Earlier this term girls from St Swithun’s School, Winchester, Years 7 & 8 took part in the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust Junior Maths Challenge. They achieved eight gold, 21 silver and 13 bronze certificates between them.
Approximately 250,000 pupils from across the UK sat the challenge with roughly the top 6% receiving gold, the next 13% silver and the next 21% bronze certificates.
Emma Brennan gained the top mark in St Swithun’s Year 7 and Isobel Wolf (Year 8) achieved the best result in the school for the second year running. The following girls were the gold certificate winners: Isobel Wolf, Bryony Dennison, Abigail Dennison, Jamilah Ranger and Amelia Bajer (all Year 8), Emma Brennan, Sarah Hotot and Maria Solovyeva (all Year 7).
Isobel Wolf went on to take part in the Junior Mathematical Olympiad which is for the top 1200 students in the country. St Swithun’s School are awaiting the result.