A team of young chemists from Wycliffe College have won through to the finals of a prestigious national competition.
The trio beat 10 other teams to be crowned the winners of Royal Society of Chemistry Western Analytical Division Schools’ Analyst competition.
It is the first time the Stonehouse school has won the competition for Year 12 students.
Now Kelly Fletcher, Annie Rees and Seun Somoye will take part in the finals in June.
They had to complete set analytical Chemistry tasks and were judged on their organisation, knowledge of Chemistry, precision, enthusiasm and lab safety.
Annie, 17 from Eastington, plans to go on and study Medicine.
She said: “This was a marvellous opportunity to use our lab skills and we had an enjoyable day. It was a real bonus to win and gain the chance to compete in the national final at Sussex University in June.”
Seun hopes to become a Chemical Engineer and Kelly plans to study Biochemistry.
Dr Keith Rose, Head of Chemistry at Wycliffe, said the three had done extraordinarily well.
“The whole school was thrilled by their achievement. When they write their university applications this competition will help set them above other pupils,” said Dr Rose.
