Prize Orlando Baker
The John Ross Sergeant Memorial Prize
The Junior English Prize (Y7-9)
Gabriel Oguagwu
Arvind Rajendraan
The Kali Puri Prize for Duke of Edinburgh Alexandra Arlachova
The Kali Puri Prize for Duke of Edinburgh
William Mason
The Kali Puri Prizes to be awarded for EPQ Izzi Chalmers (Sixth Form) and Independent Projects (Key Stage 4)
The Kali Puri Prizes to be awarded for EPQ
Gauri Khanna (Sixth Form) and Independent Projects (Key Stage 4)
The Kendrick Partington Prize for Charlotte Simmonds
Individual Music (Y7-10)
The Muriel Petty Prize Zayan Baig
The Muriel Petty Prize Lucy Bateman
The Muriel Petty Prize Isaac Bromley
The Muriel Petty Prize Jacob Corne
The Muriel Petty Prize Muskan Goyal
The Muriel Petty Prize
The Muriel Petty Prize
Tom Herbert
Hannah Poyser
Prize
The Muriel Petty Prize
The Muriel Petty Prize
The Muriel Radford D H Lawrence Literary Prize
The Muriel Radford D H Lawrence Literary Prize
The Paul Rixon Memorial Prize
The Prize for Political Studies (Sixth Form)
The Rolf Noskwith Prize for Computing
The Simon Djanogly Science Prize
The Simon Eastwood Memorial Prize
Name
Soph Walker
Olivia Whiston-Riley
Inaya Ali
Ffion Thomas
Finley Ramowski
Otto Bajwa Greenwood
William Okenwa
Leah Glover
Hannah Poyser for Chemistry (Sixth Form)
The Sir David & Lady White for Enterprise
The Sir David & Lady White for Enterprise
The Sir Harry Djanogly Award
The Sixth Form Prize for Art
The Sixth Form Prize for Biology
The Sixth Form Prize for Classical Civilisation
Manav Basra
Lucy Rich
Matthew Mioduszewski
Preeti Thomas
Hannah French
Anjali Saaj
Prize
The Sixth Form Prize for Computer Science
Name
Joe Burton
The Sixth Form Prize for Drama Christopher Molife
The Sixth Form Prize for DT
Sehas Mestrige
The Sixth Form Prize for French Leon Elliss
The Sixth Form Prize for Geography
Izzi Chalmers
The Sixth Form Prize for German Alex Turnbull
The Sixth Form Prize for Physics
The Sixth Form Prize for Psychology
The Sixth Form Prize for Religious Studies
The Sixth Form Prize for Spanish
The Sixth Form Prize for Sport
Ansh Desai
Maryam Quraishi
Tom Gornall
Muskan Goyal
Sam Mack
The Sixth Form Prize for Sport Isla Spedding
The Tamplin Cup (Y7-10)
Katherine Zhu
The Year 11 Prize for Art Angelina Kaur
The Year 11 Prize for Biology Zuhayr Nabil
The Year 11 Prize for Chemistry
The Year 11 Prize for Classics
Matthew Mioduszewski
Elyssa Banerjea
The Year 11 Prize for English Chino Nwaiwu
The Year 11 Prize for Food & Nutrition
Maddie Robson
The Year 11 Prize for French Hussein Abdelalim
The Year 11 Prize for Geography
The Year 11 Prize for German
The Year 11 Prize for History
The Year 11 Prize for Mathematics
The Year 11 Prize for Music
The Year 11 Prize for Physics
The Year 11 Prize for Spanish
Grade 8 Violin
Grade 8 Piano
Grade 8 Piano
Harry Simmonds
Elyssa Banerjea
Chloe Jones
Josh Zhang
Nathan Sood-Patel
Anika Khanna
Anika Khanna
Evan Au Yong
Mimi Barsham
Bluebelle Charles-Richards
Prize
Grade 8 Voice
Grade 8 Drum Kit
Grade 8 Flute
Grade 8 Voice
Grade 8 Drum Kit
Grade 8 Piano
Grade 8 Voice
Grade 8 Voice and Piano
Grade 8 Cello and Piano
ARSM Flute Diploma - Merit
ARSM Piano Diploma - Pass
Name
Phoebe Forward
Seb Hope
Hattie Jamieson
Ria Johnson
Ben Norris
Hannah Poyser
Isla Spedding
Otto Wylie
Katharine Zhu
Hannah Poyser
Alexander Arlachova
Mansfield Music Festival – Evan Au-Yong Winner: Grade 8 Strings category
Mansfield Music & Drama Festival – 1st Place in:
Classical Singing Age 15-17 Years; Beyond Grade 8 Formal Piano Solo;
Grade 7+ First Movement of any Piano Sonata
Nottingham Young Musician of the Year –
William Harwood
Seb Hope Finalist & Winner of the Percussion category
TROPHIES AND AWARDS
Trophy Name
The listed trophies and awards have already been presented to students during assemblies or awards ceremonies that have already taken place at School.
Name
The Sam Smith Memorial Trophy for Unbroken Voice Abi Cusack
The Stephen Fairlie Memorial Cup
The Turner Cup for Athletics
The Baker Trophy
Stanley Hardy
Gabriel Oguagwu
Sophia Chesterfield
The Sam Smith Memorial Trophy for Unbroken Voice Abi Cusack
The Nicholas McGegan Cup for Intermediate music
The Alan Redgate Javelin Trophy
The Martin Jones Adventurous Training Award
The Martin Clarke Decathlon Shield
The Geri Thomas Sports Day Shield
The Ian Driver Cup
Ben Norris
Olivia Garrett
Ben Navarro
William Harwood/ Annie French
Sophia Chesterfield
King Zhang
Trophy Name
The Hardwick Memorial Trophy - Discus
Name
Nathan Sood -Patel
The Army Careers Adviser’s Award for Leadership Sgt Nathan Sood-Patel / Sgt Jack Lockyer
The Army Proficiency Prize (Junior Cadet) Cdt David Pappalettera
The Army Proficiency Prize (Senior Cadet) Sgt Ben French
The RAF Proficiency Prize (Part I)
The RAF Proficiency Prize (Part II)
The Royal Navy Proficiency Prize
Partington Trophy for House Singing
The Wheeler Cup
The Sports Cup
William He
Harry Whitehead
Matthew Mioduszewska
Maples
Maples
Mellers House
The R.A. Memorial Prize (Senior) Agatha Hall; Daniel Garland
The R.A. Memorial Prize (Junior) Helena Clough; Thomas Freeston
The C C Best Memorial Plaque Beate Rauch for Adventurous Training
VALUE AWARDS
Excellence Award
We have high aspirations and pursue excellence across all areas of our provision. We nurture individual pupils to achieve their highest potential and make a positive impact in the world.
Harald Feldmann Years 7 - 10
Constant excellence throughout the year in both effort and achievemnt
Harry Langlois Years 7 - 10
Harry has been an exceptional student since joining at the start of Year 7. He has achieved many things this year but what makes him a standout is his result in OUCC competition, where he came 2nd nationally out of 120,000 entries.
Ives Lau Years 7 - 10
For excellent results across Maths Olympiads from Junior to Senior whilst only in Year 8
Henna Quraishi Years 11 - 13
Henna is an excellent sportswoman, playing football at a very high standard with Notts County and representing the School at a variety of sports. Also an excellent approach to her studies, maximising her ability.
Katie Gardner Years 11 - 13
Katie’s approach to her studies, sport and all other commitments in school are always excellent. This year, she has competed at a national level in athletics (winning silver) while achieving consistent excellent academic results. She stepped in to compete in the MUN conference at the last minute with very few days to prepare, but, fully committed to it. She completed an excellent EPQ project and fully committed to the Year 12 skills challenge activities. It might seem as though all of this comes easily to Katie, but, it comes through incredibly hard work and consistent effort throughout.
Alexandra Arlachova Years 11 - 13
Alexandra’s dedication to her academic studies is at the highest level and many staff are continually impressed by her dedication towards her work and the extra time she puts into this.
Individuality Award
We value each child and member of staff as an individual and embrace diversity in all its forms. We create the conditions in which our staff and children can be happy and flourish.
Pia Shah Years 7 - 10
Pia has now thrown herself into school life embracing a range of co-curricular opportunities, particularly the lower school show. Pia has performed very well academically and is routinely receiving distinctions for her hard work in lessons.
Salman Akelharab Years 7 - 10
Salman is always ready to participate and be involved in activities and will choose his own path. He will also voice his opinions in tutor time which may not be the popular voice but which show his reflection on the matter being discussed. He is never afraid to give his opinion and demonstrates great maturity.
Maxwell Cooper Years 7 - 10
Maxwell was outstanding in the Lower School production playing the lead role
Esther Wattis Years 11 - 13
Esther showed great strength of character and individuality in overcoming experiences that do not come naturally to her. She has spent time developing her confidence in the outdoors, developing her scrambling, mountaineering and climbing. This culminated in her climbing mountains this year (in poor conditions) despite previously not enjoying the same mountains. This is a fantastic achievement.
Muskaan Goyal Years 11 - 13
Muskaan is a true individual. She sets such high standards for herself but is prepared to share them with those around her. In Tutor Set she drove discussions on a multitude of interesting topics - many of which were not planned. She was always willing to help others too. In wider school life she has contributed to school music for seven years, culminating in leading the orchestra and pulling together the leavers’ band and choir. For Maples’ House over the seven years she has been at school not many will have contributed more.
Nathan Sood-Patel Years 11 - 13
Nathan has always forged his own path while contributing a huge amount to the school. He manages to be an excellent team player while maintaining a strong sense of self. Nathan has
had a huge impact on Music at the school. He has played organ in assemblies, trumpet in ensembles, and sung in the chamber choir, among other things. Most recently, at Founder’s Day he conducted the brass section during the anthem and performed one of his own compositions with the chamber choir. Nathan is a dedicated member of the CCF and has been praised for his leadership of the younger students. He has also contributed to many House events, with particular success in debating.
Hashim Iqbal
Respect Award
We are proud to be an inclusive and diverse community. We value kindness, integrity and modesty. We champion a culture of respect and understanding between all in the school community.
Years 7 - 10
Hashim always demonstrates great respect and politeness to his teachers and peers. He is an excellent role model and always tries extremely hard in every area of school life. His success in Rugby this year is a great achievement and shows how much perseverance pays off.
Hugo Bonham Blasco
Years 7 - 10
Hugo chose to provide Spanish tutoring for his DofE. He has been fantastic helping his fellow tutees and has helped improve the grade of one student in particular. He has shown great maturity, understanding and patience
Evelyn Acharya Years 7 - 10
Evelyn was voted fair player in the majority of the netball fixtures for the Year 10 team across the season by players from others schools .
Ben French Years 11 - 13
Always is always courteous and kind and is always a student who shows committment in his subjects, he has the respect of his teachers and students alike. His work in the CCF stands him out in this respect and the younger students look up to his leadership. He has always been a student who the others look up to in Tutor Set and others can learn a lot from him. The way he handles himself and gets on with things show him to worthy of such an award.
Harry Simmonds Years 11 - 13
Harry has been volunteering for a variety of organisations outside school for a number of years in his local community. He continues to do this as he values the contribution he can make and his consistent dedication is very selfless and inspiring.
Raman Landa Years 11 - 13
Raman is always incredibly polite and respectful in everything he does. He really values feedback from staff, showing great respect for their expertise. One specific example: “Raman Landa was outstanding today on his tour with parents at the Year 5 taster day. He had such lovely feedback from the parents but it was so clear to a number of staff too. He was so polite, well mannered and such an excellent ambassador for the school.”
Empathy Award
All of our provision is underpinned by empathy and tolerance. We seek to build resilience and empower children to make a difference in the world.
Niamh Carroll Years 7 - 10
Nominated by another student for a show of Empathy. The act might a lot to the student.
Tessa Wood Years 7 - 10
For her constant support throughout the year of a fellow student. Her support of this student has been constantly sensitive, respectful and instigated completely by herself.
Sophia Arlachova Years 7-10
At sports day Sophia saw a Year 7 girl fall in a her race, she stopped, picked her up, sacrificing her own race and ran with her over the line ensuring she finished.
Akhil Bollina Years 11 - 13
Akhil’s contribution to school life embodies all of our values, but his empathy is especially evident. This has shone through in his leadership of the school’s Medic Society, but also in his role as Wellbeing champion, where he has particularly excelled, taking a leadership role in planning and delivering assemblies to multiple year groups. His recent involvement with AMA in the ‘Listening Project’ with KS3 tutees confirms his ongoing demonstration of this value within our community.
Seth Dineen
Years 11 - 13
Seth Dineen was involved in caring for a fellow student, during a School expedition, following poor weather. Seth took responsibility for ensuring they were warm, and the way he cared for them was exemplary.
Joe Burton Years 11 - 13
Forever looking after friends, flagging concerns and working with paramedics.
Curiosity Award
We value intellectual curiosity and creativity. We want every child to develop a love of learning. We embrace taking risks to enhance pupil development both academically and as people.
Brodie Alexander Years 7 - 10
Brodie has shown curiosity beyond the classroom by participating in numerous competitions. He has won the English Curiosity Cabinet in his year group and won the nationwide German competition run by Queens College, University of Oxford.
Jannat Rashid Years 7 - 10
Jannat has taken part in most of the festival events that we have launched this year and has shown a real commitment to learning about other beliefs/faiths through the work she has done.
Senith Gunarathne Years 7 - 10
Senith has a genuine love of maths and spends a lot of time outside of lessons looking into different topics/techniques. He thrives on the challenge of difficult problems and has been really determined to improve his scores in the Maths Challenge competitions (where he has been extremely successful at both Junior and Intermediate level)
Harry Whitehead Years 11 - 13
Following a 1513 session that looked at the Darksky movement’s campaign to reduce light pollution, Harry conducted further investigation into the issues raised, ultimately producing a historically rich and scientifically rigorous research article that provided an excellent insight into the relationship between technology, the circadian rhythm and mental health.
Muskan Goyal
Years 11 - 13
Muskan’s approach to school life exemplifies our values, but it is her intellectual curiosity that stands out. She is driven by a need to explore underlying concepts and ambitious questions: this was evident in her EPQ on Shakespeare and Law, a forbiddingly complex topic that allowed her to combine her love of literature with her interest in pursuing further study in Law. She has always pushed herself for excellence while seizing opportunities to enrich her understanding, including the MFL book club, essay competitions, and English Society.
Mimi Barsham
Years 11 - 13
In her academic work, particularly relating to languages, but also more broadly in literature she has been passionate about discovering as much as she can and pursuing particular areas of interest. Also demonstrated in her EPQ.
HEADMASTER’S PRIZES
Headmaster’s Prizes are awarded for achievements during the year and may include performance in exams and other outstanding performances, as well as the tally of distinctions.
Year 7
Headmaster’s Prizes and High School Awards
Charlotte Chen
Abigail Cusack
Ishani Deepak
Virginia Facchini
Harald Feldmann
Maya Ghani
Lavanya Jain
Alexander Jamnadas-Khoda
Tanvi Khanna
Harry Langlois
Daisy Mean
Victoria Oh
Kunarathan Parameswaran
Chen Qin
Clementine Rennoldson
Emma Rosewell
Bachan Sethi
Rosemary Wight
Yingye (Katharine) Zhu*
Headmaster’s Prizes
Neha Bodiwala
Ellen Buller
Bluebelle Charles-Richards
Oluwatomisin Fadipe
The High School Award is awarded to students in Year 7 and Year 8 who have demonstrated participation and commitment in a variety of co-curricular activities and developed a range of skills and experiences through the co-curriculum.
Issika Gajree
Hannah Gill
Rhys Hutchinson
Kavian Moghadam
Joseph Moran
Mani Sanghera
Edoardo Senin
High School Awards
David Adeleke
Brodie Alexander
York Teck Ethan Ang
Sophia Arlachova
Manuella Ayi
Gurshaan Bains
Hollie Batt
Theo Chita
Alexander Clark
Eze Dire
Martha Dodd
Rishon Emmanuel
Benjamin Evans
Niamh Franklin
Henry French
Tanya George
Thomas Grady
Eren Halse
Yash Handa
Taher Hassanali
Josiah Hendricks
Muhammad Jilani
Shay Johal
Rohanpreet Landa
Joey Moran
Ibraheem Moussa
Nadine Nassr
Oscar Ng
Flynn 'Dowd
Ooreoluwa Olumodeji
Anisa Patel
Amber Rathour
James Rye
Hamza Sami
Johann Sanju
Rishi Sharma
Mohammed Sheikh
Carter So
Anoushka Sood-Patel
Anchal Kaur Thiara
Joey Thompson
Xinghao Wang
Yilin Wu
Luca Yates
* The Tamplin Cup is awarded for the Highest Number of Distinctions in 2023 - 2024 and this year is presented to Katharine Zhu(175) in Year 7.
Year 8
Headmaster’s Prizes and High School Award
Kayode Adewoye
Jannatul Adon Mamud
Muhammad Mahd Jalal
Phoebe James
Cho Yan (Ives) Lau
Ebubechi Nwaiwu
Diya Patel
Headmaster’s Prizes
Samia Al Sadi
George Avison
Dimithi Bartholomeuz
Sophie Blundell
Chloe Cavan
Tin Yan Cheuk
Helena Clough
Ashana De Silva
Daniel Golding
Senith Gunarathne
Alice Humberstone
Samuel Hunt
Sadaqat Islam
Harriet Jamieson
Varsha Jeyakanthan
Dylan Lewis
Abiwaran Parameswaran
Lana Pongpaibul
Adam Poon
Senudi Ranasingha Arachchige
Lily Rodden
Charlotte Simmonds
Ethan Singh
Harriet Spedding
Elizabeth Zhang
High School Award
Farhan Ahmadi
Alexander Armstrong
Alishay Bilal
Zev Dewshi
Hannah Garland
Sahil Goyal
Leah Kaur
Alexander Medley
Trae Mkumba-Soar
Vusi Mukange
Esther Obasi
Samarth Ponkumaran
Isaac Rosewell
Xiang Xi Tang
Mia Thompson
Kate Tran
Saanvi Uday Bannur
Vijay Vasireddy
Koji Wong
Aoden Wu
Year 9
Headmaster’s Prizes
Zaviaar Arshad
Grace Berry
Haoran Chen
Benjamin Cox-Brown
Jasper Duff
Tegan Duff
Charlene Galayini
Emma Gorton
Vismay Gowda
Khushi Goyal
Daisy Hillery
Xue Huang
Rumaysah Ige
Marcus Jamnadas-Khoda
Gautham Lakshmipathy
Evan Lam
Amith Mayakonda
Eva Mills
Gabriel Oguagwu
Araoluwa Olumodeji
Tanish Paul
Nevaan Prasad
Zoe Qin
Arvind Rajendraan
Beate Rauch
Eleanor Rogers
Sharini Sabarinathan
Krish Srivastava
Sara Trent
George Wagland
Year 10
Headmaster’s Prizes
Francesca Abbott
Evelyn Acharya
Shaza Ahmed
Aiyla Amin
Aarush Anand
Frederick Avison
Lucas Baker
Alexander Baxter
Daniel Bywater
Charles Dowdall
Leah Glover
Will Hall
Sannlia Hla
Ompratham Kamath
Anja Knight
Haider Malik
Maria Mioduszewska
Benjamin Norris
Leslie Nwokoloh
Mya Pannu
David Pappalettera
Finley Ramowski
Kate Rodden
James Sehat
Hukam Sethi
Maya Srinivasan
Alexander Wight
Daniel Wilding
Sienna Woods
Michelle Xu
FOUNDATION & EXAMINATION SCHOLARS
All awards at GCSE level are made based on their GCSE results and Foundation Awards (a tie or pin) are awarded at the nearest Assembly to Speech Day. Points are awarded as per the ‘number grade’ awarded in the exam (9 grade = 9 points etc) with nearly all subjects now on the new number grading system. For the few subjects still on letter grades the points awarded will be as follows. Points criteria: A* = 8 points, A = 7 points, B = 6 points, C = 4 points etc.
Samuel Maples’ Scholars:
• The School Officers are awarded a book token.
Sir Thomas White’s Scholars:
• Students who have achieved an average points score of 8.5 or more in their GCSE results are awarded a book token and a Foundation Award.
Dame Agnes Mellers’ Scholars:
• Students who have achieved an average points score of more than 8.0 but less than 8.5 are awarded a book token and a Foundation Award.
GCSE Examination Scholars:
• Students who have achieved an average points score of more than 7.5 but less than 8.0, or who have a full set of exams at A/7 grades or better are awarded a Foundation Award.
A Level Examination Scholars:
• New Awards - Students who achieve at least 3 A* or As at A Level and who were not awarded a Foundation Award two years ago for their GCSE results are awarded a Foundation Award.
• Re-awards - Students who achieve at least 3 A* or As at A Level and who were awarded a Foundation Award two years ago for their GCSE results are reawarded their Foundation Award.
Samuel Maples' Scholars
Bea Hagues
William Mason (Head Girl) (Head Boy)
Nitha Karthik Sangita Madhusudan Isla Spedding (Deputy Head Girl) (Deputy Head Girl) (Deputy Head Girl)
Akhil Bollina
Sam Mack
Charles Prestwich (Deputy Head Boy) (Deputy Head Boy) (Deputy Head Boy)
Sir Thomas White’s Scholars
Hussein Abdelalim
Ahmed Al-Kaisi
Noor Al-Qamachi
Tom Armour
Freddie Baker
Elyssa Banerjea
Anya Bansal
Anagi Bartholomeuz
Imogen Baseley
Samuel Bromley
Saketh Chinta
Emily David
Connie Hargreaves
Saad Jadoon
Chloe Jones
Mustafa Khan
Anika Khanna
James King
Laura Maddison
Faris Malik
Dame Agnes Mellers’ Scholars
Ayotunde Adewoye*
Mariam Arshad
Nicole Bains
Scarlett Bateman
Daniel Benjamin
Ione Bhatia
Eloïse Chita
Alex Clements
Ethan Corne
Noah Goldman
Adit Goyal
Alice Hartley
Elize Hartzer
Luq Hobbs-Iskandar
Maia Hunter
Khadija Hussain
Thales Iliadis
Malika John
GCSE 2024 Examination Scholars
James Black
Zak Brooks
Sean Cao
Ben Chadwick
James Crawley
Wyatt Dixon
Aqil Ikmal*
Kurun Johal
Robin Kachhia
Ashar Khan
Zaid Khan
Diya Mahmood*
Humairah
Mohammed Rafi
Priya Mann
Matthew Mioduszewski
Marcus Mok
Zuhayr Nabil
Holly Palmer
Amelie Patel
Treya Patel
Hamza Pathan
Mysha Rana
Anna Ratan
Nathan Samuel
Sasmeet Satyam
Vyom Sharma
YanChen Wang
Harry Whitehead
Roberta Williams
Esme Winter
Josh Zhang
Shane Zhao
Ayush Karwal
Fred Lindsay
Leela Mokashi
Gracey Mungai
William Okenwa
Tanvi Parida
Henna Quraishi
Maddie Robson
Taran Sabarinathan
Harry Simmonds
Nishaan Singh
Michael Syme-Grant
George Tranter
Emily Veale
Aoife Watson
Matthew Moran
Chino Nwaiwu*
Daisy Parkinson
Jaydee Pongpaibul
Ravneet Purewal
Rafe Renton
Sanvi Sharma
A Level 2024 Examination Scholars - New Awards
Chloe Po
Abdul Syed
Nathan Sood-Patel
George Turton
Eshaal Yasir
Re-awards
Jane Abercrombie
Zayan Baig
Otto Bajwa
Greenwood
Orlando Baker
Rohan Banerjea
Anna Barsham
Manav Basra
Manraaj Basra
Lucy Bateman
Noah Bhatia
Isaac Bromley
Joe Burton
Yusuf Butt
Adam Carreyette
Tom Cawdron
Jacob Corne
* Left summer 2024
Fin Cullen Draper
Ansh Desai
Callum Digva
Patrick Dillon
Jack Downey
Fraser Duffy
Mya Edwards
Hannah French
Yana Gandhi
Tom Gornall
Muskan Goyal
Frankie Gratton-Fisher
Jake Greenhalgh
Tom Herbert
Vimu
Hewakandamby
Emily Ho
India Jackson
Ria Johnson
Rayan Kapur
Abeeha Khan
Gauri Khanna
Caleb Lindsay
Azaan Mahmood
Rayan Mahmood
Krrish Mehrotra
Sehas Mestrige
Krystal Mungai
Hannah Poyser
Ellie Regan
Lucy Rich
Millie Rodger
Thomas Rood
Anjali Saaj
Ujesh Sakariya
Samin Sarker
Saahat Satyam
Rohan Sharma
Marcus Smart
Arnav Sovani
Aaron Stringer
Preeti Thomas
Tom Threlfall
Luca Vergari
Soph Walker
Lottie Wang
Olivia Whiston-Riley
Sarah Whittamore
ENTRANCE SCHOLARS
Sir Thomas White’s Entrance Scholars 2024-25
Leavers
Zayan Baig
Orlando Baker*
Rohan Banerjea
Lucy Bateman
Isaac Bromley
Oliver Bullough
Rosa Ellis-Ryan
Muskan Goyal*
Gauri Khanna
Year 13
Elliott Abbott*
Phoebe Forward
Katie Gardner
William Harwood*
Nihita Prakash
Abubaker Targoni
Year 12
Tom Armour
Elyssa Banerjea
Saketh Chinta
Ashar Khan
Anika Khanna
Priya Mann*
Matthew Mioduszewski
Marcus Mok
Tanvi Parida
Treya Patel
Harry Simmonds*
Year 11
Francesca Abbott*
Henry Bashforth
Daniel Bywater
Nathan Chita*
Asha Dire
Rahul Jeyanand
Maria Mioduszewska
Danijo Omojayogbe
David Pappalettera
Kavin Rangaraj
Maya Srinivasan
Alex Wight
Year 10
Grace Berry
Tom Chen
Ben Cox-Brown
Emma Gorton
Khushi Goyal*
Daisy Hillery
Rumaysah Ige
Marcus Jamnadas-Khoda
Gautham Lakshmipathy
Evan Lam
Eva Mills
Tanish Paul
* Founder’s Day
Representative Scholars
Year 9
Samia Al Sadi
Dimithi Bartholomeuz
Sophie Blundell
Chloe Cavan
Ashana De Silva
Senith Gunarathne
Sadaqat Islam
Hattie Jamieson*
Varsha Jeyakanthan
Ebu Nwaiwu*
Lily Rodden
Hattie Spedding
Elizabeth Zhang
Year 8
Neha Bodiwala*
Ishani Deepak
Harald Feldmann
Issy Gajree
Maya Ghani
Alexander Jamnadas-Khoda
Tanvi Khanna
Harry Langlois
Daisy Mean
Kunarathan Parameswaran*
Clemmie Rennoldson
Edoardo Senin
Katherine Zhu
A LEVEL RESULTS
The following students passed at Advanced Level in the General Certificate of Education examinations in Summer 2024:
* = Grade A / A* pass at Advanced Level
* = Grade A / A* in Extended Project Qualification
Ahmad Abdelalim Bi* Ch* Ec
Jane Abercrombie Ma* FM* Co Ph*
Freya Acheson Bi* Ch Py*
Oliver Aikens Ec* Gg Po*
Maha Alam Bi Py* RS
Zayan Baig Ch* Ma* FM* Co*
Max Bailey Bi Ch Gg
Otto Bajwa En* Po* Hi* EPQ*
Greenwood
Orlando Baker Ma* FM* Ph* Sp*
Pranav Bakshi Ch Ma* FM Ph EPQ
Shloak Bakshi Ec Ma Ph EPQ
Naveen Bala Bi Ch Co*
Rohan Banerjea Ec* Ma* FM* Ph*
Anna Barsham Ch* Ma* FM* Ph*
Manav Basra Ec* Gg* Ma* FM*
Manraaj Basra Bi* Ch* Ma*
Lucy Bateman Bi* Ch* Hi*
Thomas Bavin Bi Ec* Gg
Emily Besley Ch Ma* FM Ph
Noah Bhatia Bi* Ch* PE*
Isaac Bromley Bi* Ch* Ma* FM* EPQ*
Oliver Bullough Ch* Ma FM Ph*
KEY:
Ar Art; Bi Biology; Ch Chemistry; Cc Classical Studies; Co Computer Science; Dr Drama and Theatre; DT Design Engineering; Ec Economics; Eg English Language; En English Literature; EPQ Extended Project; FM Further Mathematics; Fr French; Ge German; Gg Geography; Hi History; La Latin; Ma Mathematics; Mu Music; PE Physical Education; Ph Physics; Po Politics; Py Psychology; RS Religious Studies; Sp Spanish
Joe Burton Bi* Ch* Co*
Edward Butler Ec Gg* Ma
Yusuf Butt Bi* Ch* Ma* EPQ
Elise Campbell DT* Ma Ph
Deborah Campbell Ritchie Ch* Ma* Ph EPQ*
Adam Carreyette Bi* Ch* Ma* FM*
Tom Cawdron Ch* Ec* Ma* FM* EPQ
Aman Chahal Ec Gg Po
Izzi Chalmers Bi Gg* PE* EPQ*
Alec Cheesman Ec Hi* Ma
Joshua Chiziwa Ec* Gg PE
Ali Choudhry Bi* Ch* Gg
Jacob Corne Ec* Hi* Ma* FM*
Fin Cullen Draper Bi* Ec* En* EPQ*
Lohit Deepak Bi Ch Eg
Justin Dennison Ec* Ma PE
Ansh Desai Ma* FM* Co* Ph* EPQ
Callum Digva Ec* Ma* FM* Ph*
Patrick Dillon Ma* FM Co* Ph*
Jack Downey Ec* Po* Ma* FM*
Fraser Duffy Dr* Hi* RS*
Mya Edwards Ch* Ec* Ma*
Rosa Ellis-Ryan En* Po Hi* EPQ*
Leon Elliss Ec Fr Ge* Ma
Ishan Feroz Bi Ch Hi*
Hannah French Bi* Ch* Ma*
Ria Gandhi Ec* Ma* FM* Py* EPQ*
Yana Gandhi Bi Ch Py EPQ
Toyan Garland Bi Py PE
Dillan Gill Ec Eg Gg
Tom Gornall Bi* Ch* RS* EPQ
Muskan Goyal Bi* En* Sp* EPQ*
Frankie Gratton-Fisher Bi* Ch* PE*
Amelia Green En Po* Hi*
Jake Greenhalgh Bi* Ch* PE*
Matthew Gregory Ch Ma Ph
Stanley Hardy Ch Ma FM Ph
Tom Herbert Ch* Ma* FM* Ph*
Vimu
Hewakandamby Ch* Ma* FM* Ph*
Emily Ho Ch* Ma* FM* Ph
Eddie Holmes Ec* Gg* Ma
Ewan Horsburgh Bi Ch Hi*
Phoebe
Humberstone En Hi Co
Isak Ibrahim Bi En Po
Jayeola Ilimezekhe Ec En Ma
Feni Irimiya Bi Ch* RS*
India Jackson En* Ge* Ma*
Louis Jackson Ma Co Ph
Zara Jessa Bi* Ch Py* EPQ*
Ria Johnson Ar* Ma* FM* Ph*
Isabel Jones Ec* Hi RS
Saachi Kanaiya Ch Ec Ma
Rayan Kapur Bi* Ch* Ph*
Abeeha Khan Bi* Ch* RS* EPQ*
Gauri Khanna Ec* Ma* FM* Sp* EPQ*
Freddie Lees Dr* Ec* Hi
Joshua Leivers Ec* Hi Ma
Emma Leu Ec* En* Hi
Caleb Lindsay Ma* FM Co* Ph*
Joe Mackley Ec* Gg* Ma
Azaan Mahmood Bi* Ch* Gg*
Rayan Mahmood Bi* Ch* Ma*
Aaron Mathew Bi Ch Gg
Krrish Mehrotra Ec* Gg* Ma* FM*
William Merritt Ec* En Ma* FM
Sehas Mestrige DT* Ma* Ph*
Christopher Molife Dr Fr Hi
Vuyo Mukange Ch Ma Ph
Krystal Mungai Ec* Gg* Ma* FM
Luke Peacock Ec Gg Ma
Chloe Po Bi* Ch* Ec* EPQ*
Hannah Poyser Ch* Ma* FM* Ph*
Maryam Quraishi Bi* Ch Py*
Izma Qureshi Bi* Ch Ma EPQ*
Ellie Regan Ec* En* Po*
Lucy Rich Bi* Ch* Ma* FM*
Millie Rodger En* Gg* Py*
Thomas Rood Bi* Ec* Ma*
Anjali Saaj CC* Hi* RS*
Ujesh Sakariya Ec* Ma* FM* Co*
Samin Sarker Ch* Ma* FM Ph*
Saahat Satyam Ch* Ec* Ma* FM*
Sanju Sewdyall Ec Ma Ph
Rohan Sharma Ch* Ec* Ma* FM* EPQ*
Ben Shaw Bi Eg Ph*
Grace Simpson Ar* Eg Py
Jagpal Singh Gg Ma Ph
Harrison Skinner Bi DT Py
Jacob Slater Ch Hi* Py EPQ
Marcus Smart Ec* Gg* Hi*
Arnav Sovani Ch* Ma* FM* Ph*
Dean Stapleton Ec Eg Gg
Aaron Stringer CC* Ec* Po* EPQ*
Abdul Syed Bi* Ch* Ma*
Preeti Thomas Ar* Bi* Hi*
Tom Threlfall Bi* Gg* PE*
Alex Turnbull Bi Gg* Ge*
Luca Vergari Bi* Ch* Ma*
Angel Viglo Bi Ch* Ma*
Soph Walker Ch* Ma* FM* Ph* EPQ*
Millie Walster Fr Ge* Ma
Lottie Wang Bi* Ch* En*
Andrew Warren-Smith Gg Ma Ph
William Wastell Bi* Ch Py*
Olivia Whiston-Riley Bi* Ch* Gg* EPQ*
Sarah Whittamore Eg* Hi* PE*
Lucy Willis Fr Po* Hi* Ma EPQ*
Zurain Zainab Bi* Ch* Ma EPQ
DESTINATION OF SIXTH FORM LEAVERS
Course Summary
Oxbridge - 5 students
Applying 2025 – 5 students
University – 122 students
Business Management Administration 3 students
Computer Science 5 students
Engineering/Technology 16 students
English 4 students
Languages 1 students
Law 9 students
Maths 3 students
Medicine/Dentistry 20 students
Science 10 students
Psychology 4 students
Ahmad Abdelalim University of Southampton Medicine (2025 entry)
Jane Claire Abercrombie University of Warwick Physics
Freya Acheson Newcastle University Psychology
Oliver Aikens University of Bath Politics and International Relations with professional placement or study abroad
Maha Alam University of Warwick Psychology
Mirza Mohammad Imperial College London Computing
Zayan Baig
Max Bailey University of Birmingham Biomedical Sciences
Otto Bajwa Greenwood University of Cambridge English
Orlando Thomas
Crusz Baker
Pranav Bakshi
Imperial College London Mechanical Engineering
Loughborough University Computer Science
Shloak Bakshi Nottingham Trent University Mechanical Engineering (with Foundation Year) FT
Naveen Bala University of Valencia Dentistry
Rohan Banerjea University of Warwick Economics
Anna Jane Barsham
The University of Edinburgh Astrophysics
Manavjot Singh Basra University of Warwick Economics
Manraaj Basra University of Sheffield Medicine
Lucy Grace Bateman Newcastle University Medicine and Surgery
Thomas Bavin University of Nottingham Finance, Accounting and Management
Emily Anna Besley University of York Mathematics
Noah Bhatia University of Leeds Medicine
Isaac James Bromley The University of Edinburgh Veterinary Medicine
Oliver Charles Bullough University of Warwick Philosophy
Joseph Daniel Burton University of Leicester Medicine
Edward James Butler University of Liverpool Economics
Yusuf Butt Hull York Medical School Medicine
Elise Mya Campbell University of York Robotic Engineering
Deborah Ruth University of Nottingham Mechanical Engineering
Campbell Ritchie including an Integrated Study Abroad Year
Adam Carreyette University of Cambridge Natural Sciences
Tom Cawdron London School of Economics Mathematics with Data Science and Political Science, University of London
Aman Chahal Nottingham Trent University Business Management and Economics
Isabelle Chalmers University of Liverpool Marketing with a Year in Industry
Alec Lewis Cheesman University of Birmingham International Development and Politics
Joshua Chiziwa William Penn University, Iowa Business Management
Ali Choudhry Reapplying for 2025 Entry
Jacob Corne University of Warwick Economics
Finlay Stewardson University of Glasgow Common Law
Cullen Draper
Lohitaksh Deepak Nottingham Trent University Law with Business
Justin Peter Dennison University of Sheffield Business Management and Economics
Ansh Desai Loughborough University Computer Science and Mathematics
Callum Digva University of Nottingham Civil Engineering including an Industrial Year
Patrick Dillon Loughborough University Computer Science
Jack Battisti Downey Imperial College London Economics, Finance and Data Science
Fraser Duffy Newcastle University Law
Mya Edwards Ernst and Young Degree Apprenticehip
Rosa Ellis-Ryan UCL English (University College London)
Leon Robert Elliss University of Warwick German and Economics
Ishan Kasim Feroz Reapplying for 2025 Entry
Hannah French Hull York Medical School Medicine
Ria Gandhi Liverpool John Moores Psychology University
Yana Gandhi UCL Economics (University College London)
Toyan Michael Manchester Sport and Exercise Science
Paul Garland Metropolitan University with Foundation Year
Dillan Singh Kahlon Gill University of Leicester Business and Management
Thomas Christopher University of Leeds Medicine Gornall
Muskan Goyal University of Oxford Law with Spanish Law
Francesca Anne Reapplying for 2025 Entry Gratton-Fisher
Amelia Green University of York Law
Jake Greenhalgh University of Liverpool Medicine
Matthew Gregory University of Nottingham Chemical Engineering
Stanley Hardy University of Leeds Theoretical Physics
Tomas Edward Herbert The University of Edinburgh Physics
Vimukthi Rahal University of Manchester Physics with Theoretical Physics
Hewakandamby
Emily Wei-Ying Ho University of Bristol Aerospace Engineering
Edward Mark Holmes University of Leeds Economics
Ewan Alexander Horsburgh Newcastle University Biomedical Sciences
Phoebe May Humberstone University of Reading English Literature and Film
Isak Ibrahim Cardiff University International Relations and Politics
Omojayeola Bernard Reapplying for 2025 Entry
Ilimezekhe
Feni Oluwadamilola Irimiya Swansea University Applied Medical Sciences
India Alex Jackson University of Warwick Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE)
Louis Alec Jackson University of Liverpool Mechanical Engineering
Zara Jessa University of Sheffield Dental Surgery
Ria Treasa Johnson UCL Biomedical Engineering (University College London)
Isabel Anna Jones Newcastle University History
Saachi Kanaiya University of Leicester Economics
Rayan Navya Kapur UCL Medicine (6 years) (University College London)
Abeeha Nabeel Khan University of Nottingham Medicine
Gauri Khanna London School of Economics Philosophy, Politics and Economics and Political Science, University of London
Freddie Lees Newcastle University Marketing and Management
Joshua Leivers Reapplying for 2025 Entry
Emma Leu King’s College London, International Development University of London with a Year Abroad
Caleb Christopher Lindsay University of Sheffield Computer Science
Joseph John Mackley University of Sheffield Economics
Mohammed Rayan University of Birmingham Medicine
Mahmood
Mohammed Azaan University of Leeds Medicine
Mahmood
Aaron Thomas Mathew University of Surrey Biomedical Science
Krrish Mehrotra Imperial College London Economics, Finance and Data Science
William James Merritt University of Sheffield Economics
Sehas Mestrige University of Bristol Mechanical Engineering
Christopher-James Molife Aberystwyth University Education/Drama & Theatre
Vuyo Mukange Queen’s University Belfast Aerospace Engineering
Krystal Mungai University of Bath Economics
Luke Peacock University of Nottingham Geography BSc
Shu Ying Po UCL Pharmacy (University College London)
Hannah Ellen Poyser Imperial College London Chemical Engineering
Maryam Quraishi Queen Mary University Psychology with a Year Abroad of London
Izma Qureshi University of Sheffield Medicine
Eleanor Regan University of Bristol Law
Lucy Willow Rich University of Cambridge Medicine
Amelia Jessamy Rodger University of Manchester Geography
Thomas Rood Loughborough University Economics
Anjali Saaj University of Oxford Law
Ujesh Mahendra University of Manchester Computer Science
Kumar Sakariya
Samin Mahmud Sarker University of Warwick Engineering
Saahat Satyam UCL Economics (University College London)
Himal Sanju Sewdyall University of Leicester Economics
Rohan Sharma UCL Economics (University College London)
Benjamin Shaw Bangor University Marine Biology
Grace Simpson University of Leeds English Language and Linguistics
Jagpal Singh Liverpool John Civil Engineering Moores University
Harrison Skinner Employment
Jacob Slater University of Nottingham Politics and International Relations
Marcus Smart University of Leeds Geography
Arnav Sovani Imperial College London Mechanical Engineering
Dean James Stapleton University of Exeter Law with Business
Aaron Miel River Stringer King’s College London, Philosophy, Politics and Economics University of London
Abdul Wasay Yasir Syed Reapplying for 2025 Entry
Preeti Hannah Thomas UCL Architecture (University College London)
Thomas Edward Threlfall University of Nottingham Sport and Exercise Science
Alex Turnbull University of Exeter Zoology
Luca Vergari University of Nottingham Medicine (2025 entry)
Angel Yayrah Viglo University of Valencia Dentistry
Sophia Elle Walker Durham University Natural Sciences
Millie Walster University of Sheffield Linguistics and Modern Languages & Cultures
Charlotte Zixin Wang University of Nottingham Pharmacy
Andrew Warren-Smith Newcastle University Civil Engineering
William Wastell Swansea University Applied Medical Sciences
Olivia Jane Whiston-Riley University of Liverpool Medicine
Sarah Jane Whittamore University of Leeds Law
Lucy Charlotte Willis The University of Edinburgh History
Zurain Zainab University of Sunderland Medicine
GCSE RESULTS
The following pupils passed GCSE at Grade 4/5 (Grade C) or above. An asterisk denotes that a pupil passed at Grade 7-9 (Grade A* or A) in seven or more subjects.
Name No.of passes
Hussein Abdelalim
Ayotunde Adewoye
Ahmed Al-Kaisi
Myal Anwar
Tom Armour
Mariam Arshad
Elyssa Banerjea
Anya Bansal
Anagi Bartholomeuz
Bateman
Daniel Benjamin
Bhandal
Armaan Bhattal
James Black
Samuel Bromley
Zak Brooks
Jacob Broomhead
Max Brown
Ben Chadwick
Saketh Chinta
Eloïse Chita
Alfie Cooper
James Crawley
Wyatt Dixon
Euan Dodd
Rayhan Don
Grady
Hargreaves
Hartley
Hobbs-Iskandar
Hussain
Ibrahim
Ikmal
Thales Iliadis
Jadoon
Johal
John
Johns
Jones
Robin Kachhia 10*
Ayush Karwal
Kaur
Ahmed Khan
Ashar Khan
Mustafa Khan
Zaid Khan
Anika Khanna 10*
James King 10*
Mandip Leihal
Name No.of passes
Fred Lindsay 10*
Will Mackley 9
Laura Maddison 10*
Diya Mahmood 10*
Faris Malik 10*
Priya Mann 10*
Lisa Mathur 9
Imogen McElhone 9
Matthew Mioduszewski 10*
Marcus Mok 10*
Leela Mokashi 10*
Matthew Moran 10*
Gracey Mungai 10*
Damayanti Muthalagappan 10*
Zuhayr Nabil 10*
Chino Nwaiwu 10*
William Okenwa 10*
Holly Palmer 10*
Marley Parejo 9
Tanvi Parida 10*
Daisy Parkinson 10*
Treya Patel 10*
Hamza Pathan 10*
Fletcher Phoenix 10*
Jaydee Pongpaibul 10*
Ravneet Purewal 9*
Henna Quraishi 10*
Mysha Rana 11*
Anna Ratan 10*
Rafe Renton 10*
Maddie Robson 10*
Taran Sabarinathan 10*
Nathan Samuel 10*
Name No.of passes
Arun Sandhu 10
Sasmeet Satyam 10*
Sanvi Sharma 10*
Vyom Sharma 10*
Harry Simmonds 10*
Nishaan Singh 10*
Nathan Sood-Patel 10*
Michael Syme-Grant 10*
Lilly Taylor 9*
Arjun Thiara 9
Sahibdeep Thiara 10*
George Tranter 10*
George Turton 10*
Emily Veale 10*
Azaria Viglo 10* Charlie Walsh 9
YanChen Wang 10* Harry Whitehead 10*
Roberta Williams 10*
Esme Winter 10*
Lucy Wraighte 9
Josh Zhang 10*
Amay Zindal 10
NATIONAL LEVEL SUCCESSES
Isaac Bromley Biology Gold British Biology Olympiad 2024
Adam Carreyette Biology Gold British Biology Olympiad 2024
Ben Shaw Biology Gold British Biology Olympiad 2024
Muskan Goyal Biology Silver British Biology Olympiad 2024
Akhil Bollina Biology Gold Biology Intermediate Olympiad
Charlie Butler Biology Gold Biology Intermediate Olympiad
Ollie Hustwayte Biology Gold Biology Intermediate Olympiad
Zainab Malik Biology Gold Biology Intermediate Olympiad
William Mao Biology Gold Biology Intermediate Olympiad
Reuben Tao Biology Gold Biology Intermediate Olympiad
Kaavya Velmurugan Biology Gold Biology Intermediate Olympiad
Ivy Zhang Biology Gold Biology Intermediate Olympiad
Ayesha Anjbeen Biology Silver Biology Intermediate Olympiad
Alex James Barish Biology Silver Biology Intermediate Olympiad
Krish Kumar Bassi Biology Silver Biology Intermediate Olympiad
Sienna Brooks-Lee Biology Silver Biology Intermediate Olympiad
Sai Charan Kotturu Biology Silver Biology Intermediate Olympiad
Noha Nassr Biology Silver Biology Intermediate Olympiad
Nihita Prakash Biology Silver Biology Intermediate Olympiad
Stacey Wilson Biology Silver Biology Intermediate Olympiad
Isha Yadlapalli Biology Silver Biology Intermediate Olympiad
Omar Amsha Biology Bronze Biology Intermediate Olympiad
Soraya Ebrahimian Biology Bronze Biology Intermediate Olympiad
Nitha Karthik Biology Bronze Biology Intermediate Olympiad
Mariam Mansoor Biology Bronze Biology Intermediate Olympiad
Lucas Baker Biology Gold Biology Challenge
Nathan Chita Biology Gold Biology Challenge
Lulu Ikeagwuani Biology Gold Biology Challenge
Maya Srinivasan Biology Gold Biology Challenge
Evelyn Acharya Biology Silver Biology Challenge
Daniel Bywater Biology Silver Biology Challenge
Leah Glover Biology Silver Biology Challenge
Saharsh Magham Biology Silver Biology Challenge
Mya Pannu Biology Silver Biology Challenge
Kate Rodden Biology Silver Biology Challenge
James Sehat Biology Silver Biology Challenge
Dan Wilding Biology Silver Biology Challenge
Asha Dire Biology Bronze Biology Challenge
David Pappalettera Biology Bronze Biology Challenge
Sienna Woods Biology Bronze Biology Challenge
Rujula Anand Chemistry Silver RSC Olympiad
Ayesha Anjbeen Chemistry Bronze RSC Olympiad
Mirza Mohammad Chemistry Gold RSC Olympiad
Zayan Baig
Namit Batra Chemistry Bronze RSC Olympiad
Akhil Bollina Chemistry Silver RSC Olympiad
James Bowden Chemistry Silver RSC Olympiad
Isaac Bromley Chemistry Gold RSC Olympiad
Sienna Brooks-Lee Chemistry Bronze RSC Olympiad
Adam Carreyette Chemistry Gold RSC Olympiad
Cassius Gregory Chemistry Silver RSC Olympiad
Ewan Horsburgh Chemistry Silver RSC Olympiad
Nitha Karthik Chemistry Participation RSC Olympiad
Shayaan Kazi Chemistry Bronze RSC Olympiad
Sai Kotturu Chemistry Silver RSC Olympiad
Sarah Lai Chemistry Bronze RSC Olympiad
Mariam Mansoor Chemistry Silver RSC Olympiad
William Mao Chemistry Silver RSC Olympiad
Noha Nassr Chemistry Silver RSC Olympiad
Hannah Poyser Chemistry Gold RSC Olympiad
Shlok Sahu Bhansali Chemistry Gold RSC Olympiad
Cholan Sundar Chemistry Bronze RSC Olympiad
Kaavya Velmurugan Chemistry Silver RSC Olympiad
Esther Wattis Chemistry Silver RSC Olympiad
Susan Xie Chemistry Bronze RSC Olympiad
Ivy Zhang Chemistry Silver RSC Olympiad
Georgia Acheson Chemistry Silver Cambridge Challenge
Rujula Anand Chemistry Silver Cambridge Challenge
Ayesha Anjbeen Chemistry Copper Cambridge Challenge
Alexandra Arlachova Chemistry Copper Cambridge Challenge
Hitesh Arora Chemistry Silver Cambridge Challenge
Alex Barish Chemistry Gold Cambridge Challenge
Namit Batra Chemistry Copper Cambridge Challenge
Akhil Bollina Chemistry Gold Cambridge Challenge
James Bowden Chemistry Gold Cambridge Challenge
Sienna Brooks-Lee Chemistry Copper Cambridge Challenge
Annelise French Chemistry Gold Cambridge Challenge
Cassius Gregory Chemistry Silver Cambridge Challenge
Nitha Karthik Chemistry Participation Cambridge Challenge
Shayaan Kazi Chemistry Silver Cambridge Challenge
Sai Kotturu Chemistry Gold Cambridge Challenge
Kapil Krishanand Chemistry Silver Cambridge Challenge
Chloe Kwa Chemistry Participation Cambridge Challenge
Sarah Lai Chemistry Copper Cambridge Challenge
Zainab Malik Chemistry Copper Cambridge Challenge
Mariam Mansoor Chemistry Silver Cambridge Challenge
William Mao Chemistry Gold Cambridge Challenge
Syed Naqvi Chemistry Copper Cambridge Challenge
Nihita Prakash Chemistry Participation Cambridge Challenge
Shlok Sahu Bhansali Chemistry Gold Cambridge Challenge
Nikhil Sanghera Chemistry Copper Cambridge Challenge
Isla Spedding Chemistry Silver Cambridge Challenge
Kaavya Velmurugan Chemistry Gold Cambridge Challenge
Esther Wattis Chemistry Silver Cambridge Challenge
Stacey Wilson Chemistry Copper Cambridge Challenge
Susan Xie Chemistry Silver Cambridge Challenge
Isha Yadlapalli Chemistry Copper Cambridge Challenge
Ivy Zhang Chemistry Participation Cambridge Challenge
Abigail Cusack Computer Junior BEBRAS Computing Challenge Science Best In School
Ives Lau Computer Intermediate BEBRAS Computing Challeng Science Best In School
Jaydee Computer Senior BEBRAS Computing Challeng
PongPaibul Science Best In School
Zayan Baig Computer Elite BEBRAS Computing Challenge Science Best In School
Harry Langlois Computer Junior 1st Oxford University Computing Science Competition
Abigail Cusack Computer Junior 2nd Oxford University Computing Science Competition
Ibraheem Moussa Computer Junior 3rd Oxford University Computing Science Competition
Ives Lau Computer Intermediate Oxford University Computing Science 1st Competition
Senith Gunarathne Computer Intermediate Oxford University Science 2nd Computing Competition
Arran Willis Computer Intermediate Oxford University Science 3rd Computing Competition
Mysha Rana Computer Senior Oxford University Science 1st Computing Competition
Junqi Zhang Computer Senior Oxford University Science 2nd Computing Competition
Jaydee Pongpaibul Computer Senior Oxford University Science 3rd Computing Competition
William Harwood Computer Elite 1st Oxford University Science Computing Competition
Zayan Baig Computer Elite 2nd Oxford University Science Computing Competition
Danny Guha Computer Eilte 3rd Oxford University Science Computing Competition
Harry Langlois Computer 2nd Nationally OUCC National Finals Science
William Harwood Computer 4th Nationally OUCC National Finals Science
Ives Lau Computer 9th Nationally OUCC National Finals Science
William Harwood Computer Gold Award British Algorithmic Olympiad Science
William Harwood Computer Finalist British Informatics Olympiad Science
Isaac Rosewell, Computer 2nd Nationally Cyber Explorers Cup
Ives Lau, Science Benjamin Bryan-Bennett, Ebu Nwaiwu
Junqi Zhang, Computer Distinction Perse team coding challenge
Marcus Mok, Science
Ives Lau
Freddie Baker Computer Runner Up British ESports Student champs Science
Aaron Stringer Computer Runner Up British ESports Student champs Science
Nishaan Singh Computer Runner Up British ESports Student champs Science
Aaron Mathew Computer Runner Up British ESports Student champs Science
Daniel Evans Computer Participation British ESports Student champs Science
Stephen De Brito Computer Participation British ESports Student champs Science
Devam Kumar Computer Participation British ESports Student champs Science
Alec Sehat History Runner Up Historical Association’s Great Debate
Luke Sharples History Regional Historical Association’s Great Debate Finalist
Harry Whitehead History Regional Historical Association’s Great Debate Finalist William Harwood
Josh Zhang
Em Abbott
Danny Guha
Round 1
Round 1
Round 1
Ives Lau Maths Merit
William Mao Maths Merit
William Harwood Maths Distinction
Josh Zhang Maths Merit
Phoebe Forward Maths Distinction
Rujula Anand Maths Merit
Ayesha Anjbeen Maths Merit
Bea Hagues Maths Merit
Chole Kwa Maths Merit
Noha Nassr Maths Merit
British Mathematical Olympiad Round 1
British Mathematical Olympiad Round 1
British Mathematical Olympiad Round 2
British Mathematical Olympiad Round 2
Mathematical Olympiad for Girls
Mathematical Olympiad for Girls
Mathematical Olympiad for Girls
Mathematical Olympiad for Girls
Mathematical Olympiad for Girls
Mathematical Olympiad for Girls
Josh Zhang Maths Distinction Intermidate Mathematical Olympiad
Senith Gunarathne Maths Distinction Intermidate Mathematical Olympiad
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Em Abbott Maths Gold
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Zayan Baig Maths Gold
Orlando Baker Maths Gold
Rohan Banerjea Maths Gold
Tom Cawdron Maths Gold
Jacob Corne Maths Gold
Ansh Desai Maths Gold
Patrick Dillon Maths Gold
Daniel Guha Maths Gold
William Harwood Maths Gold
Vimukthi Maths Gold
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Sebastian Hope Maths Gold
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Chloe Kwa Maths Gold
Ives Lau Maths Gold
William Mao Maths Gold
Saahat Satyam Maths Gold
Rohan Sharma Maths Gold
Josh Zhang Maths Gold
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Hussein Abdelalim Maths Gold Intermediate Mathematical Challenge
Ayotunde Adewoye Maths Gold Intermediate Mathematical Challenge
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Mariam Arshad Maths Gold Intermediate Mathematical Challenge
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Rumaysah Ige Maths Gold Intermediate Mathematical Challenge
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Evan Lam Maths Gold Intermediate Mathematical Challenge
Ives Lau Maths Gold Intermediate Mathematical Challenge
Haider Malik Maths Gold Intermediate Mathematical Challenge
Mateusz Maths Gold Intermediate Mathematical Challenge
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Marcus Mok Maths Gold Intermediate Mathematical Challenge
Zuhayr Nabil Maths Gold Intermediate Mathematical Challenge
Benjamin Norris Maths Gold Intermediate Mathematical Challenge
Chinomso Nwaiwu Maths Gold Intermediate Mathematical Challenge
Danijo Omojayogbe Maths Gold Intermediate Mathematical Challenge
Tanvi Parida Maths Gold Intermediate Mathematical Challenge
Treya Patel Maths Gold Intermediate Mathematical Challenge
Hamza Pathan Maths Gold Intermediate Mathematical Challenge
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Mysha Rana Maths Gold Intermediate Mathematical Challenge
Nathan Samuel Maths Gold Intermediate Mathematical Challenge
YanChen Wang Maths Gold Intermediate Mathematical Challenge
Esme Winter Maths Gold Intermediate Mathematical Challenge
Josh Zhang Maths Gold Intermediate Mathematical Challenge
Daniel Ani Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Muhammad Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Bilal Ansar
Oliver Armstrong Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
William Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
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Neha Bodiwala Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Charlotte Chen Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Theo Chita Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Abigail Cusack Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Austin Edwards Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Oluwatomisin Fadipe Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Sannibh Ghosh Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Hannah Gill Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Leo Goodall Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Sahil Goyal Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Chloe Grayton Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Senith Gunarathne Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Yash Handa Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Al Sabih Hasan Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
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Lavanya Jain Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
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Alexander Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
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Inaya Javed Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Tanvi Khanna Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Harry Langlois Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Aman Lathia Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Cho Yan Lau Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Yuxuan Li Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
William Livingston Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Ethan Mclellan Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Daisy Mean Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Joseph Moran Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Sara Moussa Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Vusi Mukange Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Ebubechi Nwaiwu Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Flynn O’Dowd Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Aaron Pannu Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
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Adam Poon Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Amber Rathour Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Edoardo Senin Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
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Elizabeth Zhang Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Eric Zheng Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Yingye Zhu Maths Gold Junior Mathematical Challenge
Priya Mann Spanish National ISMLA (Independent Schools GCSE Winner Modern Language Association) Creative Writing Competition
Ascanio Adriani German KS3 National ISMLA (Independent Schools Winner Modern Language Association)
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Daisy Mean French KS3 Highly ISMLA (Independent Schools Commended Modern Language Association)
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Alexandra German Highly ISMLA (Independent Schools
Arlachova A Level Commended Modern Language Association)
Creative Writing Competition
Kavian Moghadam Spanish Regional Winner Anthea Bell Translation Level 1 competition, organised by Queen’s College, Oxford
Chloe Jones Italian Regional Winner Anthea Bell Translation Level 3 competition, organised by Queen’s College, Oxford
Brodie Alexander German Regional Winner Anthea Bell Translation Level 1 competition, organised by Queen’s College, Oxford
Charlotte Simmonds German Commendation Anthea Bell Translation Level 2 competition, organised by Queen’s College, Oxford
Charles Dowdall Music Participation National Youth Boys Choir
Hattie Jamieson Music Participation National Children’s Orchestra
Katharine Zhu Music Participation National Children’s Orchestra
William Harwood Physics Top Gold British Physics Olympiad (BPhO) Round 1
Vimukthi Physics Gold British Physics Olympiad (BPhO) Hewakandamby Round 1
Tom Herbert Physics Silver British Physics Olympiad (BPhO) Round 1
Arnav Sovani Physics
Bronze I British Physics Olympiad (BPhO) Round 1
Ansh Desai Physics Bronze I British Physics Olympiad (BPhO) Round 1
Oliver Bullough Physics
Bronze I British Physics Olympiad (BPhO) Round 1
Orlando Baker Physics
Shlok Sahu Bhansali Physics
Ria Johnson Physics
Anna Barsham Physics
Emily Ho Physics
Jane Abercrombie Physics
Sebastian Hope Physics
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Callum Digva Physics Commendation
William Harwood Physics Silver
British Physics Olympiad (BPhO)
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Shlok Sahu Bhansali Physics Gold Senior Physics Challenge
William Harwood Physics Gold Senior Physics Challenge
Danny Guha Physics Gold Senior Physics Challenge
Seb Hope Physics Gold Senior Physics Challenge
Reuben Tao Physics Gold Senior Physics Challenge
Cassius Gregory Physics Gold Senior Physics Challenge
Chris Mok Physics Silver Senior Physics Challenge
Jaber Thakur Physics Silver Senior Physics Challenge
Ottilie Shemilt Physics Silver Senior Physics Challenge
Susan Xie Physics Silver Senior Physics Challenge
Em Abbott Physics Silver Senior Physics Challenge
Harry Elwick Physics Silver Senior Physics Challenge
Mohammed Osman Physics Silver Senior Physics Challenge
James Roberts Physics Silver Senior Physics Challenge
Ethan Wood Physics Silver Senior Physics Challenge
Toby Clough Physics Silver Senior Physics Challenge
Shuban Physics Silver Senior Physics Challenge
Yadavakrishnan
Kamali Senthil Physics Silver Senior Physics Challenge
Kumar
Jack Lockyer Physics Silver Senior Physics Challenge
Matthew Wilding Physics Silver Senior Physics Challenge
Zail Gill Physics Silver Senior Physics Challenge
Chima Agwunobi Physics Bronze Senior Physics Challenge
Joseph Garrett Physics Bronze Senior Physics Challenge
Abubaker Targoni Physics Bronze Senior Physics Challenge
Chloe Kwa Physics Bronze Senior Physics Challenge
Mia Pestereff Physics Bronze Senior Physics Challenge
Daniel Bywater Physics Gold Junior Physics Challenge
David Pappalettera Physics Gold Junior Physics Challenge
Frederick Avison Physics Gold Junior Physics Challenge
Ben Norris Physics Gold Junior Physics Challenge
Maya Srinivasan Physics Gold Junior Physics Challenge
Joe Hooi Gray Physics Gold Junior Physics Challenge
Dan Wilding Physics Gold Junior Physics Challenge
Kate Rodden Physics Gold Junior Physics Challenge
Alexander Gill Physics Gold Junior Physics Challenge
Rishi Gouni Physics Gold Junior Physics Challenge
Lucas Baker Physics Gold Junior Physics Challenge
Nihal Singh Physics Gold Junior Physics Challenge
Kavin Rangaraj Physics Gold Junior Physics Challenge
Shaza Ahmed Physics Gold Junior Physics Challenge
Max Morgan Physics Gold Junior Physics Challenge
Alex Herbert Physics Gold Junior Physics Challenge
Linda Gu Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
James Golding Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Henry Bashforth Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Charlie Merritt Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Nabil Nassr Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Maria Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
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Adhrit Arora Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Arush Deb Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Dawood Mufti Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Sienna Woods Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Haider Malik Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
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Isaac Poyser Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Michelle Xu Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Ayaan Patel Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Emma Tao Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Emily Batchelor Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Alexander Wight Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Anja Knight Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Will Hall Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Anjali Arivan Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Lulu Ikeagwuani Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Aiyla Amin Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Alex Walton Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Finn Rathour Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Benedict Hagues Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Hashim Iqbal Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Mya Pannu Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Victoria Cooling Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Nathan Chita Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Jack Aram Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Danijo Omojayogbe Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Alfie Armstrong Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Toby Bennett Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
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Roman Elliss Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Asha Dire Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
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Edward Mellors Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Agatha Hall Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Evelyn Acharya Physics Silver Junior Physics Challenge
Sannlia Hia Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
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Jay Guha Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Niamh Carroll Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Henry Bryce Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
James Sehat Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Alex Baxter Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
William He Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
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King Zhang Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Chloe Chan Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Ben McDougall Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Lewis Lee Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Nico Bians Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Francesca Abbott Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Hukam Singh Sethi Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Kieran Brockelsby Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
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Fatima Mir Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Leah Glover Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Zain Aziz Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Umair Nazir Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Aarush Anand Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Om Kamath Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Olivia Garrett Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Leslie Nwokoloh Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Jessica Lai Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Daniel Garland Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Chloe Field Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Yuvraj Singh Nijran Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Georgia Aram Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Oren Spedding Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Matthew Gardner Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Sophie Flanagan Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Dulina Mudalige Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Oliver Drew Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Adi Jeenkeri Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Sam Cray Physics Bronze Junior Physics Challenge
Katie Gardner Cross Country Participation English Schools National Championships
Jake Greenhalgh Cross Country Participation English Schools National Championships
Oliver Bullough Cross Country Participation English Schools National Championships
Sofia Chesterfield Cross Country Participation English Schools National Championships
Katie Gardner Athletics Participation English Schools National Track & Field Championships
Sofia Chesterfield Athletics Participation English Schools National Track & Field Championships
Gabriel Oguagwu Athletics Participation English Schools National Track & Field Championships
Helena Clough Athletics Participation National Preparatory Schools U14
Cora Farell Daly Athletics Participation National Preparatory Schools U14
Josia Hendricks Athletics Participation National Preparatory Schools U14
Sara Fareed Athletics Participation National Preparatory Schools U14
Tom Threlfall Rugby Participation England U18 squad (Leicester Tigers Senior debut)
Tom Freeston Hockey Participation UK Lions U13
Charlie Hopkinson Sailing Participation International European Championships U23
Sam Grayton Sailing Participation National level Volleyball Participation England U17
Eddie Baron, Swimming U15 Medley Relay Zack Hidle, Finlay Bird, King Zhang
U16 Girls Hockey Participation National Finals Hockey Team
U14 Boys Hockey Participation National Finals Winners Hockey Team
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
Biology
RSB British Biology Olympiad
The Royal Society of Biology’s annual Biology Olympiad competition consists of two challenging online papers, which test content from both years of A-level study and beyond, across all exam boards. Students had the opportunity to take part in seminar presentations in preparation, leading in-depth discussions on biological topics, issues and discoveries. Well done to all those who took part and received awards. Our students achieved 3 Gold and 1 Silver award.
As well as this, twenty-six Year 12 students gained awards in the Royal Society of Biology Intermediate Olympiad, a one-hour paper intended as a warm-up to the main Olympiad (21 Gold-to-Bronze as well as 5 Commended). This is a fantastic achievement. These students will be able to take part in seminars in the autumn term and compete in the main Olympiad in January.
Students celebrate incredible Olympiad results
RSB Biology Challenge
The Biology Challenge is an equivalent of the Olympiad for Year 10 students. The aim of the competition is to challenge and stimulate students with an interest in Biology to expand and extend their talents. It enables students to demonstrate their knowledge and to be suitably rewarded and publicly recognised by the award of Gold, Silver and Bronze certificates. The students sat two online papers, which covered a wide variety of topics studied at GCSE and additional wider knowledge of the biological world. Our students did really well, achieving 4 Gold, 8 Silver, 3 Bronze, 2 Highly Commended and 1 Commended awards on this year’s papers. It is hoped that competing in the Biology Challenge will encourage students to continue to study this valuable, wide-ranging and rewarding subject beyond GCSE level.
Chemistry
RSC Young Analyst Competition
We were also able to run the RSC Young Analyst Competition in School this year and as a result, 6 teams of 3 Year 12 students took part in a series of Analytical Chemistry practical challenges which were then written up and sent in to the RSC. The team comprising Isha Yadlapalli, Sarah Lai and Ed Morris were marked as the Nottingham High School winners.
Cambridge Chemistry Challenge
The C3L6 Cambridge Chemistry Challenge aims to stretch and challenge students interested in chemistry and provides an excellent experience for anyone considering taking their studies further. It is designed to be accessible to Year 12 students but takes them significantly
beyond the syllabus and encourages them to think about science in the way they would at university. The paper is a genuine stretch and challenge exercise, aimed at the brightest Lower Sixth Chemists in the UK. This year, a record 32 NHS Chemists took part of which there were 10 Copper awards, 10 Silver and a fantastic 8 Gold Awards.
Top of the Bench
A change in the qualifying procedure for this competition saw a high number of Year 9, 10 and 11 students try out for a place in the Regional Heats. The winning team of Hussein Abdelalim, Leah Glover, Tom Chen and Evan Lam went on to represent Nottingham High School in the East Midlands final at the University of Derby where they pitted their wits against schools from Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire and Rutland in Chemistry Quiz then a practical challenge.
RSC Chemistry Olympiad
Each year the Royal Society of Chemistry organises a Chemistry Olympiad aimed at the most able students across the UK. This consists of a written paper of a much higher standard than AS orA2 examinations, taken in School. Highlights of these are the overall results (5 Gold, 12 Silver and 7 Bronze) which were genuinely really impressive as well as the outstanding individual performance of Shlok Sahu-Bansali who obtained a Gold Award despite only being in Year 12.
Computer Science
What a wonderful year it’s been for the Computer Science department, with many success stories from across all our year groups. In November we once again took part in the Bebras Computing Challenge, which has grown even bigger this year with national numbers of more than 400,000 students competing. Each of our teams consistently outperformed the national average, in every age category. This year was unprecedented, and we had three students get through to the final round. William Harwood in the Elite category, Ives Lau from Intermediates, and Harry Langlois from Juniors. They came 4th, 9th and 2nd respectively. Harry was invited to Oxford for the prize giving ceremony and special lunch.
Some of our KS3 students took part for the first time in the Cyber Explorers cup, a new government initiative to support teaching of key cybersecurity skills, with the aim to encourage uptake in computer science and future careers in the field. Our team came 2nd nationally which was an excellent result!
Some of our KS5 students took part in the British Algorithmic Olympiad, which was a challenging Maths and Computing competition. William Harwood (Year 12) achieved a Gold award, got through to the final, eventually coming in 4th place. William also did exceptionally well in the British Informatics Olympiad, and was invited to take part in the Cambridge finals.
Design and Technology
It has been a busy but very productive year in Design and Technology. The department continues to develop and the high quality of work which the students produce continues. This year we have had 42 GCSE projects completed with a full range potentially marketable products produced. The old favourites have had a new twist to them with the Year 7 Penny Skateboard and the Year 9 Blue Tooth Speaker project getting a revamp
for 2024. Year 8 have had fun doing some casting this year making a pendant and crafting a keepsake box developing those skills they learnt in Year 7.
At the end of last year we were lucky enough to gain an Arkwright Scholar. Matthew Wilding beat strong competition to be awarded this prestigious award, and now is being sponsored by the Royal Air Force to complete his A-Levels before moving in to an engineering-based degree program. This year’s Arkwright process has just concluded and Frederick Baker, Yanchen Wang, Marcus Mok and Mysha Rana have also been awarded a scholarship and will be attended the scholarship awards ceremony in London. In Year 8 we have had all our students being awarded the Bronze CREST award, for their successful work on the camping stove. As well as these CREST awards, students who participated in the CANSAT challenge have been awarded the Silver Industrial Cadet Award, a nationally recognised award for work in engineering and STEM.
Drama
The Drama department has had another wonderful year, full of academic and cocurricular successes. This year saw some changes in personnel with the departure of Mrs Govinden and the introduction of Mr Huntbach as the new Head of Department. Additionally, Dr Askew joined the department in Easter as Mrs Robertson began her Maternity Leave. Despite these personnel changes, the Drama department once again showcased a wide range of talents, and fostered artistic growth, creativity and selfexpression among its students. A highlight of the year was the Lower School production of ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’. This show proved so popular that an additional performance was added. The professional standards on display from the performers, the Band and the Production Team were something to be immensely proud of and set the bar high for future shows. Our A-Level Drama & Theatre students summed the show up nicely in this review:
The show opened with the four Narrators, Abi Cusack, Manuella Ayi, Charlotte Simmonds and Sophie Flanagan, who instantly hooked the audience with their stunning vocals and excellent stage presence. The four narrators clearly told the story of Joseph throughout the show whilst also maintaining high energy and beautiful harmonies. The audience were then introduced to Joseph, played by Maxwell Cooper, with the song “Any Dream Will Do” where he perfectly encapsulated Joseph’s humble yet determined nature. Another favourite from the audience was the emotional song “Close Every Door”. From the well-deserved cheers during the bows, it was clear that his performance during the show was thoroughly enjoyed by the audience. Joseph’s eleven brothers also featured heavily, often provoking intended laughs from the audience, in particular during the song “Those Canaan Days” where they adopted melancholy French accents. Another audience favourite was the Pharaoh, played by Charlie Merritt who performed an excellent Elvis impression during “Song of the King”. The Ensemble also performed beautiful vocals during many of the songs with excellent choreography with high energy and joy, which really elevated the show to the next level.
In addition, the impressive and brightly coloured set and costumes, in particular the enormous rainbow coat that filled the stage during the finale, added to the energy and joyous feel of the show. The production would not have been the same without the incredible Band who perfectly underscored the entire show.
Additionally, the year’s Studio Production was an excellent opportunity for the A-Level Drama & Theatre Studies students to direct the Lower School students in an entirely original jukebox musical entitled ‘She’s Bad News’. This review by Tam Tadious tells us more:
The story followed two new students entering the crazy world of their new school. Distinct cliques were apparent, explored through familiar songs from ‘Heathers’ and ‘Mean Girls’, creating the soundtrack to the insubordinate ‘bad’ kids, and songs from Thirteen and School of Rock becoming the harmony of the ‘good’ kids. The audience were transported into the often-daunting world of being ‘new’, and were taken on the journey of learning the value of friendship and the importance of developing meaningful, genuine connections. The cast were phenomenal: confident, talented, hilarious,
but also beautifully sensitive in moments that tugged at the heartstrings of all members of the audience. A notable mention to Zoe Flanagan, Bea Hagues and Ben Harcourt for their writing, direction and choreography, which was truly exceptional, and resulted in a wonderful production.
Curriculum performance evenings were a further highlight of the department. These allowed the school community to celebrate the fantastic work and creativity of the students at Nottingham High School. The Year 10s showcased their dramatic talents through a scripted performance evening featuring excepts from their GCSE study texts including ‘Find Me’, ‘Blackout’, ‘Girls Like That’ and ‘Adult Child Dead Child’. Some very challenging texts which were expertly explored to create innovative, physicaltheatre led performances. Additionally, the Year 13 students, drawing heavily on the performance style of Steven Berkoff, performed an extended extract of Martin McDonagh’s ‘The Pillowman’ to and invited audience of parents and an AQA Examiner. This was an extremely impressive performance - a result of the students’ talent, dedication and hard work.
In the Summer Term, the Drama department were pleased to receive an impressive array of LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) awards. Once more our students demonstrated exceptional achievement with 100% of the cohort achieving Merit or Distinction grades. Their accomplishments are a testament to their talent, dedication and hard work. We extend our appreciation to Mrs Ray, our peripatetic LAMDA teacher, whose guidance and instruction have been instrumental in our students’ success.
The year also saw students’ involvement in House Drama performances, where students from each House collaborated to present short extracts from published plays. These performances fostered healthy inter-house competition, teamwork and creativity amongst the students, creating a sense of camaraderie within each House. Huge congratulations to White’s House who were awarded the Boehm Cup for their inventive and original take on a short horror-themed script. A special mention must go to Vusi as the scary bed-sheet wearing ghost! Pro-tip: when selecting a bedsheet to wear for a ghost, do not opt for a fitted one!
The Drama department’s Cocurricular trip to London was a fast-paced but fun weekend, taking in two award-winning West End shows ‘Mrs Doubtfire’ and ‘Stranger Things’, as well as an insightful trip behind the scenes at the historical Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. This was an excellent opportunity for students across the wider school to experience the best of acclaimed live theatre. Other theatrical outings saw the KS5 cohort see Frantic Assembly’s interpretation of ‘Metamorphosis’ and Gecko Theatre’s ‘Kin’, whilst the Lower School enjoyed a visit closer to home with ‘Shrek the Musical’. It was a pleasure to see behind-the-scenes Drama activities thriving, especially during weekly Production Team lessons, led by our talented Theatre Technician, Tregi. Students learnt all about theatrical lighting, stage management, sound, set and costume design. The Production Team also enjoyed a glimpse behind the scenes of a working theatre during a
trip to the Nottingham Playhouse. Throughout the academic year, students had the opportunity to engage in a diverse range of workshops. We were pleased to welcome in professional theatre companies such as Frantic Assembly, and Highly Sprung. Year 12 and 13 were privileged to experience Gecko Theatre, opening doors to avant-garde theatre and innovative physical theatre techniques. We were pleased to welcome staff and students from The Minster School, as part of our Outreach initiative to share in this unique experience. These sessions provided a unique opportunity for students to explore unconventional approaches to theatre and to be inspired to create their own Gecko-based work for their NEA Devising project. Meanwhile, Year 10 collaborated with Frantic Assembly, a renowned theatre company celebrated for their ground-breaking physical theatre performances.
The Drama department continues to forge ahead with new and innovative approaches, whilst inspiring and empowering further generations of actors, directors, producers and theatre enthusiasts with the Nottingham High School community.
History
The History Department has been delighted to offer a wide variety of curriculum trips and extra-curricular activities this Academic year. Year 12 students visited the University of Nottingham’s Hallward Library in the Summer Term, Year 10 students experienced a WWI Day thanks to Frontline Living History, and Year 9 students commemorated Holocaust Memorial Day with a trip to Beth Shalom and a talk from survivor Hedi Argent to coincide with our study of the Holocaust. Alongside this, we have had a variety of talks from prominent Historians, with y.12 and y.13 students attending an Archives Live session with Professor Tracey Borman and the National Archives, delving into artefacts from Tudor History, as well as a talk from Nottingham Trent’s Professor Wustenberg and Dr Morton on Germany during the Cold
War to coincide with their studies. The wealth of experiences this year has truly enriched our Historian’s experience of the Department’s curriculum and beyond. It has also been great to see our students get involved with a number of competitions outside of the usual 6th Form essay competitions. This year, Nottingham High School hosted the regional heats of the Historical Association’s Great Debate. This year’s entrants were asked to research and prepare a talk on ‘Which historical place or person from your local area deserves greater recognition?’ Students from a range of local schools entered, alongside 3 of our own y.11 and y.12 students: Alec, Luke and Harry. A range of topics and figures were covered from former High School alumni D.H. Lawrence and Albert Ball to Bendigo Thompson a prolific British boxer. The regional heats were judged by Dr Hodgson, Director of the Centre for Research in History, Heritage and Memory Studies at Nottingham Trent University, who was most impressed by the quality and diverse content of the participants’ speeches. Nottingham High School’s own Alec was judged to be runner up of the regional heats for his impassioned talk on Sir Peter Mansfield and his role in the development of health outcomes not only nationally but internationally. Finally, the History Department has thoroughly enjoyed leading the school’s celebration of Black History Month. This year’s theme was ‘saluting our sisters’ and it was amazing to see the way in which students around the school engaged with learning more about inspirational Black British women throughout History. The Tutor Set poster competition was judged by Mr Fear and the entries displayed in the school’s Curiosity Cabinet throughout the following month of November. In addition to this, with the support of Year 12 Historians, the Department also led the school in commemorating Women’s History Month in February. Year 12 Historians chose to focus on ‘ground-breaking women’ from British and world history, selecting 9 women to inform the school community about further. Not only did Year 12 Historians lead a number of whole school assemblies to introduce Women’s History
Month and the history of women’s football, but they also helped to create a curiosity corridor to rival the RS corridor, produced a number of videos to in which they introduced the school community to the following women: Noor Inayat Khan, Ching Shih, Mary Anning, Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, Josephine Butler, Olive Morris, Sandra Day O’Connor, Hedy Lamar and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. As a result of these informational videos, the school community crowned Noor Inayat Khan as the most groundbreaking woman. We look forward to how we can work with our students to commemorate key historical events in the future.
Maths
Once again, the department has had an excellent year. In addition to very strong public exam results we have seen large number of students sit the various mathematical challenges this year with substantial numbers of medals won in the process. This in turn has led to record participation in Olympiad level competitions with Record results. Within this group two of the performances really stand out. William Harwood (Yr12) was selected to represent GB in the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad where he received an honourable mention for his performance. We look forward to what he will achieve in his final year in the school. Ives Lau (yr 8) was awarded special congratulations for his performance in the intermidate Olympiad for achieving the top score in the east midlands and is all the more impressive given this competition is usually sat by students in year 9.
As well as the individual success this year saw the return of the school to team competition. The team of Rumaysah Ige, Marcus Jamnadas-Khoda, Senith Gunarathne and Ives Lau stormed to victory in the regional final beating Trent College and Repton College. Sadly, there was no national final but this competition will return next year. Taken together it is clear that Mathematics at the high school remains extremely strong with prospects for even greater success in the years to come.
Music
The McGegan Masterclass Series gives students the opportunity to work alongside professional musicians. We welcomed DJ Ru from the Beatbox Collective in October to run workshops for all Year 7 students. The Year 8’s all enjoyed a Percussion Workshop Day with local renowned musician Andrew Wood, and Year 9 took part in an Opera Workshop with the company ‘Voice Choice’. This was an amazing day, where they composed, rehearsed and performed an extract from the well-known Opera, ‘Carmen’.
Braimah Kanneh-Mason visited the school in February to work with our string players. He ran an Upper Strings masterclass for some of our more advanced players, including Muskan Goyal, Adam Carreyette, Anna Barsham and Evan AuYong. He also worked with the Junior Strings, Sinfonia and Senior Strings. His expertise and passion were an inspiration for all the students involved; he made it all look so easy! During his time at the school he also gave a lunchtime recital, performing music by Bach and Vaughan-
Williams (the well-known The Lark Ascending). The concert was well attended by both staff and students, and it was a sublime moment of calm within the busy school day!
We were delighted to welcome back Greg Link, formerly of Voces8, in March. Greg worked with our Chamber Choir, Barbershop groups, Chamber Choir and Lower School Pop Choir, as well as in the Infant and Junior School. He was truly inspiring and helped to make some of the technical aspects of singing more accessible.
One of the highlights of the day was hearing him get everyone (performers and audience) singing at the end of the Choral Festival; it was truly moving.
In the Summer Term the Nottingham High School Young Composer of the Year Competition took place, and we were thrilled that Robert Marshall (ON 1972-1982) was able to adjudicate. Students were asked to write a piece of music to be performed at a festival, and this enabled pieces in a wide range of musical styles to be submitted. The overall winner was Otto Wylie, who wrote
a great piece for string quartet. Other notable entries were Nathan Sood-Patel, winner for KS4, and Tanish Paul, winner for KS3. Finally, individual achievements include William Harwood and Evan Au-Yong, who won categories in local music festivals, Seb Hope, who reached the final of Nottingham Young Musician of the Year, Charles Dowdall, who continues to hold his place in the National Youth Boys Choir, and Hattie Jamieson and Katharine Zhu, who both play with the National Children’s Orchestra.
Philosophy, Religion and Ethic
The Philosophy, Religion and Ethics Department were delighted to begin the year with a brand new religious and secular questionnaire that was sent out to both staff and students. This is part of a wider drive to explore and celebrate the diversity in our school community and for us to highlight festivals and celebrations in particular, including those followed by believers from the Six World Faiths alongside spiritual, pagan and secular traditions.
Following on from this, the department, with the help of students from across the Key Stages have developed what is now fondly known as the “Curiosity Corridor” where some key festivals have been made visible. Diwali was a huge hit, with pupils making clay diva lamps to be lit up in the newly darkened corridor along with an abundance of fairy lights, and making sweets with the Food and Nutrition Department. This year also saw the inclusion of a projected moon down the corridor for Eid al-Fitr and of course the windows covered with chalk pen art.
In January, we always visit the Holocaust Centre and this year we were privileged to meet and listen to Hedi Argent, a Jewish refugee who arrived in England with her parents in 1938 with only a small suitcase each.
January also brought our first ever Cultural Own Clothes Day as part of World Religions Week. I was incredibly proud to make more links than ever with our Infant and Junior School students and some of our Senior School students met them and watched videos about their faith and places of worship. Staff and pupils got on board with coming in in clothes that have meaning for them and there were competitions running all week. Mr Landa from Nottingham Sikhs also came in to talk to us about Sikh identity and community.
February came and the Lunar New Year. 2024 is the Year of the Dragon and we couldn’t let the opportunity pass for a crocheted mascot and a Year 7 naming ceremony. She now sits proudly in the Reception area meeting all the visitors who come to the school.
This year’s Easter theme alongside Year 7 Activities Day was centred around Women’s History Month, the significance of women at the crucifixion and we even were lucky enough to be gifted a handmade cross for Curiosity Corridor by Mr Burgess! The Year 7 Easter Egg Hunt was a soggy affair in the rain but was still met with cheer and a lot of fun!
A summary of our year with our trips and competitions and so much more can be found here:
Physics
British Physics Olympiad, Senior Physics Challenge and Junior Physics Challenge
The BPhO challenges a range of student knowledge, preparation and ability, whilst also aiming at stretching and challenging the top young physicists in the country in a national competition. Every question requires a different perspective to get the measure of it. This fluency in recognising topics and linking ideas is, in part, what develops the physicist’s confidence and mastery. The challenge also stretches thinking into applications and ideas rather than to keeping to the relatively narrow content of the syllabus. This is an excellent tool for preparing students for further work or university interview. This year we had fourteen students take part in the Olympiad and, whilst all should be praised, notable performers were William Harwood, Vimu Hewakandamby and Tom Herbert. It must also be noted that William Harwood sat the
paper whilst in Year 12 and achieved a Top Gold award, putting him in the top 6% of students nationally.
The Senior Physics Challenge for Year 12 students is an exciting opportunity for students to stretch their problem-solving skills and apply fundamental physical principles to novel situations. Over 6000 students take part in the competition each year. The Challenge is a single, one-hour paper that provides an excellent tool to assess and challenge students’ ability to work at a high level in Key Stage 5 and beyond. Twentysix students took part in the Senior Physics Challenge from Nottingham High School, with notable performers being Shlok Sahu Bhansali, William Harwood and Danny Guha.
For the first time we entered all Year 10 Physicists into the Junior Physics Challenge. This competition is interesting to the students and encourages them to engage in an assortment of Physics problems and ideas without the pressure of it being a real test or something they need to prepare for. Top performers were Daniel Bywater, Freddie Avison and Ben Norris.
CO-CURRICULAR & SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS
Basketball (Social)
Starting in January 2024, Social Basketball sessions have been running every Friday lunchtime in the Sports Hall. Open to all Year Groups, abilities and experience levels, it has been great to see so many students getting involved. We’ve split the lunch break in half so Years 7-9 play for the first half hour, and then Years 10-13 drop in for the second half. And towards the end of Summer Term we secured a second session on a Thursday, giving all Year Groups a longer session.
We’ve consistently seen between 20-30 students engaging each week across the Year Groups, Boys and Girls showing interest, and many who have never played any structured basketball before. The sessions are designed primarily just to have fun, socialise and keep students moving positively during lunchtime. But through fun drills and gameplay, the students have managed to have a good grasp of the rules of the game, as well as develop key fine motor skills like shooting, passing, dribbling, rebounding, as well as basketball concepts like moving off the ball, offensive spacing and defensive structures and stances.
To wrap up 2023-24, in July, we organised fixtures against Wells Academy for our Year 10s and 12s, while Nottingham Hoods Under 14s visited to take on our Year 7s, 8s and 9s, giving many students their first taster of organised and competitive basketball.
Next academic year, we will look to continue growing the profile of the game here at Nottingham High School. Our aims will be to increase our reach amongst Year Groups, increase female participation, have more playing time each week, and organise more fixtures against other schools/clubs.
As reportedly the second most popular team sport played in the UK amongst young people,
basketball truly is for everyone. It is a fantastic activity to build life skills such as teamwork, discipline, decision-making, respect, physical development, communication and confidence, both on and off the court.
Cross Country
Jake Greenhalgh captained the Boys Cross Country season this year and the Girls captain was Katie Gardner. The school entered Girls and Boys teams in the County League races, the English Schools Cup and the City Championships. Both Jake and Katie rounded off a superb season with selection to the English Schools, National Championships in Pontefract. This was their fifth National XC Championships. Over sixty students have competed for the Cross Country teams this year in over twenty fixtures. The Year 7 Girls team and the Year 8/9 Girls team won the City Championships in January at Wollaton Park, which was a huge success. Seven Girls qualified to represent the City in the County Schools XC in February. The Intermediate Girls team had further success in the English Schools Cup Competition, they qualified for the Midlands round in November.
The Senior teams competed in the Birmingham League and various fixtures on home soil. This has been a very competitive year for the Senior team with some good individual and team performances. In the Pairs Relay at Sutton Park, we finished first Senior team with Jake G and Oliver B running the second fastest time ever. The Senior Boys team qualified for the Regional Finals of the English Schools Cup in Leeds. In the Spring Term, the Senior team won the County Schools race at Wollaton Park. One of the highlights of the season was the performance in the Coventry Relays where the Boys team finished in the top 20 (19th) for the first time in over a decade. The Senior team also performed well in the ON’s Cross Country in December at Wollaton Park, Jake Greenhalgh won the race for a third year and the ON’s won the team trophy.
The Intermediate and Junior teams have competed in the County Schools League, the Nottinghamshire County Schools Championships and fixtures against other independent schools, both home and away. Both age groups also competed in the English Schools Cross Country Cup Competition and made the regional finals in Leeds.
The highlights of the season were the Year 8/9 Boys team winning the County Schools League at Berry Hill. Sofia Chesterfield had fine runs in all three races and finished first overall, she also represented Nottinghamshire in the Inter Counties and English Schools. Katie Gardner had a superb individual season, she represented Nottinghamshire in a number of championship races again. All age groups, Boys and Girls, won
the City Championships at Wollaton Park in early January and 16 pupils represented the City in the County Schools Championships in February, at Berry Hill Park.
This year, we had four students who represented Nottinghamshire at the National English Schools Cross Country Championships, the pinnacle race of the season.
Congratulations to Jake Greenhalgh, Oliver Bullough, Katie Gardner and Sofia Chesterfield. Congratulations also to Sofia Chesterfield who was awarded the ‘Baker Trophy’ for her superb season. The award is presented to the most consistent athlete over the year.
House Cross Country
The House cross country in October at Wollaton Park was a superb spectacle of running with most year groups fielding a full complement of pupils. Congratulations to the individual winners and House teams (see below)
Student Name Team
Year 7
Boys
Year 7
Girls
Year 8
Boys
Year 8
Girls
Year 9
Boys
Year 9
Girls
Year 10
Boys
Year 10
Girls
Year 11
Boys
Senior
Boys
Senior
Girls
Tom Grady Cooper’s
Clemmie
Rennoldson Cooper’s
Oliver Bywater White’s
Helena Clough Maples’
Edward Baron White’s
Sophia Chesterfield Mellers’
Nabil Nassr Cooper’s
Chloe Field Maples’
Armaan Bhatal White’s
Jake Greenhalgh Maples’
Katie Gardner White’s
Design and Technology
Lunch times in the Design and Technology department have had a constant buzz of excitement. Students in KS3 have had the opportunity to attend the Design and Technology club, allowing them to work on current projects, or even start their own project. Lush club has continued to make the department smell ‘lush’ with keen participation throughout the year.
CANSAT 2024
New for this year has been the CANSAT competition. Students in KS3 and KS4 were challenged by the European Space Agency to design and build a satellite no bigger than a drinks can that can be launched on one of their rockets to monitor the atmospheric conditions around the launch site before sending the data back to a computer for analysis. They also were required to write a report that was assessed by an engineer at the ESA. On a sunny day in March, the teams headed off to an old airfield to launch their satellites. Two success launches later the teams had some data and more importantly managed to retrieve their satellites. The competition was a real insight into space engineering and the teams are excited to develop their designs next year.
Scalextric 4 Schools
A new competition for 2024 was Scalextric 4 Schools aimed at our KS3 students. They were tasked to design and build a Scalextrics car that would be raced against the clock against and other schools from across the country. Two teams, the Drifting Demons and the Rumble Bees had to design a British classic to take part in this year’s competition being held at the historic Silverstone race track museum. As the teams set up their Pit Lane displays the competition looked fierce with some well-engineered vehicles on display. The day consisted of the teams giving a presentation on their design to industry professionals from Onshape, Boxford and Scalextrics, as well as
trying to get as many lap times in as possible to climb the leader board. I am proud to say both teams performed excellently. The Drifting Demons achieved the fastest lap on both tracks and the Rumble Bees won the award for best Designed Car on the day. It was an amazing experience for the students and one that we hope to replicate next year.
Leicestershire Science and Technology Challenge Day
A talented group of Year 8 and 9 students set out to compete in the 2024 Leicestershire Science and Technology Challenge Day. The teams were put together on the day by the organisers, consisting of two NHS students and two students from other schools around Leicestershire and beyond. This gave the students a chance to develop their communication skills and work with people they did not know. The challenges were; Medical diagnostics, Forensic E-fit, Robotics and making an electric car, each challenge tested a different element of STEM. The day ended with a presentation ceremony where the Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire awarded trophies for the best performing team in each event and best overall team. I am proud to say that the team took multiple runner up places but a special mention should go to Daniel Golding and Benjamin Bryan-Bennett who won the electric car challenge and Rumaysah Ige who was a significant member of the overall winning team on the day and will go forward to the National Challenge Day final in January.
Food and Nutrition
This year seems to have just flown by and it’s been another action-packed and successful year for us in Food and Nutrition. The department continues to flourish and grow in popularity with our students achieving excellent academic success as we widen the range of co-curricular clubs and enrichment activities on offer. We are really pleased to report that this year we have the highest ever number of
Headmaster, Mr Fear, judges the best cakes in our annual NHS Christmas Bake off
students opting to study the subject further in both in Year 9 and at GCSE since the subject was introduced over 5 years ago. Our Food clubs continue to prove very popular and this year we have enjoyed the opportunity of getting creative and working collaboratively with both the Religious Studies and MFL departments. The aim was to celebrate and promote greater cultural diversity with students cooking different dishes from interfaith celebrations throughout the year. Celebrations this year have included Diwali, Hanukkah, Chinese New Year, Shrove Tuesday, Eid -Al Fitr and Eid Al-Adha, Christmas and Easter. Our
lunchtime conversational Spanish and French Food club has been another great success and students have enjoyed the relaxed café style environment, chatting together in Spanish whilst cooking some authentic Tapas dishes!
Activities days have been a huge success again this year with our Masterclass in Artisan Bakery and hand made chocolates, with our annual High School Bake Off showcasing some spectacular cakes and bakes once again at Christmas time.
With Food poverty still a real issue, a particular highlight of our year remains to be our ongoing community outreach work with students cooking over 350 hot and nutritional meals for our local homeless charity, The Guru Nanak. It’s been great to get more year groups involved and we try to now cook for the homeless every half term.
Our Year 10 students have had opportunities to visit the Gurdwara and then help serve up the meals in Nottingham City centre later on in the evening. At Christmas time, our Year 12 students yet again generously donated toiletries and chocolate selection boxes to create over 200 gift wrapped personal hygiene packs and chocolate treats for distribution to homeless and local refugee families living in Nottingham.
We are all now really looking forward to building upon these successes further next year and continuing with all our exciting community partnerships, clubs and enrichment initiatives.
General Knowledge Quiz Competition
This year saw Nottingham High School compete once again in the Schools Challenge which, under new direction, takes place online using an online buzzer system over a zoom or teams meeting. We were fortunate enough to have enough quizzers to put forward two teams from each age group and we then mixed the teams to present our best contestants as the competition progressed into the final rounds.
The Senior teams unfortunately got beaten in the early rounds but we are looking forward to seeing a strong Senior team next year supported
by new Year 11 students and current Year 12 students showing good leadership as well as knowledge.
The Intermediate team did very well and got through to the final against Bedford where the B team were beaten 300 points to our 180. The A team got to the semi finals, also against Bedford, where they were beaten 320 to 270.
Our Junior Team got through to the final against KEGS, Cheltenham and played a very close match beaten 310 to 230 with the opposition getting most of their points in the last five minutes. Next year we are hoping to run separate lunchtime clubs for all three age groups so that we can practise quizzing effectively and hopefully put ourselves forward as serious contenders for the competition.
Senior Team:
Rohan Banerjea
Josh Chiziwa
Harry Goonan
Justin Dennison
William Harwood
Charles Prestwich
Jacob Corne
Luke Sharples
Oliver Bullough
Intermediate Team:
Finlay Ramowski
Rahul Jayarand
Marcus Jamnadas
Koda
Vismay Gouda
Jasper Duff
Finn Rathour
Nico Bains
Eddie Baron
Ben Cox Brown
George Mason
Junior Team:
Sadaqat Islam
Ebu Nwaiwu
Charlotte Simmonds
Phoebe James
Alexander Jamnadas
Koda
Alex Clarke
Joe Moran
Henry French
Music
We have enjoyed a full co-curricular programme this year and 2023 – 2024 has been packed full of memorable musical moments.
The students set the bar high with their excellent standard of performance in the Music Scholars Concert. This was followed closely by the Bridge Cup Competition, always a very hard-fought occasion, with over 200 students taking part in the individual music rounds. We were pleased to welcome Greg Treloar, Director of Music at St. Barnabas Cathedral, to judge the competition.
The Autumn Concert was the first large-scale concert of the year and took place at St. Mary’s Church. This involved all of the Senior School Ensembles and there were over 200 performers in the church. The audience enjoyed successful performances from all our Bands and Choirs. This was closely followed by the Carol Service at St. Mary’s Church, proving as popular as ever with students and ONs. It was a wonderful evening to mark the end of the term and the start of the lead-up to Christmas itself.
The Spring Concert at the Albert Hall provides a showcase for the new Year 7s, as well as a swansong to our Year 13s. The Year 7s gave polished performances of I’m a Believer and Hallelujah, from the movie Shrek, with some great solo vocalists, and enthusiasm and energy all round. There were so many fantastic performances from our ensembles, and it was certainly a platform for some outstanding soloists, including Tom Herbert performing Czardas for solo Trombone, accompanied
by the Senior Orchestra, and the Big Band performing arrangements of Me and My Shadow and Fever, featuring vocals from Ria Johnson, Jayeola Ilimezekhe & Will Merritt. A wonderful performance from Preeti Thomas and Ria Johnson in the Tamil tradition, and the Year 13 Leavers’ Choir and Band, directed by Muskan Goyal, were outstanding. Superb performances also from Concert Band, Chamber Choir, Upper School Pop Choir, Senior Orchestra and Senior Strings; the standard really was incredible. The Finale of the evening was a massed performance of Raise You Up/Just Be, from Kinky Boots. Everyone took part, and it was a real celebration of the students’ musical talent. The final major concert event of the year was the Summer Music Festival. The audience members moved freely between the Main Stage and the Acoustic Stage in the Quad area and enjoyed a BBQ style menu. Over 20 ensembles across the Junior and Senior schools performed – there was a huge variety with something for everyone. The Finale was a vocal and instrumental arrangement of a Beatles Medley; every student took part, and the audience also joined in during the ending of Hey Jude! It was a fitting end to the year.
Other significant events included a Chamber Music Festival, a Choral Festival, and the wonderful Jazz and Italian Night – again, superb performances were enjoyed from the Big Band and Lower School Big Band. The audience enjoyed delicious food and music in a relaxed atmosphere, with solo vocalists and Barbershops groups also performing alongside the bands.
Netball
Netball has flourished yet again this academic year! Results at County Tournaments have been the best ever across the year groups, with medals amongst every age group some narrowly missing out on progressing to Regionals. Although, the U13, U12 and U11 teams made High School history all coming away with 1st place medals! This is testament to the high participation rates and commitment to training. I have every confidence that teams will be qualifying in National age groups in future seasons.
We have incredible depth in year groups with 3 teams across U13 and U12 and consistent A and B teams in every other age group fixturing
every weekend. The team morale on Saturdays is something we are very proud of as the players uphold the school values. The Senior Girls successful season came off the back of an excellent summer tour to Barbados, it was clear to see the excellent bond and spirit carried through the season. Similarly, the U12 Girls went on the annual trip to Condover Hall, three teams competed across a netball packed weekend. This trip always consolidates the progress of U12 players with some picking the sport up for the first time at the start of the season. As some may have noticed the U11 students have been training alongside the Senior school programme, the initiative being to enhance the depth we have in school. The engagement in games session, house competitions and afterschool’s by all years has been excellent. Likewise, outside of school, we have the highest number of students participating in Netball clubs. Congratulations also to those who have made Lightning and County squads. Please do get in touch with the PE department for any guidance about local clubs and pathways. Well done to all Girls across the school on their commitment and efforts across the season, and also to all the staff and parents who support the season. Here is too building upon this season in 2024-25!
Rugby
Senior rugby got off to a great start following the summer tour to Canada. 60 players enjoyed the trip to Ontario and also enjoyed success on the field winning all their fixtures. The Senior side had a strong start to the domestic season with victories over Bablake, Denstone, Birkdale and Worksop, and having an incredibly close game with Hymers in the National Vase competition. Tough matches v Loughborough and Solihull kept the squad grounded, but great results in other matches ensured a winning season for this squad. Individuals also did well with Noah Bhattia and Eddie Holmes playing for NLD U18 whilst Will Mason, Shivam Babar, Jamie Scott and Reuben Tao all represented the three counties at U17 level. Tom Threlfall had a torrid time with injury, but still managed to secure a place in the England U18 squad and a contract with Leicester Tigers for next season. Further down the school, development took precedent over results this year, and the numbers of Boys playing was encouraging. The Under 15s led by Mr Weller in his final term with us made great progress as a team, and the attitude displayed by a large part of this year was outstanding. At Under 14 the matches were incredibly close throughout the season, and this squad made great strides forward. At Under 13 and Under 12 our squads were relatively inexperienced. This meant that winning results were tough to come by, but these year groups
have probably improved their play more than any other. A fantastic attitude to learning and developing skills will see these players come through in time.
We thank Mr Hamilton for his input over the past 6 years and wish him, Mr Weller, Mr Wilkinson, Mr Finney, Mr Carroll and Mr C. Rudkin for their work and wish them all well in their new roles.
Young Enterprise
It has been a really successful year for our Young Enterprise teams this year. With an updated format, we started the year with a Dragon’s Den activity where 5 teams pitched their ideas to a Den of Dragons including local business people and Mr Fear. 3 teams were selected to go forward and the final product ideas were:
CorKraft – upcycling corks into trivets, coasters, key rings and snowmen
Fleurish – cards made out of recycled paper embedded with flower seeds
Screensaver – an educational multiplication colour by answers book
All 3 teams have worked really hard this year marketing and selling their products at various markets and school events. The main Market Day was held at West Bridgford’s farmers
market with a 7.30am start on a cold February morning. The teams set up their stalls, showcased their merchandise and quite quickly started to sell to the general public. Fleurish sold out of birthday cards and greeting cards and regretted not making more Mother’s Day cards which were also in high demand.
The Nottinghamshire finals were held at NTU Business School this year and all 3 teams carried out a 4-minute presentation in front of the judges and local business people. CorKraft picked up the award for best presentation and Fleurish were awarded best trade stand. But it was Screensaver who won the whole event being crowned Nottinghamshire champions and going through to the regional finals in Leicester. They performed exceptionally well at the regional finals performing their presentation this time in front of 200 people including Stephen Thai of Ocean King Ltd who was the Midlands entrepreneur of the year in 2023. They came away with the award for best Financial Management and some well-developed employability skills that they can eventually transfer into the workplace.
Well done to all the Young Entrepreneurs this year and I know that some of you are carrying your enterprises on to bigger things. Good Luck!
General Sport Round Up
This year the school has competed across 12 different sports. We have put out 109 teams who have played between them 494 fixtures which have involved 607 students from Year 7 to Year 13. There has been a huge amount of work which has gone into this from staff, students and parents alike; the team effort has been fantastic. The school reached National finals in Swimming with our Under 15 Boys, Hockey with the Under 16 Girls and the Under 14 Boys hockey team became national champions. Individuals prospered in various sports both within school and outside. In sailing Charlie Hopkinson, Sam Grayton and Chloe Grayton all achieved highly, sailing at international and national level events. Rowing too has been a great avenue for national level recognition with several students competing at Henley this year. Particular mention must go to Phoebe Forward who represented GB at U19 level in the European Cup Regatta in the Czech Republic. Not only did Phoebe’s crew win the title, they broke the world record in doing so. In Athletics we also had students competing at the highest level nationally. Four students qualified for and competed at National Schools Cross Country Championships; Katie Gardner,
School Major team sports
Jake Greenhalgh, Oliver Bullough and Sofia Chesterfield.
Three Individuals (Sophia Chesterfield, Katie Gardner and Gabriel Oguagwu) competed at the English Schools Athletics Finals with Katie Gardner winning a Silver in the steeplechase and Gabriel Oguagwu becoming National 200m Junior Champion. Participation in school sport remains high, with good numbers of student athletes enjoying training through the week, be that in the fitness suite before school or at lunchtimes, in the pool, in the sports hall through the day, or at our playing field venues after school. The links between sports participation and academic success are clear, and many of our students benefit from this throughout the year. We look forward to continued support and success on the fields of play and in the classroom.
MAPLES’ HOUSE
What an exceptional year for Maples’ House, securing the Wheeler Cup for an impressive 9th straight year! I am thrilled by the dedication our students demonstrated across numerous events and charitable activities this year. My personal highlights were the events that involved members of the House from all year groups; House Rowing, Bridge Cup choirs and Sports Day. During each of these events, it is was wonderful to see the team work and House spirit embodied by all involved. Not only did this result in high quality performances, but it ensured that students contributed whole heartedly and received a real sense of achievement. The leadership of students whether in Sports teams, Music and Drama rehearsals or when arranging and supporting charitable events, has been particularly evident this year, proving essential in maintaining the high standards of Maples’ House.
A key component of Maples’ success is found in our charity work. It was great
Written by Mr Phil Wantling
to welcome Adam back from Refugee Roots who thanked us for the fundraising completed this year (the ‘Move-a-thon’ proved particularly popular) and informed us as to how our support helps those in the local community and further afield. Thank you all for your contributions to our charitable efforts, the impact of which is felt by many.
A big thank you to the dedicated tutors of Maples’ House for motivating their tutees, and to the outgoing House Captains for their leadership and enthusiasm. Best wishes to our new captains, Ollie Sherwood and Phoebe Forward, whose passion for both the House events and fundraising will no doubt result in another fantastic year.
Reflecting on this year, I am filled with pride and gratitude for the accomplishments and camaraderie of Maples’ House. As we thank the outgoing Year 13’s for their contributions, I look forward to welcoming the new students in Year 7 and 12, and to the year ahead.
MELLERS’ HOUSE
It has been a privilege to enjoy my first year as the head of Mellers House. Whether they have been running Crosscountry or playing Chess, debating eloquently or climbing precipitously, singing harmonically or rowing furiously, Mellers’ House have really impressed with what they’re capable of. A few personal highlights have included a spirited rendition of Backstreet Boys at the Bridge Cup, an exhilarating House Rowing competition, and of course, winning Sports Day!
The level of participation has been nothing short of outstanding, with nearly every member of the House contributing at least once, and many demonstrating their enthusiasm by engaging in multiple events each term. House spirit is strong and anyone who has witnessed us do an ‘Viking Thunder Clap’ would struggle to disagree!
At the onset of the year, Mellers’ House showcased its prowess in the Bridge Cup, securing victory in the Individual Music category and achieving commendable second-place finishes in both Group Choir with Back Street Boys ‘I Want it that Way’ with and the Group Verse with Roald Dahl’s ‘Television Poem’. Huge credit is due to Bea
Written by Mr David Le Blanq
and Jay for their exceptional leadership during these events.
Speaking of leadership, I must extend my sincere appreciation to Ujesh and Millie, who served as exemplary House Captains, exhibiting unwavering enthusiasm, engagement, and leadership in all House affairs.
Nottingham based Operation Orphan remained our House charity this year, and I am grateful to all House members who supported this cause. Special recognition is owed to those who contributed to the House Bake Sale, the Yorkshire 3 Peaks challenge, the Easter Egg Collection, and the House Swimathon. Aditi and Krish deserve special credit for this.
I would like to extend my gratitude to all those who are now leaving the school who have contributed to Mellers’ during their time here. As we bid farewell to our past members I extend a warm welcome to Annabel Dickinson and Krish Chaddha as they step into their roles as the new House Captains. Both have already shown wonderful enthusiasm for the House and I am confident they will do an excellent job.
COOPER’S HOUSE
COOPER’S HOUSE
It has been another fun and fulfilling year for Cooper’s house. There have as ever, been a good number of events taking part between the houses and Cooper’s have certainly had a fair amount of success in winning a number of them. Firstly though, it is important to celebrate the amount of involvement there has been from students. Without students signing up to things and coming along at lunch and after school every week we would have no house competitions. The year started off with the Bridge cup and Max Bailey led the verse speaking choir whilst Anna Barsham and Ria Johnson led the singing choir. Both gave it there all and I am always so impressed by the sixth formers, for picking songs and poems, putting together an arrangement and then selflessly giving up their breaks and lunchtimes for rehearsals. In terms of success, Cooper’s have done well across a large number of different events, winning house climbing overall, house chess, of particular note was our winning of the Hind Chess trophy for the year. We also had overall wins for house netball and badminton. Finally, one of my favourite events to watch, Senior house debating. The house events allow for such a varied group of students to try different things and to have success in a number of them as well is fantastic. This year our house charity has moved from ‘The Rosie May Foundation’ to ‘Chardi Kala’ which is a charity set up by the family of some students within school to help provide equipment for people living with Parkinson’s disease. It is a cause that is close to many people’s hearts and is great to be supporting. We have raised money so far with a Year 7 charity football tournament which is always popular, bake sale, 3 peaks challenge in Yorkshire and a couple of other
Written by Mr Richard Kelsey
smaller events. We aim to continue our support of this brilliant charity next year and raise more funds for a brilliant cause. I would like to say a big thank you for Jane Abercrombie and Max Bailey for all their work as house captains. They have been a great support to the house and I hope they have enjoyed it. This coming year, we welcome Omar Amsha and Alexandra Arlachova who I am confident will carry to baton well for the house.
WHITE’S HOUSE
What an exciting year for our House community! The House calendar is fuller than ever before with chess, badminton, drama and debating. Big wins for us including coming first for the Junior Chess competition, Junior and Senior General Knowledge Quiz, Year 8 badminton, Year 13 table tennis, and House Drama. A big thank you should be given here to Zoe Flanagan and Ben Harcourt who took the lead on producing and directing this piece which brought the cup home to us. Almost as competitive as Sports Day was the House Rowing competition and we were so close to being the winners, missing out narrowly by about 3 seconds. This was a great activity to get all Year groups involved and the atmosphere was infectious! Bridge Cup events had a good uptake of volunteers this year but next year we’re looking for even more, especially for Verse Speaking. Both Singing Choir and Verse Speaking are brilliant opportunities for our House participants to get involved in and not to forget the Individual Music section. Sports Day came with lots of competitiveness and fun and was a great day out for all of us at Harvey Haddon Stadium. Lots of Sports Day records were broken including the U13 Girls relay at 63.8 seconds, the U13 Girls shot at 7.44 (K. Zhu), the Senior Girls 1500m at 4.50.7 with K. Gardner, and the U15 Boys relay at 50.5 seconds.
Written by Miss Natalie Davis
During the year students continued to raise funds for our House charity, Aid2Gambia. Located in the heart of Nottingham, this is a charity dedicated to helping The Gambia. They strive to improve the lives of everyone who needs help within the community with dedicated volunteers and partners. The cake sale was a particular success with an overwhelming response to baking from our students. All of these home bakes had sold out by the end of break time and the donations of cakes was very kind. At Sports Day, students dug deep to pay for House t-shirts, hair ribbon or to have their face painted. All monies raised has been collated by the Finance department and will be sent to Aid2Gambia as we continue to support their efforts.
Our new House Captains are Bea Hucknall and Cholan Sundar. They’ve already started to make themselves known at meetings and Sports Day, and will be taking the lead on Bridge Cup in the Autumn Term. Finally, all that is left to say is goodbye and good luck to Miss Heidi Bray who will have left the School for a new position at the end of the 2023-24 academic year. Miss Bray has been a fierce supporter of White’s House and has always been on the look out to encourage students to take part. We wish her well and will miss her enthusiasm – especially cheering on House Cross Country runners in the pouring rain.
STAFF CHANGES
The following members of staff left during the past academic year:
Senior School
Rebecca Auterson Head of Careers
Heidi Bray Head of Girls’ PE and Games
Charlotte Govinden Head of Drama
Ali Griffin Teacher of MFL
James Hamilton Director of Rugby
Mel Kirbyshire Teacher of Art
Judith Poole Teacher of Biology
Samantha Sandiford Teacher of Psychology
Thomas Sims Head of Classics and EPQ Co-ordinator
Josh Weller Teacher of Boys’ PE and Games
Infant and Junior School
Mollie Andersson EYFS Teacher (maternity cover)
Clair Bailey KS1 Teacher
Clare Bruce Head of Infant and Junior School
Lynn Kawalec Head of Music (IJS)
Joe Rowson Gap Year Student
Anthony Simpson Head of IJS Computing and IJS Teacher
Support Services
Arwin Bal Finance Assistant (fixed term)
Mary Burrells Cleaner
Rebecca Chappell
Tilly Edwards
Bethany Hammond
James Hawes
Phil Hughes
Juliet Jones
HR & Compliance Officer
PE Intern
PE Intern
School Counsellor
Languages Assistant
Financial Controller
Lily Manders Cleaner
Sarah Marshall Food Technician
Will Prentice
PE Intern
Jayne Silverwood Interim Financial Controller
Claire Sneddon Head of Marketing
Teresa Tescsh Cleaner
The following members of staff have been appointed during the past academic year:
Senior School
Jane Askew
Teacher of Drama (maternity cover)
Nicola Byrne Teacher of Psychology (part-time)
Matthew Huntbach Head of Drama
Sabiha Khan
Teacher of Design & Technology
Shahid Mohammed Head of Cricket
Hannah Prescott Teacher of Spanish
Gail Scott
Teacher of Biology (maternity cover) (part-time)
Jim Scott Head of Rugby
Linda Southwell
James Testar
Rammy Trainor
Teacher of Art (part-time)
Teacher of German
Teacher of Chemistry (maternity cover) (part-time)
Rebecca Willis Head of Careers and UCAS
Infant and Junior School
Navdeep Bajwa
Teacher of KS2
Jordan Deans Teacher of Music (one term)
Laura Dennis Teacher of KS1
Kalina Gill
Mohammed Jaisari
Claire Newbold
Kyziah Redmond
Chris Tucker
Ruby Walter
IJS Placement Student
ASC Playworker
Teacher of French or Spanish (part-time)
ASC Playworker
Teacher of KS2
ASC Playworker
Support Services
Kimberley Armstrong
Vanessa Bahe
Alicia Buckberry
Zoe Clark
Roanna Coles
Samuel Cossey
Sukhjinder Dhillon
Cleaning Supervisor (maternity cover)
Cleaner
Events Coordinator (maternity cover)
German Language Assistant
Mental Health Lead Practioner
PE Intern
HR and Compliance Advisor
Freya Dixon Cleaner
Laura Foster
Rochelle Gough
Paula Hickerman
Charlotte Hindson
Krystal Johal
Cynthia King
Megan Larkam
Finance Assistant
Head of Marketing
SSI and CCF Administrator
Marketing and Admissions Executive
HR and Recruitment Coordinator
Music Administrator
PE Intern
Trae Murray Cleaner
Neil Parfitt
Bharat Samra
Dan Scott
Nichola Sefton
Senait Tecle
Siân Wardle
Head Chef
Physical Wellbeing Lead
Wellbeing Centre Administrator
Finance Clerk
Cleaner
Executive Assistant to the Head of IJS
Internal Senior School Academic appointments
Kieron Heath
Craig Johnson
Aabha Khetarpal
Jordan Lee-Mcdonald
Naomi Mackness
Ajmal Shabir
Julie Stafford
Ruth Turnbull
Freya Wilson
Interim Head of Chemistry (until October half-term)
Head of Year 9 (maternity cover)
Assistant Head of Year 7 (maternity cover)
PE Senior/Junior School Liaison (one-year contract)
Tutor Maples’ House (maternity cover)
Head of Year 7 (maternity cover)
Teacher of Food and Nutrition (part-time, one-year contract)
Head of Food and Nutrition
Head of Netball (fixed term)
Internal Infant and Junior School appointments
Katharine Creasey Lead Teacher (Individuals)
Marjie Griffiths Lead Teacher (Teaching and Learning)
Georgina Jackson Head of EYFS
Danny Moss Lead Teacher (Quality Assurance)
Internal Support Services appointments
Jade Cito Finance Assistant
Sally Hindson Assistant Management Accountant
Ben Knight Maintenance Lead
Mike Peach Head of Finance
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