Bedford School Speech Day 2021

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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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