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
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