U6th pupil Charles Baudron was chosen by Downside’s Head of Science to enter the British Physics Olympiad, run by Oxford University.
Around 1,600 pupils from schools nationwide take part every year, sitting two exams of around 2 hours each.
Charles is now amongst the top 100 physicists in the UK after winning a prestigious Gold Award, the first Downside pupil to do so. For further details about the competition click here.