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Cambridge Chemistry Challenge

Cambridge Chemistry Challenge

A level Chemistry learners took on the demanding Cambridge Chemistry Challenge in Year 12 and at the start of Year 13 they were presented with their certificates by Principal Martin Sullivan.

50 chemists sat the hugely challenging 90-minute paper earlier this year, with 11 young people achieving the Copper award and 7 attaining the Silver prize. One very talented Chemistry learner – Anna Bauer – achieved the Gold standard.

Set by a team of university chemists, the competition aims to take Year 12 students significantly beyond their A level syllabus and encourage them to think about science in the way undergraduate students need to at university.

Chemistry Curriculum Leader Simon Windsor commented:

“I’m proud of all our learners who took on this extremely difficult Cambridge Chemistry Challenge. It was entirely voluntary for the students to attempt this competition, but they wanted to challenge themselves with some extremely advanced Chemistry. The experience will stand them in good stead for their A level examinations this summer and for their progression onto Higher Education, with many of them considering further study of Chemistry.”

The learners who were successful in achieving certification in the Challenge were Omar Ahmed, Sameer Ahmed, Anna Bauer, Asiya Begum, Tafanum Chowdhury, Windsor Fong, Mohammed Hadi, Eliza Hamid, Lili Junghanns, Saniya Kamali, Amtul Lubna, Sahan Mahdy, Tze Kiu Ng, Hayden Plaistow-Hicks, Habib Qureshi, Izzy Rajasingam, Zaynab Sharif, Ibrahim Tyrell, Jazmin Nagy Vickers and James Wilson.

24 September 2024