THE Burgate School and Sixth Form Centre in Fordingbridge welcomed back the A Level class of 2017 to celebrate their academic achievements.

A special presentation evening was held on Wednesday which was attended by guest speaker Mark Adams OBE, who was Private Secretary to John Major and Tony Blair in the 1990s and is now a political consultant. Other notable guests included former deputy headteacher Margaret Hunnaball and head of English Maureen Smallcalder.

This was an outstanding cohort achieving the schools best ever A level results which in turn were significantly above the national average. Top awards went to Lucy Munt and Harry Burton. Jack Coots received the Headteacher’s Award for Academic Achievement.

The award winners:

The Biological Sciences Award

Alastair Barnes

The Award for excellence in Business Studies

Melina Merkel

The James Hay Award for Creative Arts

Harriet Millidge

The Fordingbridge Players Award for Drama

Megan Sanger

The Award for excellence in English

Harry Rowett

The Fordingbridge Historical Society Award for History

Harry Burton

The Smallcalder Award for Literature

Harriet Millidge

The Award for excellence in Mathematics

Jack Coots

The Award for excellence in Media Studies

Joshua Trowern

The Modern Foreign Languages Award

Lauren Stevens-Broyd

The English Speaking Union Award for Public Speaking

Olivia Beatson

The Award for Excellence in Science

Jake Diprose

The Award for Excellence in Social Sciences

Isabelle Compton

The Margaret Hunnaball Award for Excellence in Sport

Lucy-Jo Hemmings

The Dodds Benfield Award for Technology

Hector Berman

The James Hay Award for Vocational Studies

Lucy Munt

The Town Council Award for Service to the Community

George Carter-Owen

The Governors' Award for Studentship

Jake Diprose

The Parent Teacher Student Association Award for Endeavour

Lucy Russell

The Head of Sixth Form Award for Service

Lucy Munt

The Cordy Wheeler Award for Academic Progress

Harry Burton

The Headteacher's Award for Academic Achievement, sponsored by The Rotary Club

Jack Coots