Prize Giving Upper School Programme

Prize Giving 2025 A Celebration of the Upper School Year 2024-2025

Programme for the Afternoon Welcome from the Chair of Governors Steve Banks

Head Teacher Report of the School Year 2024/25 Including Value Awards Paul Spedding Report by Students Holly Palmer,Noor Al-Qamachi and Ollie Johns

Report by Students Charlie Merritt and Tom Freeston

Music Interlude Y10 Rock Band

Distribution of Prizes Katharine Linton, Lisa Gritti and Angharad Simpson

Head Girl and Head Boy Emily David and Sasmeet Satyam

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 Memorial 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

Prizes David Leicester Memorial Award (participation in outdoor activities) Dr Gow's Prize for Mathematics 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 Muriel Petty Muriel Petty Muriel Petty Muriel Petty Muriel Petty Muriel Petty Muriel Petty Muriel Petty Muriel Petty Prizes for Creative Work Prizes for Creative Work Prizes for creative work The Barry Duesbury Prize for English (6th Form) The Bexon Prize for Economics (sixth form) The C G Boyd Memorial Prize (for leadership) 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 The Charlie Long Memorial Prize

Charlene Galayini Danny Guha Nikhil Sanghera Sasmeet Satyam Nathan Sood-Patel Phoebe Forward Anagi Bartholomeuz Armaan Bhattal Eloïse Chita Ollie Johns Chloe Jones Priya Mann Gracey Mungai Emily Veale Harry Whitehead Emily David Noor Al-Qamachi William Harwood Charles Prestwich Akhil Bollina Nitha Karthik Sam Mack Isla Spedding Sangita Madhusudan Soraya Ebrahimian Khouzani Alexandra Arlachova Euan Dodd Nathan Sood-Patel Leo Szostak Juliette Hussey Harry Elwick William Mason Bea Hagues Toby Clough Sonam Soar Ben Bryan-Bennett Ives Lau

The Chris Rossiter Cup The Cusins Memorial Prize for History (6th Form) The Cusins Memorial Prize for History (6th Form) The Duncan Muir Award for Drama (Y11) The Friends Cup The Holland Prize The John Ross Sergeant Memorial Prize The K R Imeson Prize for Music The Kali Puri Prize for Duke of Edinburgh The Paul Rixon Memorial Prize The Prize for Political Studies The Rolf Noskwith Prize for Computing The Simon Djanogly Science Prize The Simon Eastwood Memorial Prize for Chemistry (6th Form) 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 Classics The Sixth form prize for Computer Science The Sixth Form prize for Drama The Sixth Form prize for DT The Sixth Form Prize for French The Sixth Form prize for Geography The Sixth Form Prize for German 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 Year 11 Prize for Biology The Year 11 Prize for Chemistry The Year 11 Prize for Classics The Year 11 Prize for English The Year 11 Prize for Food & Nutrition

William Harwood Chloe Jones Shay Patel Sophie Flanagan Annie French Seth Dineen Dimithi Bartholomeuz Otto Wylie Phoebe James Eleanor Rogers Maia Hunter Rishi Gouni Rumaysah Ige Esther Wattis Jackson Mason Sienna Woods Adeena Poon Stacey Wilson William Mason Abubaker Targoni Bea Hagues Jack Lockyer Charles Prestwich Sam Mack Mimi Barsham Shlok Sahu Bhansali Isha Yadlapalli Asha King Sangita Madhusudan Leah Glover Maya Srinivasan Haider Malik Finley Ramowski Leah Glover

The Year 11 Prize for Biology The Year 11 Prize for Chemistry The Year 11 Prize for Classics The Year 11 Prize for English The Year 11 Prize for Food & Nutrition The Year 11 Prize for French 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 The Year 13 Prize for Politics Year 11 Prize for Art

Leah Glover Maya Srinivasan Haider Malik Finley Ramowski Leah Glover Anja Knight Chloe Field Mya Pannu Finley Ramowski Ben Norris Ben Norris Sienna Woods Shaza Ahmed Kari Gill Georgia Aram

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.

Noor Al-Qamachi Noor has shown strong leadership with a variety of sixth form activities, most notably hosting taster day students and taking prospective parents on school tours.

Charlie Hopkinson Charlie has competed at the top international level in sailing, keeping up with his work despite spending every weekend on the South Coast training with GB.

Matthew Mioduszewski Matthew has achieved A* for every major assessed piece of work this year!

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.

Louis Ashton-Gully When Louis first joined NHS he was very quiet but his music has really helped him grow as an individual. House choirs, School Orchestra, Big Band, Jazz Band to name a few but he also takes himself off to various venues in Nottingham to "jam" on their open nights.

He is hard-working and very personable.

Krish Bassi Krish has not had a typical approach to his GCSE and A Level studies. He has always been prepared to do things his own way. He has juggled his studies at the High School with a successful acting career, taking challenging roles in BBC production of Phoenix Rise and then the Archers. He has become very independent and shown real determination and commitment to his studies, and has maintained high academic standards throughout. He has shown real dedication to following his dreams and has made it work despite the challenges it brought.

Ethan Corne Ethan has been running the Y8-11 Debating Society this year, offering incredible leadership and advice to a wide range of students. He is immensely respectful and he offers fantastic, individualised feedback to the students in attendance. He also demonstrates clear understanding of the School Values, developing the use of British Parliamentary Debating style in the sessions and, therefore, emphasising the importance of the Democratic Process.

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.

Hukam Sethi Hukam has shown respect through volunteering on a very regular basis at The Guru Nanak Mission and cooking meals and hot nutritious food for the homeless and more vulnerable people in Nottingham City Centre in the evenings.

Harry Whitehead Harry is a delightful member of the School. Unfailingly polite and respectful to all, he has demonstrated these attributes tirelessly during his time at the High School. His work with the CCF embodies these attributes and is also shown by his position on the SLT. Not only does Harry show the respect to his studies, co-curricular and to the School, he also commands the respect of both his fellow students and his teachers. He would be a worthy winner of this award.

Ben French Ben is the embodiment of the value of respect. Whomever he deals with, he demonstrates this value, be it to his peers, teachers or individuals he comes across through his CCF work. In the CCF, he has demonstrated this value time and time again. He has the respect of his colleagues in this area, as demonstrated by his position of RSM and as the Senior Cadet in the School. Ben has demonstrated his respect of other people's values and shown a commitment to understanding differing points of view. This, among other reasons, is why he will make a first-class student of International Relations. Ben would without doubt, be an worthy winner of this award to celebrate all he has achieved at the High 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.

Sonam Soar Despite not loving debating, Sonam regularly stepped in to offer debates and assistance, particularly to younger students, so that debates could go ahead, working well out of her comfort zone.

Emily David Emily has supported a Y5 History class at IJS, extended well beyond the parameters of the sessions arranged by Mrs Daly to the extent that Emily continued to support this class and was invited to their WWII showcase.

Holly Palmer Showing consistent support and encouragement to younger members of the Chamber Choir.

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.

Esme Winter Esme has shown curiosity by independently researching several aspects of biochemistry, including PROTAC medical treatment (on which she has written a competition essay).

Was also selected for drug discovery work experience at Sygnature - using curiosity to find out about new applications for the material she is studying.

Finley Ramowski Finley has been a great ambassador for intellectual curiosity in the school. He has consistently demonstrated this in his approach to English lessons and assignments. He is eager to explore ideas beyond the requirements of the exam, and consistently undertakes wider reading outside the classroom. His study of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' was enriched by his broader study of queer theory and marxist philosophy. Even while revising for exams, he continued to stretch himself: he created an excellent podcast on 'Brain-rot' for 'The Big Idea' series, which was humorous, well-researched, and even-handed.

Matthew Moran There is extensive evidence on Unifrog of the many ways in which Matthew has explored his curiosity for History: he has set up three types of work experience/volunteering in History/Archaeology, has completed an EPQ on the Magna Carta, is planning to record an episode of the Big Idea podcast on the history of Trent Bridge Cricket Ground, attends a local History society in Arnold, and has attended online Q&As about History at university.