King's Ely students were on top form in the fiercely-contested Senior Maths Challenge, bringing home a haul of Gold, Silver and Bronze certificates. A total of 51 King’s Ely Senior mathematicians took part in the competition, which is organised each year by the UK Mathematics Trust (UKMT). More than 200,000 pupils from across the UK competed in the challenge, which is a 90-minute, multiple-choice...
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Students at Tonbridge School put in impressive performances in the first round of the British Maths Olympiad. Ben Gardner, Hayden Lam, Victor Lin, Isaac King, Kevin Lee, Godwyn Lai and Sherman Yip achieved distinctions and were ranked in the top 25% of all competitors. Four of the boys also received medals for achieving a place in the national top 100. Sherman received a gold medal for being just...
King’s Ely student Eleanor MacGillivray has been able to further explore her love of Maths at the University of Oxford. Eleanor, aged 15, was one of only two Year 10 girls from the whole of the UK to be invited to attend the prestigious Mathematical Olympiad Training Camp. The programme was organised by the UK Mathematics Trust and took place at The Queen's College, Oxford during the summer...
Three students from St Swithun’s have been celebrating their recent successes in national mathematics competitions. The girls completed Olympiad-style examination papers set for the best young mathematicians in the country. 16 year old Michelle Ng sat the Mathematical Olympiad for girls. Despite competing against mathematicians up to three years older than her, Michelle was placed in the top 100 in...
Mathematicians from King’s Ely have reached the national finals of the UK Team Maths Challenge. King’s Ely Senior students Elliot Bord and Ben Collier and King’s Ely Junior pupils John Lau and James MacGillivray are one of only 88 school teams to qualify for the national finals of the UK Team Maths Challenge. More than 1,700 school teams entered the first round of the competition and Elliot and...
A pupil from Cheltenham Ladies’ College has earned a silver medal at the annual European Girls’ Maths Olympiad (EGMO). Alevtina Studenikina took part in the competition in Florence over Easter, helping the UK team achieve 3rd out of 52 participating teams and 2nd out of the 36 official European teams, winning a silver medal for her individual performance. She was one of four pupils selected to...