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2022 Intermediate Physics Challenge
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This year, we entered 98 students and achieved 29 Gold, 62 Silver & 7 Bronze awards. Particular congratulations go to Adam M (11S) who was top in the school scoring 34/40. Our results compare nationally as Gold 29.6% (18.9% nationally), Silver 63.2% (nationally 49.4%). This means that 92.8% of the cohort were awarded Silver or above against the national achievement of 68.3%.
A remarkable achievement by the students and, again, with no preparation as the competition requested.
2022 Senior Physics Challenge (online)
In the Year 12 competition, we entered 76 students and achieved 35 Gold, 33 Silver & 8 Bronze awards. Particular congratulations go to Ryan L (12TT) & Sida L (12JG) who were joint top in the school scoring 34/40 each. Our results compare nationally as Gold 46% (18.3% nationally), Silver 43.4% (nationally 33.9%). This means that 89.4% of the cohort were awarded Silver or above against the national achievement of 52.2%. A remarkable achievement by our students and with no preparation as the competition requested.
2022 British Physics Olympiad- Round 1
In the Year 13 competition, Anirudh K (13JG) achieved Top Gold and was invited to follow this up with the BAAO Astronomy & Astrophysics competition (see next page) as well as the BPhO Olympiad Round 2. Eshaan R C (13FEH) and Ebinezer R (13JG) achieved Gold awards, Vaibhav M (13JG) and Arran J (13AC) received Silver awards and Karan B (13TT) received a Commendation.
Anirudh K (13JG) has been chosen to take part in the International Astronomy & Astrophysics Olympiad later this year. He's an inspiration to budding astronomers & astrophysicists. "The International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad involves solving many different physics questions that stem from knowledge learnt at school, such as gravitational fields, mechanics and differential equations, and applying them to new scenarios, along with getting to grips with new concepts introduced at the training camp. There are a wide variety of topics involved, from the structure and classification of stars to the motion of planets around the Sun."
