Events and Achievements 2014

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3 | Foreword

Editing this brief account of the myriad of experiences that girls had in the last year is a privilege; it’s inspirational to read colleagues’ exciting accounts of school events and the girls’ achievements.

What is perhaps most striking is not only how great the school continues to be, but also the huge amount of innovation and improvement there has been. We have gained ground in every way, whether in terms of even better academic results; the growing numbers of girls here benefitting from a High School education; the fabulous new facilities in our classrooms and our sports centre; events such as the new whole school House Debate, the inaugural Northampton High School Young Musician of the Year competition, winning the Eco Schools’ Green Flag, and in many more areas.

Education is at a point of considerable change, with new GCSE’s and A Levels ahead and downward pressure already placed on grades, yet the school has enjoyed an amazing year academically, gaining ground in all the key measures of academic success, and girls here are encouraged and enabled to excel in many other ways, too, and all in the context of a school where fun and friendliness are the order of the day, every day.

This record is only a snapshot of the school’s existence, as we embrace the past and shape the future, creating legacies for others to follow and benefit from. We hope you enjoy reading about some of the ways we achieved that last year.

Sarah Dixon, Headmistress Jonathan Williams, Editor and Head of English

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GCSE English results were outstanding, rivalling or surpassing previous records. In English Language, despite a national decline in grades and the withdrawal of the 20% Speaking and Listening component, 70% of girls achieved A*/A grades and all gained a B or above. In English Literature 81% of girls gained A*/A grades. At A level three students won the distinction of an A*, with 72% of girls attaining A*/A grades, while at AS outcomes were remarkably consistent with 75% reaching an A grade and all students gaining A/B grades.

A Level Art students gained 90% A*-B grades and 80% of the girls have chosento pursue creative career paths including Fine Art, Film, Architecture and Fashion. GCSE Drama gained 100% A*-C grades and 82% A*/B grades, while at AS Drama and Theatre Studies achieved 100% A*/B grades. LAMDA examination results were also excellent, with a large cohort of 73 girls being entered with 13 Passes, 31 Merits and 29 Distinctions. Music GCSE results saw 100% A*-B grades and 100% grade A at A level. For AS, both Connie Emmott-Dixon and Emma Gault scored full marks in their Unit 1 Performance papers. In Textiles Technology, at GCSE, the whole cohort enjoyed A*or A grades.

In Geography 52% of GCSE students secured A* and 72% A*/A grades, while at AS 70% of candidates achieved an A grade. Economics achieved 100% A*-B at A2 and Eleanor Anthony gained an A* grade in Economics despite starting the whole course from scratch in her 6.2 year. In History, half the A level cohort gained A*/A grades with every student gaining a C grade or above. In Religious Studies 100% of grades were at A*/B with 83% A*/A, while at A2 and AS our students gained 88% A*/B grades.

The Languages Faculty was delighted with the examination successes of its students. 65% of GCSE French grades were at A*/A. A2 Spanish achieved 100% A* and AS French and German 100% A-B. In Latin, both GCSE & AS/A2 results were outstanding with three-quarters of the GCSE cohort reaching A*/A grades and four of the five AS candidates achieving an A grade.

In Mathematics, despite media forecasts for a national decline, results have remained very impressive at both GCSE and A level. At GCSE, despite the change in the form of assessment, 63% of the girls were awarded A*/A grades. At A2 62% of students gained A*/A grades and 58% of AS students achieved an A grade.

Physical Education achieved very good GCSE results with 100% A-C grades, while at AS all girls were awarded an A grade.

Science results again significantly bucked national trends. The GCSE cohorts for Science, Additional Science and Further Additional Science all acquired a 100% pass rate. Figures for the top grades are brilliant, standing out nationally and amongst GDST schools: Science 73% A*/A; Additional Science 68% A*/A; Further Additional Science 96% A*/A - a new exam this year.

In Biology 88% of the A level grades were A*-C, with two girls gaining places to study medicine, so we continue to prepare the doctors of the future. At AS level we are very pleased with a really hardworking and high achieving year, including three girls who achieved 100% in both Unit 1 and Unit 2 papers. In Chemistry 73% of A level grades were A*-B, while in Physics 88% of the grades were A*-B, with Zoë Gidden achieving an A* in her Physics A level and a prestigious International Academic Scholarship to study Physics at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

The Extended Project Qualification saw girls achieve an outstanding 86% A*/A grades, having learnt many useful skills and approaches which will be of help to them on their chosen university courses and working lives beyond.

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9 | Travels

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Teachers continue to invigorate girls’ learning experiences through new

trips, which are a rich source of experience. Just as students may

learn about heritage, they too create their own

heritage; the memories that give them a sense of common identity in

future years.

The new Year 7 Art trip to RHS Wisley Gardens proved to be a tremendous success with the girls producing practical work and written accounts, using sketchbooks from the older girls as sources of inspiration for their presentations back in school.

Religious Studies took Sixth Form girls to two excellent courses on Philosophy and Ethics in Cambridge and Oxford, delivered by Peter and Charlotte Vardy.

In March, Year 9 students attended the Big Bang Fair in Birmingham’s NEC. Aimed at young scientists and engineers, there were hundreds of stalls from universities, the National Health Service and industry, with hands-on experiments including welding with chocolate and making lip balm.

In April Miss Kneen led a fantastic trip to Iceland for thirty Sixth Form students; highlights included standing on the rift between the North American and Eurasian plates and relaxing in the geothermal pools at the Blue Lagoon.

In June, Mr Williams led a one night residential trip to Kent for Year 9, visiting The Canterbury Tales Museum, Canterbury Cathedral, watching a performance of Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s Cats and staying in student accommodation at the University of Kent.

Miss Mason organized a very interesting trip to the Classics Faculty at Oxford University, where our Year 10 Latin pupils attended lectures, had lunch at Hertford College with current students and attended a talk about applying to read Classics at Oxford.

A highlight of the year for Biology was a really stimulating and inspiring visit to the TEDx talks at the Royal Albert Hall. This trip was suggested by Sixth Form student, Holly Hare, and is another example of the school listening to the student voice and supporting initiative and independent thinking in our girls.

The History Department again joined forces with the Languages Faculty to take fifty-five girls to tour the amazing city of Berlin during the Easter Holidays. Preparations are well underway for the new German Exchange trip with the Johanna Decker Girls’ Grammar School in the beautiful town of Amberg in Bavaria. Participation in a foreign exchange programme, in addition to visits to countries abroad, is an experience which challenges girls, pushing them out of their comfort zone; such programmes offer amazing opportunities to develop valuable linguistic and life skills.

Residential trip to Kent

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To celebrate the Royal Society of Chemistry’s biennial Chemistry Week, we put on a series of breathtaking demonstrations, including a jelly baby scream, setting alight to Dr Carr’s hands, making elephants’ toothpaste and whooshing a water cooler bottle across the classroom.

The Physics super-curricular programme of academic enrichment launched this year. Activities range from the Science Journal Club’s stimulating discussion of cutting edge research to “I’m an Engineer - get me out of here”, an opportunity for all members of Year 9 to discuss engineering research directly with graduate scientists via virtual links and then vote for those whom they judge to be making the greatest contribution to solving world problems.

Classics developed further cross-curricular links with Music, most memorably when Year 7 Latin classes formed an impromptu choir for assembly and delivered a stirring rendition of “Jingle Bells” in Latin, accompanied by Mrs Drew on the piano and Mr Collins on the piano accordion.

The High School is far more than a building with

corridors and rooms; it has a heart-beat, a pulse and a spirit

of collaboration and endeavour.

Links with other departments continue to grow in the Senior School through ‘Art in the Curriculum’, including our stunning images of cells in Biology, visited in February by GDST Chief Executive, Helen Fraser, while Art workshops for Junior School girls resulted in some extraordinary printmaking and ceramics.

In a new initiative, Year 7 Historians worked throughout the year with our dedicated Librarian Miss Buxton to develop their information literacy and thinking skills; capabilities that girls will need for the future challenges of A Levels and beyond. Year 8 students successfully trialled part of the Humanities Transferable Skills programme, developing their independent learning skills, culminating in their being able to individually write a mini Extended Project Qualification by the end of the year.

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Visits from members of the wider community continue to inspire the girls. In Physical Education our sportswomen were lucky to receive some expert coaching from external local clubs over the Summer Term, especially in tennis and athletics. The Sport and Physical Education Faculty also strengthened its hockey training; ex-England player, Matt Taylor, delivered sessions to every year group in the school.

In Economics and Business, we are keen for the girls to see the application of classroom theory to real life; the 6 1 Economists benefited from a visit by Pamela Wright, whom Mrs Dixon had met at The Institute of Directors, who gave valuable insight into her work as a Bank of England agent while Business students gained first hand marketing advice (as well as chocolates) from a seminar at Cadbury’s.

In a collaboration between the library and the English Faculty, Miss Buxton arranged for author Rosie Rushton, alumna of Brighton and Hove GDST, to come into school in May. She gave a fascinating insight into how she has transferred Jane Austen’s stories from the 19th Century and made them accessible and relevant to a contemporary teenage audience.

The promotion of international links was given a boost when we learnt in September 2013 that we had been awarded the International Schools Award at intermediate level. The prestigious award recognises the work of the Languages faculty in promoting links with schools across Europe and beyond, and their enriching activities in many areas of the curriculum, to explore cultural diversity and the international dimension.

Religious Studies took advantage of their continued success with the study of Philosophy, enhancing younger girls’ experience of the subject by incorporating philosophical thought and methods which have long been considered only in later years. To embrace and reflect their new approach, the subject is now called Theology and Philosophy (TP), teaching traditional Christianity as well as world religions, within the Humanities faculty.

Golden Lessons are now well established, encouraging educational and intellectual risk-taking among staff and students. One Golden Lessons with Year 8 involved the Mathematics of Magic. This topic was then developed by an Irisians’ group who went on to present an assembly in the Junior School where they demonstrated and explained the mathematics that underpinned their trick.

Further enrichment in Mathematics was displayed when Mr Ivan Pullen, a tutor with The Open University, came into school to work with potential engineers. The group was set the challenge to model an object sliding off the roof of a building in order to be able to predict the dimensions of the safety cordon around its base; they were thrilled to see that their predictions were close to the experimental results they obtained.

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Perhaps cooperation is most obviously heard in music. In May, we were delighted to welcome back one of the top chamber orchestras in the country, Orchestra of the Swan, for a joint concert. Over 120 instrumentalists and singers from both Junior and Senior school gathered to perform, with OOTS, an extended arrangement of Pachelbel’s Canon, written by Director of Music, Mrs Joanne Drew, especially for the occasion. Alumna, Sarah Small, now in her third year at The Royal College of Music, dazzled us with a solo recorder concerto and violinist David Le Page gave an astonishing performance of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.

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A Letter to Lacey

Fitness Suite

Summer Science Extravaganza’

Summer Science Extravaganza

GDST Quiz

Young Musician of the Year

The school gained its own movie production studio this year when Film Club began. Each week a different filming technique - from cinematography to editing - was viewed, discussed and then practised; we hope to have provided the spark for future Spielbergs.

The Sixth Form participated for the first time in the National Theatre Connections scheme for school students, presenting a new play, ‘A Letter to Lacey’, at the Royal & Derngate Theatre in March. A packed audience, including Catherine Johnson, writer of Mamma Mia!, as well as this play, and Anthony Banks, Associate Director of Learning at the National Theatre, joined in the applause for the gripping performances and powerful staging.

Do the words, ‘sculling, rowlocks, quads, outrigger, crab or feathering’ mean anything to you? If not, ask the Sixth Formers who started a new and exciting rowing activity on the River Nene this year. They learnt how to row in every conceivable type of boat, focusing on posture, technique and fun.

In a further enhancement to sporting provision, we witnessed the completion of the new pavilion, fitness studio and gym, a significant project which adds further to the rapidly growing profile of sport and fitness within the school and wider community.

We organised the pilot of the inaugural GDST Quiz, a University Challenge style event, as part of last year’s celebrations of the 140th anniversary of the Trust. Junior and Senior School girls had a lot of fun piloting the quiz. In the competition, the Senior School team narrowly missed out against Oxford High but we were overjoyed that our Junior School team beat them and went through many rounds to get to the semi-finals.

In February we held our inaugural Northampton High Young Musician competition. The standard was extremely high and the winner was cellist, Natasha Wilcockson.

Science also continues to bolster its already impressive reputation within the wider community. In July, we hosted the Summer Science Extravaganza for Year 5 students from twelve local primary schools and our Junior School, where there were hands-on workshops: extracting DNA, clean and dirty water, exotic animals, the science of bath bombs and Newton’s laws.

MedSoc was a newly established club for girls in the Sixth Form considering careers in medical fields; enriching and very successful activities included visits from medical students and doctors. We particularly enjoyed a practical workshop given by Dr Lubna Khan on suturing and surgery skills, using artificial skin so no harm was done to real patients!

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The SHINE programme, consisting of hands-on Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths workshops for 10 year old girls from local primary schools who rarely have opportunities to take part in enrichment activities, took place on Saturday mornings. Sharing our facilities and expertise, the aim of then Public Benefit Coordinator, Head of Science, Mrs Cantwell, was to motivate and inspire girls to love science. Our Sixth Form mentors gave tirelessly to this successful project and delivered their own workshop with a Science of Dr Who theme.

Academically, the Athenians have been examining fundamental issues in the world. The Year 11 Athenians presented a wide range of mini-Reith lectures on topics from ‘The future for medicine’ to ‘What are the moral limits of global markets?’. Year 9 Athenians researched and came up with practical solutions for big problems – global warming, overpopulation, alternative energy sources – and hosted a Summer Science Extravaganza for Year 5 girls from local primary schools. Mass Observation was the inspiration for Year 8 Athenians, who presented their survey of the culture of our school at an assembly in February.

Finally, no year is complete without a whole school drama production; The Twits was a zany, lively and hugely successful spectacle and the Senior Drama Company displayed their outstanding acting skills with a contemporary performance of After Juliet.

Following the inaugural Charity Skills Day in July 2013, the Houses devoted much of their energy during the Autumn Term to raising money for their chosen charities: Crazy Hats Breast Cancer Charity, the Northampton branch of the Autism Society, Northampton Hope Centre and the Northampton branch of the Samaritans. Fundraising events included a Junior School sleepover themed party, and a teachers’ version of The Weakest Link. These were all hugely enjoyable and raised a significant amount of money which we were pleased to present to the charities at our gift service in December, whilst also demonstrating the organisational skills of our Sixth Form leaders and the strong school ethos of giving willingly one’s time and talents to the family of the school and to those in the wider community.

As part of our Outreach programme, links have been made with Bethany Homestead, a local residential home for the elderly; pupils visited to donate the blankets they crocheted during craft club and cakes made by girls. Design & Technology worked with Shelter and held a Gingerbread House Building competition for girls across all year groups. There were over 40 spectacular entries and the houses were sold, raising £400 for the charity.

After Juliet

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Charity Skills Day

Gingerbread House Building Competition SHINE

U4 Athenians visit Nissan

21 | Farewell

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We said fond farewells to colleagues moving on to new careers and different lives, wishing them happiness in the future, especially to Director of Sixth Form, Miss Francine Smith, promoted to a Deputy Headship in the North West, and we welcomed new staff to departments throughout the school, but the Awards Evening is about the girls and especially the Class of 2014. We celebrate their years in school and their many achievements: of course, we are thrilled by their academic qualifications but we most delight in how splendidly they exemplify the outcomes to which the GDST commits its schools – they are confident, courageous, composed and committed – and they are also caring and compassionate, which we particularly value here at Northampton High School. Congratulations to the outgoing 6 2 and to girls throughout the school, on a great year in 13 – 14. Well done also to everyone in our community, especially parents and teachers, who support the girls every day, as they come to school and go on many adventures beyond, growing into fine young women of whom we are very proud.

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21 | Prizes And Achievements

23 | Prizes and Achievements

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Khushman Bhullar

U3

Kyla Bansil Khushman Bhullar

Alexa Dykes Alexandra Neuhoff

Emily Potter Keira Stopher

L4

Madeline De Marchis Grace Gee

Gigi Howard Matilda Ong

Leyna Roy Bronwyn Tagg

Mahita Tailor Alexandra Wilcox

U4

Sudakshina Basu Emma Bird

Anya Douras Katarina Hutchin

Tamsin Matthewman Shefali Nandhra

Caitlin Urquhart Julia Wardley-Kershaw

Ellen Watson

L5

Lauren Cunild Rebecca Edwards

Nandini Gadhia Maya Kansagra

Zain Liman Georgina Oakley

Isabel Parker Jemima Worsfold

Academic Prizes - Achievement GCSE Results

Academic Prizes - Progress

L4

Maheen Abdullah Omofemi Enahoro-Bowyer

Leila Shahin

U4

Ella Ashton Serene Batson-Patel

Annabel Green Tess Heaton-Harris

Roseanna Williamson

L5

Charlotte Dykes Antonia Rayfield

Outstanding

Charlotte Brown Jessica Dancer

Emma Dutton Eleanor Harris

Grace Highton Nora Khattab

Emily Kilner Léonie Robertshaw

AS Results

Outstanding

Yuetong Chen Megan Howe

Shefali Kotecha Harriet Lee

Georgina McCosh Natalie Nguyen

Helen Potter Shona Shah

Jemma Slingo Saskia West

AS Results

Outstanding

Phillippa Armstrong Nuria Ashmore Barrios

Charlotte Beames Emily Day

Fiona Fearnley Zoë Gidden

Lucy Gregory Hannah Jameson

Sofia Miettinen Xa Rodger

Abigail Spooner Chloe Vaughan

Sophia von Widekind Alix White

Polly Windsor

Achievements in public examinations - early entries

U4

Katarina Hutchin German GCSE A*

L5

Beckii Chin Mandarin GCSE A*


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21 | Prizes And Achievements

Lightburne Prize for Service to the School

Kimberley Ehoff

Wallace Prize for Head Girl

Sophia von Widekind

Mrs John Woods Prize for Deputy Head Girl (Student Services)

Molly Bell

Mrs John Woods Prize for Deputy Head Girl (Charities)

Yousrah Uraiby

Mrs John Woods Prize for Deputy Head Girl (Marketing)

Xa Rodger

Head of House - Artemis

Nuria Ashmore Barrios

Head of House - Demeter

Hollie Coupland

Head of House - Hestia

Grace Roberts

Head of House - Selene

Isobel Malin

GDST Pearson and Silver Award

Emily Amos

GDST Anne Hogg MFL Prize

Rebecca Edwards

The Sarah Casson Cup for Service to the School

Alexandra Parker

Natasha Sen MFL Prize

Zain Liman

The Xing Ding Prize for Service to Music

Yousrah Uraiby

Environmental Prize

Afra Khan

Vicki Parker Award for Outstanding Contribution to the PE Dept

Abigayle Gibbard

Sarah Hunt Award for Swimming

Zoë Gidden

HSBC Scholarship Recipient

Alice Douglas

HSBC Scholarship Recipient

Katheryne Douglas

Governors’ Media Prize

Hestia - represented by Fiona Percival

11+ Academic

Diya Batra

Alexandra Berck-May

Hannah Goddard

Ruby Howard

Shri Kakodkar

Shreya Mittal

11+ Arts

Hannah Jamil

11+ Music

Lucy Ellen Payne-Clarke

11 + Sports

Gemma Urquhart

11+ Swimming

Chloe Mercer

13+ Academic

Sadie Lauder

Ezri Mannion

Matilda Ong

Sixth Form

Eilish Brightwell

Charlotte Brown

Nora Khattab

Emily Kilner

Lydia Stock

Sports

Emily Kilner

Subject Prizes

Subject Prizes are awarded to the outstanding senior girl working within each department in 2013-2014.

Special Prizes

Scholarships

Art Molly Bell

Biology Sophia von Widekind

Business Studies Abigayle Gibbard

Chemistry Zoë Gidden

Classical Civilisations Phoebe Dawson

Drama & Theatre Studies Fiona Percival

Economics Eleanor Anthony

English Literature Xa Rodger

Geography Stephanie Faghiri

History Hannah Jameson

Home Economics: Food Rose Beckett

Latin Chloe Vaughan

Mathematics Chloe Vaughan

MFL Abigail Spooner

Music Eleanor Fox

Philosophy and Ethics Rebecca Green

Physical Education Alice Johns

Physics Zoë Gidden

Psychology Molly Bell

Textiles Alix White


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Senior Kangaroo

Yuetong Chen (Merit)

Natalie Nguyen (Merit)

Gold Award

Yuetong Chen (also best in School)

Natalie Nguyen

Silver Award

Phillippa Armstrong

Emily Day (also best in Year)

Laura Hutchinson

Georgina McCosh

Rachel Mortimer

Chloe Vaughan

Bronze Award

Zoë Bell

Lucy Croker

Aboyowa Ikpobe

Fiona Fearnley

Zoë Gidden

Yasmin Lee

Helen Potter

Rebekka Price

Charlie Rees

Shona Shah

Saskia West

Polly Windsor

Intermediate Kangaroo

Lucinda Barron (Merit)

Sudakshina Basu (Merit)

Emma Bird (Merit)

Gold Award

Lucinda Barron (Best in Year)

Eleanor Bradford

Isla O’Grady

Emma Bird

Silver Award

Sudakshina Basu

Emily Collins

Rebecca Edwards

Anya Hewertson

Harriet McCosh

Gráinne McGowan

Tamsin Matthewman

Annabelle Nicholson

Rebekka Price

Julia Wardley-Kershaw

Bronze Award

Georgia Brooke Holly Chandler

Beckii Chin Ellen Cooper Lauren Cunild

Amber Fransham Nandini Gadhia

Katarina Hutchin Afra Khan

Amber La Ronde Mariaye Marshall-Dowe

Lauren Mercer Georgina Oakley

Rebecca Thomas Lucy Toman

Gold Award

Ashley Basford

Ujjesa Chaudhary (Best in School and Best in Year)

Madeline De Marchis

Grace Gee

Abigail Hill

Emily Potter (Best in Year)

Leyna Roy (Best in School and Best in Year)

Bronwyn Tagg (Best in School and Best in Year)

Silver Award

Victoria Annesley

Kyla Bansil

Millicent Bridge

Gigi Howard

Hannah Jameson

Lucy Luikinga

Eleanor Mitton

Alexandra Neuhoff

Rukaiya Sadikot

Veena Shivakumar

Emily Simmonite

Tarah Smith

Mahita Tailor

Eleanor White

Alexandra Wilcox

Bronze Award

Hannah Berck-May

Khushman Bhullar

Charlotte Fletcher-Stables

Matilda Ong

Polly Roberts

Meghana Vipin

Jasmine Whitham

Emily York

Senior Mathematical Challenge

Intermediate Mathematical Challenge

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STEM Secondary Special Leaders Award

Jessica Dancer (Tomorrow’s Engineers)

Rebekka Price (Engineering & Technology)

Rebekka Price (Mechanical Engineers)

International Chemistry Olympiad

Yuetong Chen (Bronze)

British Physics Olympiad

Georgina McCosh (Bronze)

Yuetong Chen (Bronze)

British Biology Olympiad

Highly Commended

Charlotte Beames

Laura Hutchinson

Commended

Rebecca Green

Aboyowa Ikpobe

Sofia Miettinen

Bronze

Katie Chiverton

Sophia von Widekind

The Outward Bound Trust John Muir Award

Georgina Balderstone

Sophie Bell

Georgia Brooke

Holly Chandler

Lauren Crawford

Lauren Cunild

Anna De Winter

Lucinda Dilworth

Charlotte Dykes

Rebecca Edwards

Eleanor Fitzroy-Ezzy

Amber Fransham

Amy Goldup

Camilla Ingham Clark

Maya Kansagra

Alina Karim

Rosie Kelly

Daisy Lambert

Harriet McCosh

Lauren Mercer

Annabelle Nicholson

Jessica Peto

Antonia Rayfield

Amy Shoemake

Hannah Simmonite

Eva Spellman

Ellesha Swanston

Rebecca Thomas

Jemima Worsfold

Georgia Young

KS3 Reading Schemes

Gold Reading Award

Lara Pieczka

Silver Reading Award

Gigi Howard

Bronze Reading Award

Emily Potter

Silver CREST Awards

Sara Ashmore Barrios

Eleanor Bradford

Holly Donoghue

Miriam Khalil

Alexandra Parker

Eleanor Parton

Rachel Robson

Neave Thompson

Peterhouse Cambridge Essay Competition:

The Thomas Campion English Prize 2014

Jemma Slingo (2nd place)

Community Sports Leader Award

Charlotte Brennan

Abigayle Gibbard

Emily Gibbard

Sophie Westley-Reed

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

Gold Award

Phillippa Armstrong

Nuria Ashmore Barrios

Charlotte Beames

Fiona Fearnley

Isobel Malin

Sofia Miettinen

Rachel Mortimer

Bethany Sprigg

Sophia von Widekind

Alix White

Silver Award

Liale Al-Hamed

Emily Amos

Eleanor Anthony

Phoebe Birkbeck

Lucy Croker

Phoebe Dawson

Megan Exley

Eleanor Fox

Kate Goldup

Lucy Gregory

Rebecca Green

Meera Kansagra

Shazrah Khan

Shefali Kotecha

Gemma Lumsdon

Georgina McCosh

Sofia Miettinen

Kathryn Moss

Helen Potter

Rebecca Pugh

Natasha Shahin

Sophie Westley-Reed

Bronze Award

Alice Allen

Sara Ashmore Barrios

Allana Berwick

Anannya Bhattacharya

Phoebe Birkbeck

Charnice Blaize

Eleanor Bradford

Eilish Brightwell

Charlotte Brown

Hannah Cawthorn

Emily Chandler

Imogen Coningsby

Jordana Czerniuk

Jessica Dancer

Varsha Dash

Saira Dass

Holly Donaghue

Emma Dutton

Elise Gallacher

Alexandra Goodland

Danielle Goodland

Tayla Harding

Imogen Ireland

Meera Kansagra

Emily Kilner

Rebecca Leadbeater

Alice Malin

Parese Matthews

Fiona Mellish

Rebecca Millard

Nina-Nevart Minassian

Lucy Moss

Isla O’Grady

Anna Osborne

Alexandra Parker

Eleanor Parton

Louise Penn

Jasmin Perryer Barnes

Rebekka Price

Charlie Rees

Jasmine Smellie

Iona Thomas

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LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art)

Entry Level Award in Performance (Entry 3) (QCF)

Acting Solo Entry

Distinction

Daria Alexander-Sefre

Alicia Breuer

Libby Kay

Merit

Priya Lakkappa

Sundus Mirza

Level 1 Award in Performance (QCF)

Acting Duologue Grade 1

Distinction

Millicent Bridge

Théa Deacon

Jasmine Gould

Melisande Hagger

Beth Harris

Tess Heaton-Harris

Emily Johnson

Sophie Morrison

Emily Sharp

Caroline Whittaker

Merit

Ujjesa Chaudhary

Grace Gee

Abigail Hill

Madeline Kiernan

Jessica Maybin

Shannon Molloy

Rosie Saxton

Lucy Ward

Acting Solo Grade 1

Merit

Elizabeth Mitchell

Maya Patel


Distinction

Sally Croker

Alix Langford

Kristy Leeds

Rebekah Maybin

Eve Salmons

Kirstin Vogel

Merit

Emily Hewertson

Level 2 Award in Performance (QCF)


Distinction

Georgina Balderstone

Holly Chandler

Amy Goldup

Annabel Smith

Merit

Sophie Bell

Georgia Brooke

Emily Calder

Grace Gividen

Harriet McCosh

Georgina Oakley

Anu Oluwatayo

Georgia Young


Merit

Jasmine Smellie

Royal Academy of Dance Level 3 Certificate in Graded Examination in Dance: Ballet

Grade 8 Merit

Eleanor Anthony

Fiona Fearnley

Nina-Nevart Minassian

Polly Windsor

Grade 8 Pass

Alix White

Grade 7 Merit

Emily Chandler

Grade 6 (Distinction)

Gigi Howard

Jessica Partridge

Grade 6 Merit

Eleanor Harris

Alice Malin

Emily von Widekind

Royal Academy of Dance Level 2 Award in Graded Examination in Dance: Ballet

Grade 5 Distinction

Amy Whittaker

Grade 5 Merit

Francesca Cook

Grade 5 Pass

Samantha Fletcher

Alix Langford

Jessica Scrimshaw

Laura Summerside


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Physical Education National Level

Hockey

Emily Kilner

Swimming

Zoë Gidden

Eleanor Robinson

Bethany Saunders

Maddison Saunders

Freya Stevens

Other

Netball

Isabelle Balogun-Lynch (Loughborough Lightning National Player League Squad)

Javelin

Megan Exley

Show Jumping

Emily Gibbard

Tennis

Alice Johns

Indoor Skydiving

Maya Kansagra

Indoor Skydiving

Meera Kansagra

Tetrathlon

Rebecca Leadbeater

Regional Level

Swimming

Holly Chandler

Emily Sharp


Ellen Watson

Emer Wintsch

Other

Javelin

Beatrix Bridge

Tennis

Kate Clayson

Hockey

Emily Middleton

Triathlon County Level

Emer Wintsch

Hockey

Sidonie Avery

Charlotte Bell

Joanna Bradley

Beatrix Bridge

Arabella Brinkman

Olivia Foster

Katrina Harris

Olivia Lodge

Rebecca McDowell

Lauren Mercer

Jessica Pettit

Maeve Preston

Rosie Saxton

Chloe Smith

Gemma Urquhart

Amelia Williamson

Emily York

Associated Board of the Royal School of Music

Flute

Grade 8 Georgina McCosh Merit Rebecca Pugh Merit

Grade 7 Emma Dutton Distinction

Grade 6 Emma Bird Distinction

Grade 5 Nicole Balkhi Distinction

Grade 3 Jessica Greenough Merit Matilda Ong Merit

Grade 1 Ayla Nishtar Merit

Piano

Grade 5 Zoë Lumsden Merit

Grade 4 Gemma Davey Merit

Grade 1 Erin Barton Merit Holly Brown Merit Grace Gee Distinction Katie Pearce Merit

Singing

Grade 8 Nuria Ashmore Barrios Pass Nicola Moore Distinction

Grade 4 Jessica Nicholson Merit

Grade 5 Eleanor Bradford Distinction Imogen Ireland Merit

Grade 2 Amy Shoemake Distinction

Theory of Music

Grade 5 Molly Lett Merit

London College of Music

Music Theatre

Grade 5 Théa Deacon Distinction

Trinity College London

Guitar

Grade 5 Anya Douras Merit

Grade 1 Lauren Davey Distinction

Recorder

Grade 7 Shefali Kotecha Merit

Netball

Jasmine Gould

Olivia Lodge

Jessica Pettit

Mia Suma

Swimming

Khushman Bhullar

Lauren Mercer

Bronwyn Tagg

Tennis

Beatrix Bridge

Emily York

Athletics

Lauren Cunild 800m

Sophie Gray High Jump

Freya Stevens 1500m

Emer Wintsch 1500m

Cross-Country

Emer Wintsch

Freya Stevens


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Netball

Full Colours

Isabelle Balogun-Lynch

Abigayle Gibbard

Emily Gibbard

Rebecca Green

Half Colours

Molly Bell

Zoë Bell

Hollie Coupland

Meera Kansagra

Shannon Lane

Charlotte Leach

Parese Matthews

Nicola Moore

Rebekka Price

Grace Roberts

Commendations

Nina-Mari Arhainx

Charlotte Bell

Joanna Bradley

Beatrix Bridge

Lauren Crawford

Jasmine Gould

Isabella Hawkins

India Kerr

Madeline Kiernan

Olivia Lodge

Emily Middleton

Jessica Partridge

Jessica Pettit

Rebecca Rayif

Eve Salmons

Rosie Saxton

Amelia Simpson

Jasmine Smellie

Harriet Smith

Mia Suma

Bronwyn Tagg

Mishan Thakarar

Caitlin Urquhart


Eleanor White

Amy Whittaker

Hockey

Full Colours

Emily Kilner

Grace Roberts

Half Colours

Sidonie Avery


Zoë Bell

Charlotte Dykes

Eleanor Fitzroy-Ezzy

Amy Goldup

Lauren Mercer

Emily Middleton

Nicola Moore

Commendations

Rena Baines

Bahira Barakat

Charlotte Bell

Joanna Bradley

Beatrix Bridge

Millicent Bridge

Arabella Brinkman

Kate Clayson

Lauren Cunild

Lucinda Dilworth

Alexa Dykes

Catherine Eden

Rebecca Edwards

Katrina Harris

Katarina Hutchin

Maya Kansagra

Olivia Lodge

Matilda Middleton

Eleanor Millard

Hollie-Megan Mullen

Jessica Partridge

Jessica Pettit

Maeve Preston

Antonia Rayfield

Sukhmani Sandu

Leila Shahin

Rebecca S hears

Amelia Simpson

Chloe Smith

Tarah Smith

Bronwyn Tagg

Caitlin Urquhart

Eleanor White

Amelia Wiliamson

Roseanna Williamson

Jessica Young

Badminton

Commendations

Sudakshina Basu

Maya Kumaran

Shefali Nandhra

Veena Shivakumar

Emily Simmonite

Caitlin Urquhart


Emily York

Tennis

Full Colours

Kate Clayson

Alice Johns

Commendations

Beatrix Bridge

Millicent Bridge

Arabella Brinkman

Emily Middleton

Caitlin Urquhart


Jemima Worsfold

Squash

Half Colours

Kate Goldup

Georgina McCosh

Charlie Rees

Commendations

Lydia Sutcliffe Emily York

Swimming

Full Colours

Zoë Gidden

Half Colours

Lauren Mercer

Bethany Saunders

Emily Sharp

Ellesha Swanston

Ellen Watson

Emer Wintsch

Commendations

Khushman Bhullar

Beatrix Bridge

Millicent Bridge

Holly Chandler


Grace Gee

Sophie Gray

Kate Jameson

Rebecca Leadbeater

Holly Pybus

Eleanor Robinson

Maddison Saunders

Annabel Smith

Freya Stevens

Bronwyn Tagg

Mishan Thakarar

Kirstin Vogel

Eleanor White

Jessica Young

Physical Education Colours

Awarded to the following girls for their achievement, contribution and commitment to their particular sport.



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Cross Country

Full Colours

Megan Exley

Half Colours

Rebecca Leadbeater

Emer Wintsch

Commendations

Amelia Ashton

Arabella Brinkman

Alexa Dykes


Sophie Gray

Tayla Harding

Gigi Howard

Kate Jameson

Jessica Maybin

Emily Middleton

Claudia Pieczka

Evie Roberts

Polly Roberts

Maddison Saunders

Eva Spellman

Freya Stevens

Bronwyn Tagg

Kirstin Vogel

Eleanor White

Jasmine Whitham

Athletics

Full Colours

Hollie Coupland

Megan Exley

Emily Gibbard

Half Colours


Tayla Harding

Emily Kilner

Rebecca Shears

Commendations

Mia Suma

Other Sports Awards

Most Talented Sportswoman

U3 Freya Stevens

L4 Eleanor Robinson

U4 Emer Wintsch

L5 Lauren Cunild

U5 Emily Kilner

Most Improved Sportswoman

U3 Polly Roberts

L4 Natasha Wilcockson

U4 Katrina Harris

L5 Lauren Mercer

U5 Jessica Partridge

Sixth Form

Players’ Player Award

Hockey Isabelle Balogun-Lynch

Netball Zoë Bell

Coaches’ Player Award

Hockey Grace Roberts

Netball Abigayle Gibbard

Northampton High School Sports Personality Award

Emily Kilner

Northampton High School Headmistress’s Sports Award

Emily Gibbard

Emily Kilner


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Jessica AnleyCeltic – University of Edinburgh

Phillippa ArmstrongMathematics and Physics – Bristol University

Nuria Ashmore BarriosLaw – Kings College London

Charlotte BeamesGlobal Health and Social Medicine Kings College London

Rose BeckettEducation Studies – University of Derby

Molly Bell Psychology – University of Birmingham

Charnice BlaizeFashion Retail Management Birmingham City University

Charlotte BrennanHistory of Art – University of Birmingham

Isobel BridgwoodFashion Communication and Promotion Nottingham Trent University

Evie BrooksEnglish Literature and French Studies University of Birmingham

Katie ChivertonOrthoptics – University of Sheffield

Hollie CouplandFilm Production – University of West London

Phoebe DawsonMedia and Communication University of Manchester

Emily DayMathematics with Financial Mathematics University of Manchester

Lauren EatonAnimal Science Moulton College Northampton

Kimberley EhoffPrimary Teaching – University of Worcester

Stephanie FaghiriLaw – Queen Mary University of London

Fiona FearnleyArchitecture – Cardiff University

Eleanor FoxEnglish Language and Literature Kings College London

Abigayle GibbardOutdoor Leadership University of Central Lancashire

Emily GibbardSport and Exercise Science University of Northampton

Zoë GiddenNatural Sciences University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Rebecca GreenBiological Sciences with Management The University of Edinburgh

Lucy Gregory Law – University of Leicester

Laura HutchinsonComputer Science and Maths Loughborough University

Aboyowa IkpobeMechanical Engineering Loughborough University

Hannah JamesonHistory – University of Warwick

Alice JohnsPhysiotherapy California University of Pennsylvania

Bethany KayLaw – Birmingham City University

Shazrah KhanMedical Genetics Queen Mary University of London

Shannon LaneUrban Studies – University of Manchester

Hayley JonesBA (Hons) Graphic Arts, University of Southampton

Jennifer SmallMEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol

Rebecca DollingBSc (Hons) Biomedical Science, The University of Warwick

Yasmin LeeGeography Queen Mary University of London

Jessica LeechLaw – Lancaster University

Isobel MalinEnglish – Queen Mary University of London

Sonia MehraEarly Years and Psychology Nottingham Trent University

Sofia MiettinenMedicine – Queen Mary University of London

Rachel MortimerMaths – University of Leicester

Lucy MossFashion Communication and Promotion Nottingham Trent University

Alice O’ReillyBiomedical Science – University of Kent

Emma OzuzuPsychology – University of Gloucestershire

Tiyana PentlandFine Art Central Saint Martins University of the Arts London

Ella RichardsFashion Communication and Promotion Nottingham Trent University

Grace RobertsMedia Arts – Plymouth University

Xa RodgerEnglish Literature – University of Leeds

Abigail SpoonerFrench and Spanish – University of St Andrews

Bethany SpriggGeography/International Relations Oxford Brookes University

Vanessa TangEnvironmental Science University of Portsmouth

Yousrah UraibyBiomedical Sciences Queen Mary University of London

Chloe VaughanClassics – University College London

Sophia von WidekindMedicine – Imperial College London

Alix White Fashion Buying and Merchandising University of Manchester

Gabrielle WillisLanguages with TESOL (French) Sheffield Hallam University

Rebecca WillisPhilosophy – University of Edinburgh

Polly WindsorGeography – University of St Andrews

Destination of Leavers Destination of Leavers

Old Girls’ Successes

Events and Achievements 2014

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