Pupils win gold awards in Chemistry Challenge
Four pupils; Kevin Law (18), Maurice Gedney (17), James Chapman (17) and Andrea Veronese (16) were all awarded a Gold Award which placed them in the top seven per cent of the highly able cohort who sat this paper.
In addition, five pupils achieved Silver Awards and 21 pupils achieved Copper Awards. Of these, Rebecca Siddall (16) did very well as she was also taking her GCSEs at the same time.
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Hide AdHead of chemistry at Oundle School, Jonathan Peverley, said: “I am delighted that our annual cohort of highly able chemists have performed so well in this competition.
“Many commented on the enjoyable experience of being challenged far beyond what the IGCSE syllabus would cover. I am very pleased with their efforts.”