The RSC chemistry Olympiad exam was undertaken by our chemists again this year, this exam is for the more able chemistry students in year 13, however after the success of last yearit was opened up to promising year 12 students who wanted to enter too. This is a very demanding Chemistry exam which takes curriculum […]

The UKMT Team Maths Challenge (TMC) is a competition between nearly 700 schools, each bringing a team of four students to solve a variety of mathematical problems. The regional final of the TMC consists of four rounds: Group Round All four students work together on some mathematical problems. Teamwork and time management play a big […]

In the Autumn term, 64 players competed in the Tiny Tournament – a knockout tournament played on a tiny 5×5 chess board. Mr Tipler and Yusuf Shah reached the semi-finals but were knocked out by Soham Gaikwad and Dexter Cheetham, respectively. After some dedicated study of 5×5 strategies, Dexter secured overall victory and was awarded […]