SPEECH DAY Saturday 3 July 2021
Speech Day 2021
The Prizes Talalay Science Prize
James Deardon
L6
Head Master’s Arts Prize
Nat Otley
U6
Grevelink Memorial Exhibition for Science
George Winder
U6
H S Aldred Memorial Prize for Science Projects
Jamie Norris
U6
Physical Science A-Level Prize
Harry Dowrick
U6
K Revis Prize for the best Physics Investigation
Daniel Lumley-Wood
U6
Tai Tsang-Goodwin Varun Nathan
5th 5th
Eric Robinson Memorial Prize for Chemistry
George Winder
U6
Rollinson Scholarship for Science
Harilaos Karavaggelis Max Sogan
U6 U6
Alex Linney Oliver Pope
U6 5th
Harry Dowrick
U6
For the boy who makes the best presentation of a scientific topic of their choice demonstrating originality, creativity and presentation skills
For the boy deemed to have made the most significant contribution to the Arts life of the school
Awarded to the best senior student of Biology
Awarded to a senior boy for their efforts to promote Science
Awarded to a senior boy for the most meritorious overall performance in Chemistry and Physics
Awarded to a senior boy for the best Physics Investigation
Tanner Memorial Prizes
Awarded to the best Fifth Form Physics student (Physics) Awarded to the best Fifth Form Chemistry student (Chemistry)
Physics: Chemistry: Awarded to the best senior Chemist
Awarded to selected boy(s) who have shown the most effort and endeavour in encouraging and developing the image of Physical Sciences in the school and who intend to study Chemistry, Physics or Chemical Engineering at a British University
Radclyffe Hall Prizes for Biology
Awarded to the best Upper Sixth Biology student (Senior) Awarded to the best Fifth Form Biology student (Junior)
Senior: Junior: Henry Farrar Memorial Prize for Mathematics
Awarded to either a Further Mathematician or IB HL boy for excellence in Mathematics at an advanced level
Speech Day 2021 W.H. Allen Engineering Exhibition
Harilaos Karavaggelis
U6
Fuller Memorial Prize for Mathematics
Shawn Shen
5th
Malcolm Wilson Prize for Mathematics
Alex Linney
U6
German Nikolishin Varun Nathan
U6 5th
Ethan Whitlock Max Pearson
L6 5th
De-la-Noy Prize for Literary Analysis
Antonio Reale
U6
F P D Hurst Memorial Prize for English
Nat Otley
U6
Stileman English Prize
Awarded to a junior boy for their creative writing
Sarmukh Hundal John Ogunyiluka
5th 5th
Fowles Prize for English Essay
Ben Barnes
U6
Archie Wellbelove Prize
Ruben Jacob
4th
Awarded to a senior boy demonstrating the best capability and interest in Engineering
Awarded for excellence in Maths in the Fifth Form
Awarded to either an A-Level Mathematician or IB SL boy for excellence in Mathematics at advanced level
Arthur Jones Prizes for Computer Technology
Awarded to a senior boy for the best Computing Project (Senior) Awarded to the boy who has completed the most number of modules in Code Academy (Junior)
Senior: Junior: Phillpotts-Sargeaunt Prizes for Spoken English
Awarded to whomever has proved the most articulate and stylish speaker and/or reader in English classes
Senior: Junior: Awarded to whomever has shown the finest critical acumen over the year
Awarded to the boy who has made the most noticeable progress in English language
For any Sixth Form boy who has produced the best creative writing piece or a discursive essay on a topic of their choice
Awarded to a Fourth, Remove or Fifth Form boy for the best discursive essay on at least one text not studied in class
Speech Day 2021 New College Prizes for Classics Awarded to the best student of Latin (Senior) Awarded to the best student of Latin and/or Ancient History (Junior)
Antonio Reale Luca Moretto
U6 5th
J Marsh Prize for Classics
Alfie Willcocks
U6
Harvey Goldsmith Prize for History
William Edwards
5th
William James Burr Memorial Prize for History
Antonio Reale
U6
David Stanbridge Prize for History
Tanay Rai
4th
William Van der Walt Caleb Sanders
U6 5th
School Prize for Economics
Michael Lee
U6
School Prize for Business Studies
Luca Albon
U6
School Prize for Politics
Ben Barnes
U6
Lower Sixth Modern Languages Essay
Tom Herbert
L6
Page Prize for French
Carlos Martinez Bonet
U6
Senior: Junior: Awarded to the best senior student of Classical Civilisation
Awarded to the best junior student of History
Awarded to the best senior student of History
Awarded to the best student of History in the Fourth Form
Geoffrey Inskip Geography Prizes
Awarded to the boy who has added most to the Geography Department through their enthusiasm for and attainment in the subject
Senior: Junior:
Awarded for academic achievement, consistent performance and excellent attitude over the two year course
Awarded for academic achievement, consistent performance and excellent attitude over the two year course
Awarded to the best student of Politics
Awarded to a boy for the best demonstration of linguistic talent in their Modern Language essays over the year
Awarded to an Upper Sixth boy for their effort, contribution and linguistic talent over more than one year
Speech Day 2021 Lejeune Prize for French
Tom Cameron-Fraser
Rem
Irving French Prize
Caspar Keese
5th
F J Harrison Prize for German
Jakob Schmitt-Habersack
U6
James Cutler Oliver Pope
L6 5th
Sami Haroon
L6
George Winder Max Pearson
U6 5th
John Hext Prize for Mandarin Chinese
Joseph Mullaney
5th
School Prize for Enthusiasm & Commitment to Chinese
Aaron Berman
Rem
English as a Second Language Prize
Jakob Schmitt-Habersack
U6
Awarded to a Remove Form boy for their effort, contribution and linguistic talent over more than one year
Awarded to a Fifth Form boy for their effort, contribution and linguistic talent over more than one year
Awarded to a boy in any year who has contributed most to the German Department through his enthusiasm and attainment in the subject
Heald Prize for German For the boy who has shown the most development and achievement in German, especially in the area of German composition. Senior: Junior: R. Baker Prize for German
Awarded to a boy in any year who has fostered enthusiasm for German language and culture throughout the School
Argentine OB Prizes for Spanish
Awarded to the boy who has shown high commitment and all round excellence
Senior: Junior: Awarded to a boy who shows a genuine interest in studying the Chinese language and works hard inside and outside the classroom to contribute to any school activities related to Chinese culture and teaching.
Awarded to the most enthusiastic and committed student of Chinese, who has contributed much to both the teaching programme and Chinese-related extra curricular activities.
Awarded to the boy who, with outstanding endeavour, has most improved his reading, writing, listening and speaking fluency in English as a second language
Speech Day 2021 School Prizes for Music
Awarded to the best student of Music across all areas of the syllabus
Senior: Junior:
Nat Otley Max Leung
U6 Rem
Tagore Prize for Piano playing
Shawn Shen
5th
Crossman Prize for Brass playing
Michael Lee
U6
Beatrice Langley Prize for String playing
Leo De Luca
5th
W A L Osborn Memorial Prize for Singing
Nat Otley
U6
Godber Prize for Organ playing
James Watson
L6
Barford Prize for Woodwind playing
Christopher Sporton
L6
Amos Prize for Solo Playing and Commitment to School Music
Michael Lee Nat Otley
U6 U6
School Prize for Music Technology
Jonathan Coughlin
U6
Drama Prize for Acting
Max Pearson
5th
Drama Prize for Services to Stage Crew
Joshua Cooke
5th
Theo Ward Kiran Katechia
U6 5th
Awarded to the winner of the Senior Piano Prize
Awarded to the winner of the Senior Brass Prize
Awarded to the winner of the Senior String Prize
Awarded to the winner of the Senior Singing Prize
Awarded to the winner of the Senior Organ Prize
Awarded to the winner of the Senior Woodwind Prize
Awarded to the boy who has achieved outstanding performance standards in music
Awarded to a boy in the Sixth Form who has contributed most to Music Technology through his enthusiasm and attainment in the subject
Awarded to the boy who has achieved sustained excellence and enthusiasm in both curricular and extracurricular drama
Awarded to the boy who has contributed the most to theatre productions
Frank Wilson Technology Prizes Awarded to the best Senior student of Design & Technology (Senior) Awarded to the best GCSE student of Design & Technology specialising in Resistant Materials (Junior)
Senior: Junior:
Speech Day 2021 Milne Prize for Graphics
Freddie Peacock
U6
Mike Carpenter Award for Design and Technology
Connor Hawthorne
5th
Harvey Toms John Ogunyiluka
U6 5th
Fanshawe Divinity Prize
Sami Haroon
L6
School Prize for Religious Studies
James Moffat
L6
Norris Prizes for Outstanding GCSE results
David Adeyemi-Abere Alexander Aellen George Ashcroft James Cutler Sami Haroon Harry Hine Anish Katechia Krish Nair Dylan Swain
L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6
John H Buck Prize for Consistent Effort
Eric Breslin
4th
Jo Spir Prize
Ben Parrish
U6
IB Diploma Prize for CAS (Creativity, Activity & Service)
Ashlesh Chandrapu
U6
Awarded to the best GCSE student of Design & Technology specialising in graphic products
An award for budding GCSE and Sixth Form design engineers to ‘custom design equipment to help people with additional needs’. Supported by Remap, a national charity helping people with additional needs achieve independence and a better quality of life by designing and making equipment for their individual needs.
William James Burr Memorial Prizes for Art
Awarded to a boy who has achieved sustained excellence and enthusiasm
Senior: Junior: Awarded to the most deserving boy studying Religious Studies or Philosophy from any year
Awarded to the most deserving boy in Religious Studies from any year
For boys with the top GCSE results of their Fifth Form year group
Awarded for consistent effort and improvement throughout the Fourth Form and to a boy who would otherwise not have been awarded a prize
For a boy who through support and their own endeavour has made significant academic progress
For the IB student who has shown great empathy, social responsibility and personal growth through their CAS experiences and project.
Speech Day 2021 IB Diploma Prize for ToK
Michael Lee
U6
IB Diploma Prize for Extended Essay
Michael Lee
U6
Bedford School Independent Project Prize
James Cutler
L6
Chalice Prize
Will Ramply
U6
Tristam Yarde Prize
Harry Hine
L6
The Head Master’s Prize for Social Entrepreneurship
For boys who have brought great ideas to life, for the wider benefit of the local, national or international community
James Cutler Harry Hine Joba Thomas (runner up)
L6 L6 L6
The Andrew Lucken Award for Personal Courage
Will Sayer
U6
Bill Sohal Prize for Aspiration
Harilaos Karavaggelis
U6
Bowl of Benevolence (kindly donated by Old Bedfordians Lodge)
Ashwin Santosh Kumar
U6
The School Prize for Services to Boarding
Seong Wan Pai
U6
For the IB student who has, in the school’s view, done the best work in the assessed parts of ToK
For the writer of the Extended Essay which, in the School’s view, represents the most impressive piece of research in that format
For the L6th A Level boy who researched, created and presented the best independent project on a topic of their own choice
Awarded for service to the school community through the life of the School Chapel
Awarded for reading in Chapel
Awarded to a boy who shows or who has shown fortitude and personal strength in the face of adversity or, alternatively, helped others who have experienced such adversity in a notable way
For a Sixth Form boy who, whilst maintaining high academic standards, also pursues and achieves excellence in another discipline, showing character and leadership to inspire others
Awarded to a boy in any year group who has been consistently and unfailingly kind to others
For the boy who has not only gained from boarding but who has given wholeheartedly in a personal and broader capacity to his boarding house and the wider school community
Speech Day 2021 The CAP Tarbutt Memorial Prize
Tom Allen Ashlesh Chandrapu Will Garner Freddie Stock Henry Warren Alfie Willcocks James Worker
U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6
The Guy Fletcher Prize for Sportsmanship and Dedication
Will Ramply
U6
Barlen Leaving Exhibition
Ciaran Zanna
U6
Elger Leaving Exhibition
For a boy (or boys) of outstanding academic ability, defined by receipt of an offer from Cambridge or Oxford Universities
Oscar Hudson Michael Lee Max Sogan George Winder
OB U6 U6 U6
Young Prize for the Head of School
Andy Wong
U6
For boys who by effort and example have encouraged others to develop sporting talents and enjoy sport
Awarded to a Sixth Form boy who, by hard work and dedication, has made the most of his sporting abilities. It is specifically designed to reward those who through determination and perseverance have represented the school with distinction - at whatever level in whatever sports - and in the best traditions of Bedford School sportsmanship
For boys who have studied History to a high level and been offered a place at Oxbridge or another top league university to continue the study of the subject
Awarded to the Head of School
Speech Day 2021
Record of Additional Achievements Details of prizes awarded earlier this academic year, and other individual achievements. Please note that a number of national competitions were unable to take place during the exceptional circumstances of this year.
School Colours Awarded to boys for excellence in the indicated area of school life
Academic Colours
Ben Barnes Owen Chean Alex Christey Sam Dicks Harry Dowrick Henry Faulkner William Garner Joshua Gervais Hugh Halsey Rohan Jacob Harilaos Karavaggelis Michael Lee Hugo Mathew German Nikolishin Jamie Norris Antonio Reale Maximilian Sogan Alfie Willcocks George Winder Ciaran Zanna Tony Zhang Wentao Zhao
U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6
Music Colours
Jonathon Coughlin Michael Lee Nat Otley
U6 U6 U6
Art Colours
David Chan Sami Shameem Boris Song Harvey Toms Andy Wong
U6 U6 U6 U6 U6
Speech Day 2021 Rugby Honours Caps
Tom Allen Ben Barnes Lewis Butterly Alex Christey Harry Constantine Gurkaran Johal Will Ramply
U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6
Rugby Major Colours
Sam Dicks Henry Warren
U6 U6
Rugby Minor Colours
Will Barford Harry Dowrick Divine Edjejovwo Oliver Gregory Jack Hudson Will Monk Joseph Needham Lewis Schael Arthur Sowerby William Van der Walt Alfie Willcocks
U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6
Hockey Honours Caps
Finlay Cummings Frederick Stock Alfie Willcocks James Worker
U6 U6 U6 U6
Hockey Major Colours
Elliot Potter Archie Walsh Alfie Willcocks
U6 U6 U6
Hockey Minor Colours
Henry Faulkner Sam Garrett Philip Hughes Felix Lange Yaamin Mohamed Joseph Needham Varun Parmar William Sayer Charlie Thompson
U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6
Speech Day 2021 Rowing Major Colours
William Garner Alex Gates Max Lusty Aaric Timms
U6 U6 U6 U6
Rowing Minor Colours
Blake Ayling Jacob Bailey Jack Beighton Gabriel Davis James Deardon Sebastian Iles Mattie Lousada Blaazer Gabriel Mann Charlie McCutcheon Henry Tyrer Austin Ward Oscar Whitcombe Orlando Williams
U6 L6 U6 L6 L6 L6 U6 L6 L6 U6 L6 L6 L6
Cricket Major Colours
Ashlesh Chandrapu Archie Houghton Rohan Mehmi Charlie Mumford Dilan Sheemar Henry Warren James Worker
U6 L6 L6 L6 L6 U6 U6
Cricket Minor Colours
Alex Aellen Ben Barnes Nick Challacombe Raoul Flora Simeon Gay Jonathan Huggins Sami Haroon Zane Haroon Ibrahim Hassan Tom Herbert Piratheesh Karunakaran Benjie Ingram-Moore Anish Katechia George Mansell Jacques Wildon
L6 U6 L6 L6 U6 L6 L6 U6 L6 L6 U6 L6 L6 L6 L6
Speech Day 2021 Ted Walker Callum Wallis
L6 U6
Athletics Minor Colours
Tom Allen Felix Barth Lewis Butterly Sam Dicks Harry Dowrick Rohan Jacob German Nikolishin Nathan Romeo Ashwin Santosh Kumar Stephen Simmons Arthur Sowerby Alfie Warnock
U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6
Shooting Minor Colours
James Hine James Lumley-Wood Jamie Norris Oscar Terry
5th 5th U6 L6
Squash Minor Colours
Edward Matthew Jones
U6
Tennis Minor Colours
Hamza Noor Tobias Todd
U6 U6
Academic Stripes Awarded to boys for excellent exam performance, placing them in the top 10% of their year group
Post Fourth Form Exams
Aiden Ainsworth-Cave Tom Cameron-Fraser Ben Cook Isaac Dutson William Everitt Matthew Goodman Alex Hall Jack Harte Ivan Iankov Maksim Kabarovskii Thivamsan Karunakaran Luke Langridge
Rem Rem Rem Rem Rem Rem Rem Rem Rem Rem Rem Rem
Speech Day 2021 Toby Mitchell Finn Montgomery Keshav Navalkissoor Justin Ng Shiryu Oshiro Arun Penhall Will Reddy Frederik Simmen Shaun Thomas Alex Ying
Rem Rem Rem Rem Rem Rem Rem Rem Rem Rem
Post Remove Form Exams
Troy Arora Gideon Chan Charlie Dowrick George Gebhardt Sachin Kambli Arav Kirtane Nathanael Lord James Lumley-Wood Makar Molchanov Luca Moretto Varun Nathan Harry Norris John Ogunyiluka Robert Parrish Oli Pope Caleb Sanders Mohammed Shadid Khush Shah Shawn Shen Tai Tsang-Goodwin Jamie Wallwork Callum Ward Sunny Ye
5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th
Post GCSE Exams
David Adeyemi-Abere Alex Aellen Ola Apesin George Ashcroft Jake Bentley-Evans Olly Blakemore
L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6
Speech Day 2021 Oscar Calvert Maldwyn Crook James Cutler James Deardon Ben Eidmans Raoul Flora Kieran Gilmour Sami Haroon Ibrahim Hassan Thomas Herbert Harry Hine Anish Katechia Ciaran Kilbane Maxwell Martin Alex Moffat James Moffat Peter Moore Krish Nair Arun Nanda Ethan Ofosu Freddie Sellers Kolia Sorokin Christopher Sporton Dylan Swain Oscar Terry Andy Wang Jonah Whiteman
L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6
Detweiler Competition Winners
Named after Dr Alan Detweiler, a Canadian composer, who originally generously supported the prize.This year’s competition was on the theme of ‘Inside/Outside’.
Art (2D Winner) Art (3D Winner) Music (Winner) English Creative Writing (Winner) Drama (5th/6th Winner) Drama (5th/6th Runner Up) Drama (4th/Rem Winner) Drama (4th/Rem Runner Up)
Simeon Gay David Chan Edgar Cheung Nathanael Hylton
U6 U6 Rem L6
Sarmukh Hundal Max Pearson
5th 5th
Arthur Proctor Tanay Rai
4th 4th
Speech Day 2021 British Biology Olympiad
A challenging paper designed to stretch top Biologists
Gold
George Winder Alexander Linney
U6 U6
Silver
Harry Mason Hugh Halsey Rohan Jacob Rowan Spong
U6 U6 U6 U6
Gold
George Ashcroft Ciaran Kilbane
L6 L6
Silver
James Deardon
L6
Bronze
Olaoluwa Apesin Olly Blakemore Henry Christian Raoul Flora Freddie Sellers Oscar Terry
L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6
Gold
Alexander Olleson
4th
Silver
Issac Maddison
Rem
Bronze
Thomas Bates Tom Hickey Charlie Lawrence Sam Maling Louis Montgomery Oliver Yates
Rem Rem Rem Rem Rem Rem
Intermediate Biology Olympiad
An Olympiad for Lower Sixth Biologists which aims to encourage an interest in Biology beyond the school curriculum.
Biology Challenge
An Olympiad for Remove Form Biologists which aims to encourage an interest in Biology beyond the school curriculum.
Speech Day 2021 British Physics Olympiad
A very challenging paper designed to stretch the best students with the determination to solve hard physics problems
Silver
Harry Dowrick Harilaos Karavaggelis Sam Lee
U6 U6 U6
Bronze 1
Maximilian Sogan Tony Zhang
U6 U6
Bronze II
Vivaan Singh German Nikolishin
U6
Harry Dowrick Harilaos Karavaggelis Sam Lee Vivaan Singh Maximilian Sogan
U6 U6 U6 U6 U6
German Nikolishin Tony Zhang
U6 U6
Gold
Troy Arora Cyrus Goddard Mohammed Shadid Shawn Shen Shazil Sohail Sunny Ye
5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th
Silver
Korede Alagbe Max Allman-Ward
5th 5th
Commendation
U6
Physics Challenge
The aim of this challenge is to stretch thinking into the applications and ideas rather than to keep to the narrow content of the syllabus, preparing students for further work, or for interview practice.
Merit
Physics Intermediate Challenge
The aim of this challenge is to stretch thinking into the applications and ideas rather than to keep to the narrow content of the syllabus, preparing students for further work, or for interview practice.
Speech Day 2021
Bronze
Cole Balachandran Wilfred Barker Aslan Bekov Gideon Chan Tom Deardon Charlie Dowrick Ben Edwards Will Edwards Louis Elder George Gebhardt Sachin Kambli Kiran Katechia Arav Kirtane Joshua Ko Sho Kudo Tae Leepiboonsawats James Lumley-Wood Josha Mital Makar Molchanov Luca Moretto Joseph Mullaney Varun Nathan Robert Parrish Oli Pope Subhaan Rashid Caleb Sanders Gabriel Sankersingh Murray Silk Tomas Spice Joshua Stewart Merlin Toms Tai Tsang-Goodwin Jamie Wallwork Jerry Williams
5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th
Riaz Bakr Sam Blewitt Leo De Luca Alex Fairburn Joseph Hart Connor Hawthorne
5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th
Speech Day 2021 James Hine Tom Howe Abid Husein Daniel Hutchins Joshua Jeganathan Kush Katechia Jovan Kooner Nathanael Lord Oskar Martin Anthony Muffoletto Harry Norris John Ogunyiluka Magomed Palankoev Khush Shah Daniil Smirnov Tony Wang Callum Ward Matthew Weimann
5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th
Ian Ho Xavier Lee Mathew Omelchenko
5th 5th 5th
Gold
Alex Aellen Reuben Glenville
L6 L6
Silver
Marcus Chien James Deardon Dell Kang Anish Katechia Ciaran Kilbane Maxwell Martin Peter Moore Sebastian Peacock William Turner Jonah Whiteman
L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6
Commendation
Senior Physics Challenge
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.
Speech Day 2021 Bronze
Jacob Bailey Ben Chan Charlie Chen Charles Costello Henry Hu Joe Huang Sebastian Iles Nickey Lam Ta Leepiboonsawats Aidan Leung Robert Menhart Aaron Qiu Miles Ratcliffe Nathan Sankersingh Yonathan Sileshi Oscar Whitcombe Orlando Williams
L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6 L6
Commendation
Henry Cudjoe Samson Lok
L6 L6
Gold
Harry Dowrick Harilaos Karavaggelis George Winder
U6 U6 U6
Silver
Rowan Bascetta-Pollitt Owen Chean Alex Christey Florio Eriksen Hugh Halsey Alexander Linney Daniel Lumley-Wood Hugo Mathew Jamie Norris Stephen Simmons Vivaan Singh
U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6 U6
Chemistry Olympiad
A challenging written paper designed to stretch Sixth Form students and make them apply their knowledge to real-life applications of Chemistry
Speech Day 2021 Bronze
Sam Dicks Agastya Mishra
U6 U6
Alfie Willcocks
U6
Sunny Ye Eric He Jason He
5th 4th 4th
Harry Dowrick Alex Aellen Charlie Chen Charlie Dowrick Ivan Iankov Max Leung Varun Nathan Shawn Shen Michael Moretto Eric Breslin Lincoln Chiu Abdullah Khalid Pui Lam Ng
U6 L6 L6 5th Rem Rem 5th 5th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Arun Chohan Anthony Muffoletto Thomas Raut Will Reddy Rahul Thakrar
Rem 5th U6 Rem Rem
UK Linguistic Olympiad
The Olympiad requires students to be able to make inferences about new languages, manipulate them and solve problems based on minimal information
Gold British Maths Olympiad Intermediate
The Olympiad exams are gruelling tests aimed at the very best mathematicians, as judged by the Maths Challenges
Senior Maths Kangaroo
The Kangaroo exams are aimed at high achievers who scored slightly below the boundary for the Olympiad exams
Merit - Senior
Merit - Pink
Merit - Grey
Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award
The Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award, known as iDEA, aims to equip people with digital and enterprise skills
Silver
Speech Day 2021 Bronze
Ola Apesin William Beattie Huw Burton-Pye Oscar Calvert Kieran Hamel-Henn Jack Harte Luke Langridge Michael Moretto Ethan Ofosu
L6 4th Rem L6 4th Rem Rem 4th L6
Alex Aellen Sachin Kambli James Moffat
L6 5th L6
Frederik Simmen
Rem
Distinction
Arav Kirtane Varun Nathan Shawn Shen Joe Travis
5th 5th 5th Rem
Merit
Korede Alagbe Cole Balachandran Aslan Bekov Isaac Cheung Gordon Guo Abid Husein Sachin Kambli Toby L'Estrange Max Leung Makar Molchanov Karan Srivastava
5th 5th 5th 5th Rem 5th 5th Rem Rem 5th 5th
CyberDiscovery Elite Programme (Level 3)
For top performing students in the Government’s CyberStart programme
Perse Coding Competition
Team competition in which students submit short code solutions to a range of challenges
Speech Day 2021 Lockheed Martin Cyber Quest Hacking Competition
An international computer programming competition where teams of students work together to solve problems
Alex Aellen James Moffat German Nikolishin Siddharth Prabhu Shawn Shen Frederik Simmen Callum Ward Hasnain Zaidi Tony Zhang
L6 L6 U6 Rem 5th Rem 5th U6 U6
Alex Aellen Dawud Ibrahim Oliver Jones Maxwell Martin German Nikolishin Sebastian Peacock Siddharth Prabhu Will Reddy Yonathan Sileshi Joe Travis Hasnain Zaidi Tony Zhang
L6 Rem Rem L6 U6 L6 Rem Rem L6 Rem U6 U6
Lockheed Martin Code Quest Programming Competition
An international computer programming competition where teams of students work together to solve problems
Bebras Computing Challenge
An international computational thinking competition
Best in school (Elite)
Maxwell Martin
Best in school (Seniors)
Oliver Jones
L6 Rem
Speech Day 2021 Oxford Computing Challenge
Competition aiming to challenge talented computational thinkers
Distinction (Elite)
Alex Aellen
L6
Junior Music Prizes
Awarded to the winner of the Junior Music Prizes
Piano Strings Woodwind Brass Singing Percussion
Isaac Dutson Isaac Dutson Edgar Cheung Max Leung Alexander Olleson Freddie Tucker
Rem Rem Rem Rem 4th Rem
Young Musician of the Year Senior Junior
Nathaniel Otley Max Leung
U6 Rem
ARTiculation Competition
Sami Shameem
U6
Charlie McCutcheon
L6
A national art public speaking competition
New College of Humanities Art History Essay Prize
An international competition for students interested in studying humanities or social sciences at university
Highly Commended English Speaking Union Churchill Public Speaking Grand (National) Final
The largest schools debating competition in the UK with around 350 schools entering each year
Giles Halsey Toby L'Estrange William Roberts
Rem Rem 5th
Speech Day 2021 Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics Video Competition
A submitted a highly commended entry on ‘The Ethics of Vaccination’ to the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics competition. A competition that challenged entrants to consider the issue of responsibility and how we can all do more to tackle some of the biggest ethical problems facing us today.
Highly commended
Daniel Bello Sami Haroon Nathanael Hylton Deimis Sukys
L6 L6 L6 L6
Gold
Tom Chambers Benedict Giles Joshua Lyon Ben Sherriff Daniel Smith Parampreet Thiara George Wegener
OB OB OB OB OB OB OB
Silver
Mikey Basciano Florio Eriksen Anish Katechia Tobias Todd
U6 U6 L6 U6
Bronze
Charles Barber Samuel Blewitt Eldon Craven Thomas Deardon George Gebhardt Thomas Godber Thomas Hayward Joshua Holdsworth Joshua Jeganathan Sachin Kambli Arav Kirtane Pranay Lad James Lumley-Wood Freddie McPhail
L6 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th OB 5th 5th 5th L6 5th 5th
Duke of Edinburgh Award
The Duke of Edinburgh Award is the world’s leading youth achievement award
Varun Nathan Robert Parrish Jake Pattison Oliver Pope Caleb Sanders Murray Silk Shazil Sohail Harlan Todd Tai Tsang-Goodwin Christian Tyrrell James Wallwork Austin Ward Samuel Wells Harry Wootton Evans James Wootton Evans
5th 5th L6 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th L6 5th 5th 5th
Speech Day 2021
Leavers’ Destinations September 2020 Akhir Absar
MPharm
University of Reading
Emmanuel Adeyemi-Abere
History and Politics
Lancaster University
Ben Aellen
Classics
Durham University
Ryan Apps
Construction Engineering Management
Loughborough University
Thomas Arnold
Music
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Will Ashcroft
Biomedical Sciences
University of Oxford
Peter Barrington
History of Art
University of Birmingham
Simon Bessel
Italian and History
University of Edinburgh
Arron Bian
Financial and Business Economics
Royal Holloway, University of London
Sam Blakemore
International Business Management
Bristol University
Edward Blythman
Geography
University of Birmingham
Calum Bourne
Modern Languages
University of Nottingham
James Brazil
Biological Sciences with Professional Placement
University of Birmingham
Christopher Broens
Furniture and Product Design
Nottingham Trent University
Cameron Brown
Product Design
De Montfort University
Oliver Burridge-Dean
Land Economy
University of Cambridge
Thomas Byrne
Social Sciences
Durham University
Finn Cassell
Graphic Communication and Illustration
Loughborough University
Michael Catt
Biological Sciences
Durham University
Tom Chambers
Mechanical Engineering
University of Nottingham
Anthony Chan
Pharmacy
University College London
Charter Cheung
Law
University of Dundee
Elmar Cheung
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
University of Leeds
Oliver Christian-Allan
Law
Royal Holloway, University of London
Speech Day 2021 Ruslan Chyrva
Economics, Psychology and Philosophy
University of Warwick
Matthew Cole
Civil Engineering
Loughborough University
Elijah Cooke
Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Durham University
Trystan Coveney
Physics
Imperial College London
Ollie Crankshaw
Modern Languages and Cultures
Durham University
Barney Davis
International Business Management
Newcastle University
Sean Davis
Biomedical Sciences
University of Newcastle
Richard Den
Aerospace Engineering
University of Manchester
Zain Dhakam
Mechatronic Engineering
University of Manchester
Oliver Dwight
International Business and Management
University of Reading
Alfie Elston
Graphic and Communication Design
University of Leeds
William English
Medical Physiology and Therapeutics
University of Nottingham
Alexander English
Physiological Science
University of Nottingham
Samuel Evans
Chemistry
Durham University
Flik Feng
Physics
Durham University
Joseph Fordham
Modern and Medieval Languages
University of Cambridge
Jay Garbutt
Philosophy and Theology
University of Exeter
Kevin Ge
Biochemistry
Queen Mary University of London
Benedict Giles
Biochemistry
University of Bristol
Ewan Gordon
Economics and Management
University of Oxford
Harry Gouldstone
Management
Loughborough University
Mike Grachev
Business Economics
University of Liverpool
Aaron Hall
Geography
University of Birmingham
James Haxell
Accounting and Finance
University of Reading
Charles Hicks
Business Economics
Cardiff University
Speech Day 2021 Oscar Hill
Psychological and Behavioural Sciences
University of Cambridge
James Hooper
Mathematics
University of Bath
Jonathan Hosking
English Literature
University of Manchester
Anthony Hung
Pharmacy
University College London
Lucas Inman
Chemistry
University of Oxford
Marco Ip
Engineering (Mechanical)
University College London
Jay Johnson
Biochemistry
University of York
Jack Jordan
Architecture
Nottingham Trent University
Jaikishan Katechia
Medical Science
Anglia Ruskin University
Alex King
Ethics, Philosophy & Religion
Lancaster University
Alex Lam
Medicine
Cardiff University
Chi Nok Lau
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
University of Leeds
Ronny Lee
Geography and Urban & Regional Planning
University of Birmingham
Matthew Lewis
Biology
University of Oxford
Brady Locke-King
Plant Science
Edge Hill University
Tom Lukiyanov
Politics with Economics
University of Bath
Joshua Lyon
Business Economics with Placement
University of Reading
Joshua Markham
Industrial Design and Technology Loughborough University
Ronan Mckay
Business and Management
Durham University
Harry McPhail
Politics
University of Exeter
Oliver Medley
Management
Loughborough University
Amaan Mehmood
Business and Management
Brunel University
Gus Miller
Management
Loughborough University
Ishaan Mukherji
Medicine
University of Birmingham
Jason Natsa
Accounting and Finance
University of Leicester
Jack O'Donovan
Combined Honours in Social Science
University of Durham
Finley O'Sullivan
Foundation Built Environment
Oxford Brookes University
Speech Day 2021 Tom O'Toole
Accounting and Economics
Sheffield Hallam University
Shawn Peng
Chemistry
Imperial College London
Michael Phillips
Management
University of Nottingham
Henry Poppleton
Civil Engineering
University of Sheffield
Charles Probyn
Politics and International Business
University of Liverpool
Aran Rai
Commercial Management and Quantity Surveying
Loughborough University
Daniel Reid
International Business Management
University of Bristol
Harry Robertson
Modern Languages with Business University of Nottingham
George Robertson
Theatre: Writing, Directing and Performance
University of York
Samuel Robinson
Product Design
Nottingham Trent University
Elliot Sabel
Product Design
Nottingham Trent University
Sareer Safi
Biomedical Sciences
University of Reading
Benedict Siow
Architecture
University College London
Daniel Smith
Liberal Arts and Sciences
University of Birmingham
William Smithson
Economics
Loughborough University
George Sorokin
Electronic and Computer Engineering
University of Nottingham
Benjamin Spanoudakis
Chemistry
Durham University
Benjamin Sporton
Law
Durham University
Moritz Stahl
International Relations
King’s College London
Alex Steele
Business Management
Exeter University
Matthew Stewart
Law
Durham University
Hector Stokes
Business Management & HR
Nottingham Trent University
Joseph Stringer
Computing Science
University of East Anglia
Ben Sudborough
Economics
University of Nottingham
Joshua Sutcliffe
Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
University of Nottingham
Henry Szeto
Economics
University College London
Speech Day 2021 George Thomas
Digital Media & Information Studies/Film & Television Studies
University of Glasgow
James Todd
History
University of Reading
William Tse
International Business Management
Oxford Brookes University
Oliver Tunnicliffe
Materials Science
University of Manchester
Huw Turner
Law
Cardiff University
Enoch Tze
Biomedical Sciences
University College London
Benjamin Watson
Mathematics and Statistics
University of Bath
William Watson
Philosophy and French
University of Bristol
Dimitri Webb
Theoretical Physics and Applied Mathematics
University of Birmingham
Michael Wells
Management
Loughborough University
George Whitcombe
Politics, Philosophy and Economics
University of Exeter
Samuel Whiteman
Finance, Accounting and Management
University of Nottingham
Alex Wilkins
International History and Politics University of Leeds
Luke Williams
Engineering and Physical Sciences
University of Nottingham
Bryn Williamson
History
University of Bristol
Leon Williamson
Economics and Management
University of Bristol
Steven Yan
Theoretical Physics
University of Edinburgh
Alikhan Yeraliyev
Politics and International Relations
University of Manchester
Edric Yeung
Physiotherapy
University of Bradford
Joseph Young
Real Estate
University of Reading
Sami Younis
Marketing and Public Relations
Coventry University
Abid Zaman
Economics
University of Glasgow
Leon Zhu
Chemistry
University of Bristol
Speech Day 2021 Places gained at Overseas Universities: Arai Kaz
Policy Management, University of Keio, Japan
Harry Brown
Mech Engineering and Golf, Christian Brother University, USA
Jonathan Chan
Hong Kong University
Will Cochrane
Biomed Engineering, Emory University, USA
Tizian-Oscar Geyer
International Business Administration, WHU, Germany
Yoji Nishina
Policy Management, University of Keio, Japan
Wilf Rush
Harding University, USA
Ben Sherriff
Australia
Desmond Sze
Hong Kong University
Novo Ukiri
Columbia University, USA
Higher and Degree Apprenticeships Luke Thompson
Mercer & Hole Higher Apprenticeship
Professional Sport Kayde Sylvester
Northampton Saints Academy
Music Examination Successes (in Academic Year 2019-2020)
ABRSM Performance Diploma Flik Feng
Piano
Dip.ABRSM Pass
OB
Trumpet
Merit
OB
Singing
Distinction
U6
Kieran Hamel-Henn
Trumpet
Distinction
4th
Hugh Halsey
Bass Trombone
Merit
U6
Rohan Jacob
Piano
Merit
U6
Isaac Dutson
Piano
Distinction
R
Hugh Halsey
Piano
Merit
U6
Grade 8 Benjamin Watson
Grade 7 William Cliffe
Grade 6
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