Radley Achievemen ACADEMIC 4The summer 2006 A level results were good; 84% of grades were at either A or B, slightly down on the previous year’s 87% record but very satisfactory nonetheless. In Latin, Greek, German, Spanish, Music, Design Technology and Theatre Studies all candidates achieved either an A or a B. Hamish Anderson (Cothill, B) and Matt Atkins (Rokeby School, F) were placed in Edexcel Product Design’s top 10 (out of 3024) candidates.
4Declamations – judged by Andrew Trotman, former Radley don, now Warden of St Edward’s Oxford – was of a very high standard. The competition winners were: Frederick Moynan (6.2, Belhaven Hill, B); Jake Cheetham (6.1, Summer Fields, A); George Leeming (5, Summer Fields, A); Freddie Tapner (R, Ludgrove, F); Benjamin Hatt (S, Lockers Park, H).
4Many visiting speakers have come to Radley this year, for example: David Cameron (Leader of the Opposition); Evan Harris MP; Peter Riddell; Andrew Gordon; 4The GCSE results were by some margin Professor Jim Norton; Tom Shakespeare OR; the best ever with an extraordinary 88% of Professor Gary Sheffield; Professor Jeremy grades achieved being at either A* or A. All Black; Anthony Worrall-Thompson; Clive 1224 papers were passed; indeed only 26 Stafford-Smith OR. The biologists welcomed papers were C grade. In a host of impressive Professor Nick Rawlins, Dr Martin Speight performances perhaps English Language and Professor Sir Richard Gardner. with 115 out of 125 candidates achieving A* or 4Rob King, Head of Chemistry, has A deserves special mention. Alexander Rose written the Chemistry sections of (Thomas’s, C) and Theodore Withworth (Aldro, C) were placed in AQA Spanish’s top the AQA and Edexcel new GCSE Science courses for Harper 5 candidates (out of 35112 candidates) and Rory Stallibrass (Milbourne Lodge, C) was in Collins. Nick Weaver, Head the top 10 (out of 23164) for Edexcel English. of Physics, was runner-up in the Salters Horner A level 4Perhaps Radley’s proudest academic Physics Teacher of the Year. performance of the summer was from an Iain Campbell has been old boy, David Lloyd (Bramcote, A), who commissioned to write gained the top First in Natural Sciences on ‘The Classical World at Cambridge, in itself the top and most and Heavy Metal’ in a competitive Science course in British German Study of British universities. Heavy Metal. 4Radley’s Geography Department ran the 4Alex Chadwick web-based Metlink International Weather (Cothill, H), Seb Lomas project for over 400 schools world wide to (Crosfields, H), Jamie exchange weather data. We also helped to Bromfield (Cothill, A) and host the U.K. Raincatch 2005 project. Tobin Chew (Moulsford, 4The Economics Department entered a D) have worked with the team for the National Interest Rate Challenge RAF to design a system to and came 2nd in the southern area. test the laden flying capacity of the Puma helicopter. 4Asa Bennett (Dragon, C) was placed 3rd in the Oxford Area Classical Association 4The 6.2 Conference with St Reading Competition. Helen’s in November was one of the best: controversial, engaging 4Ed Martineau (Dragon, H) and Tom and with a high standard of debate, McPhail (Dragon, H) won through to the finals of the National Debating Competition. ‘Changing the World, Making a Difference’ had two outstanding talks, 4Matt Atkins (Rokeby, F) and Tobin Chew Julian Filochowski on Third World Poverty (Moulsford, D) are both Arkwright and James Mawdesley on North Korea. Scholars in Design Technology. 4Adrian Pascu (Wirral Grammar, B) was highly 4The Radley College Chronicle, the new commended in both The Times Stephen Spender school newspaper, is written and edited prize for poetry and translation, and Foyle’s Young largely by the boys and has continued to Poet of the Year. flourish in its second year with a mix of reviews, opinion pieces and gentle satire. 14 issues have been published thus far.
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