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Awards and Accolades
At the beginning of the year we celebrated with the news that our 2021 IB results positioned Godolphin and Latymer at the top of the UK league table and second in the world rankings (behind a school in Hong Kong). This replicated our position in the 2019 IB league tables, pre-pandemic.
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In October we were absolutely delighted to be awarded the Independent Schools of the Year 2021 Special Award for Outstanding Response to Covid-19. The judges paid tribute to Godolphin’s ‘inspiring community outreach activities – including the sector-leading Bridge programme – which provided an astonishing level of digital learning support to state primary and senior school partners during the depths of lockdown’. And to finish off the academic year we were delighted to be shortlisted for the 2022 awards in the Student Careers Programme category for our G&L Futures programme and In-house Internships.
Top 20 Girls Schools For Cricket
For the second year running Godolphin and Latymer was featured as one of the UK’s top 20 all-girls schools for cricket in The Cricketer’s Schools Guide 2022. The guide features the top 100 senior, the top 50 prep/ junior and – for the last two years – the top 20 all-girls schools. All entries were judged against an extensive set of criteria, which included a compelling commitment to cricket in the curriculum, facilities, fixture programmes and coaching.
Arkwright Engineering Scholarship
Congratulations were due to Lower Sixth student Sara who, after a rigorous selection process, was awarded an Arkwright Engineering Scholarship for her prototype small-scale wind turbine. Arkwright Engineering Scholarships are amongst the most prestigious student awards in the UK designed to inspire students to become future leaders in the field of engineering.
Upper Sixth student Roxanna was named the winner of the Harvard Science Research Conference’s Innovation Challenge for her conceptual software and smartwatch for people with schizophrenia.
Polar Star Prize
Year 9 cellist Inez became the youngest student to be selected for the semi-finals of the prestigious Polar Star Prize for young musicians from Sweden aged 14-18.
Cambridge University Inventors Challenge
Godolphin Year 10 students, Freya, Nina and Chloe received special commendations for their entry into the Davidson Inventors Challenge, a collaboration between the University of Cambridge Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology departments and the Association of Science Technology and Innovation.
Korean Literature Review Contest
Sixth Form student Isabell was awarded second place in the 2021 Korean Literature Review Contest which is a public contest hosted by the International Institute for Korean Studies at the University of Central Lancashire.
British Girls National Sailing Champion
There were congratulations to Tabitha, Year 9, who over the summer competed in a number of international sailing competitions including the European Championships and British National Championships for Optimists where she finished as the British Girls National Champion.
England Hockey
Congratulations were due to Emmie who started the season playing for the England U16 hockey squad and by the end of the season was selected to ‘play up’ for the U18s against France, Belgium and Holland.
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Three of our musicians were selected for the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, the world’s leading orchestra for teenage musicians: congratulations were due to Isabell, Lower Sixth, violin; Josie, Year 11, oboe; and Inez, Year 9, cello.
Physics Olympiad
Lower Sixth students completed the Senior Physics Challenge online at the end of January, and Year 11 students completed the Intermediate Physics Challenge online at the beginning of February. All our students achieved a Bronze award or above, and over 60% achieved a Silver Award in both challenges. A special mention to Suri, Emmie, Isabella and Sara who achieved the Gold Award.
German Olympiad
Congratulations to Lila, Year 8, who was a winner in the Oxford German Oympiad.
Social Impact Prize
The Social Impact prize sets out to inspire students to explore the power that social enterprise has to change the world for the better. This year the judging panel was overwhelmed by the outstanding standard of entries and the winners were: Junior Social Impact Prize: Lola Gabay and Isabelle Spira for their project which supports West London Welcome. Senior Social Impact Prize: Flo Wilkes and Tiffany You and their Music Outreach project.
Tudor Talk Time
Lower Sixth History students Lara, Phoebe and Katie launched their Tudor Talk Time podcast on Apple and Spotify and we were delighted to run the series in the Weekly Dolphin.
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Lower Sixth Further Maths Competition
Our Lower Sixth mathematicians submitted entries of outstanding quality judged by Dr Vangelis Evangelou, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Bath. Congratulations to our winners: The Fast Fourier Transform - Lillian Auld [First place]
The Travelling Salesman
Problem - Indigo WolfGarraway [Second place] Beam Deflection - Sara Galal [Third place]
