Bishop Wordsworth's School
PRIZE GIVING
Guest of Honour
Nick Beer
Thursday 19 September 2019
3.30 pm
Salisbury Cathedral
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Head Master’s Introduction to BWS Prize Giving 2019
Given the turbulent political background to this academic year, work in school has had an uncanny sense of calm about it. We were promised relative stability in terms of academic reform, and that probably reflects the status quo over the past 12 months. The final stages of the Govian examination and syllabus reform at both 16+ and 18+ have fallen into place and the second stage of the National Funding Formula has also been implemented, giving a little more financial certainty. Sadly it became clear that the latter could be a false dawn as the government then decided to inflate the employers’ contributions to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme from 16% to 23% of pay. This sounds like a bureaucratic irrelevance; in practical terms it means that a school the size of BWS has to find an extra £170k each and every year from now on. Intense lobbying at a national level resulted in additional funding being provided through to August 2020, but there is absolutely no guarantee of any sort for the future.
Our educational priorities were largely unchanged during 2018-2019; social mobility in all of its various guises loomed large, and quite rightly so, as our second 160-strong year group joined us in Year 7. Academic standards and quality of delivery in the classroom remain the principal areas of focus for my staff, and they can be proud of the excellent sets of outcomes that have emerged in the summer just past. But there is so much more that has been achieved in the way of trips, concerts, a sports fixture calendar that is intimidating in scale and quality and many other aspects of a World Class Education. Of particular note in Sport was our Intermediate Team progressing to the National Finals of the ESAA Cup Athletics where they came 9th. Our mathematicians and scientists turned in record-breaking levels of success in the various Olympiads and challenges including a RSC Roentgenium award for a second year running – Will Armstrong finishing in the top 50/9000 entries nationally.
Somewhat strangely the site has been bereft of construction equipment and personnel for another year, though we now have a splendid architect’s master plan for redevelopment and have been in discussion with the planning authorities. There was a focus on maximising the footprint that we have and this will continue as our number of students increase over the next 3 years. We have worked hard on engaging with our alumni; a milestone was passed in the spring when we finally completed the first stage of our alumni database with around 11,000 Wordsworthians registered.
We said farewell to a slightly higher number of staff than usual at the end of the summer term. Justin Moore (Bursar) went to a new bursarial post in Oxford. Charlotte Wilson and Alastair Endersby left for pastures new from the sixth form office, David Podger and Michele Millidge moved on from Art, Natalie Steer from RS, Martin Taylor from DT, Jacqui Cheetham from the Languages Faculty and Marie Russell from the Pastoral Support Office. After two years with No 11 as his fiefdom Ben Jones moved on, and last (but definitely NOT least) Andrea Nute said goodbye to Reception. We will miss them all, though I am sure that most will stay in touch… and I am hugely grateful for everything that they, and the rest of my colleagues do to make things special for the boys at Bishop’s.
It sounds like a quiet year, but it wasn’t. It was both busy and really successful, and the school emerged stronger and more resilient. That is important as BWS gets bigger and we prepare to welcome our first female students for over 9 decades in September 2020.
Dr S D Smallwood Head Master, Bishop Wordsworth's School
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Captain Nick Beer Polar Medal (BWS Governor 2002- 2011)
Nick decided to become a Merchant Navy officer when he was 12 and, after attending HMS Worcester (a school ship on the River Thames), he began his career soon after his 17th birthday, flying to New York to join his first ship. His 4-year apprenticeship was mostly spent in the warm waters of the South Pacific but, after gaining his first professional qualification, he followed a long held ambition and joined the ships of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
Explorers like Scott and Shackleton were heroes of many boys of Nick’s generation and, in the early 1970s the Antarctic continent held out attractive possibilities for adventure (as it still does now). As a navigating officer on ice-strengthened research ships operating in notoriously rough, partly surveyed and ice-strewn waters, Nick learned the specialist skills needed to become a polar ship’s captain. During the following 22 years he worked alongside the foremost polar scientists as he became thoroughly familiar with the Antarctic and all its beauty, drama and challenges.
In 1988 his personal contribution to Antarctic science and exploration was recognised by the award of the Polar Medal and he was appointed as a magistrate of the British Antarctic Territory. He helped design and oversee the building the Royal Research Ship (RRS) James Clark Ross which was launched by the Queen in 1990 (and will soon be replaced by the RRS Sir David Attenborough). He was her first Captain.
In 1994 his career changed direction when he accepted a new government post as a no blame marine accident investigator charged with learning the lessons from accidents and making recommendations to improve maritime safety. This entailed mastering new skills in maritime law, psychology and forensic analysis as well as using his accumulated expertise as a ship’s captain. During this second career he has investigated over 80 major accidents, become a visiting professor at Cranfield University and the General Secretary of the international group of chief marine accident investigators. As an accredited expert with the UN’s International Maritime Organization he visits and advises governments of developing countries and he has trained nearly every marine investigator in the European Union.
Nick has three grown up children: his son Sam was BWS Head Boy 2007/8. He lives with his wife in the New Forest where he actively follows a wide variety of interests.
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P R O G R A M M E
Welcome and opening prayer by the School Chaplain Reverend Andrew Gough
Please stand as the platform party enter
Please sit
Introduction by the Chair of Governors Miss Jill Horsburgh
Choir Barbara Ann Fassert Tambala Walira Sauka
The Head Master's Report Dr Stuart Smallwood
Musical Interlude Tico Tico Zequinha Abreu
Adam Pinnock – Trumpet Will Waterhouse – Piano and the Jazz Band
Guest of Honour's Address Nick Beer
Prize Giving
Vote of thanks by the Head Boy to the Guest of Honour Henry Dix
Please stand for
The National Anthem
All remain standing as the platform party leaves
4 PRIZE LIST OLD WORDSWORTHIANS’ Sam Stephenson Head Boy ASSOCIATION PRIZE OLD WORDSWORTHIANS’ Jojo Jenner Deputy Head Boy ASSOCIATION PRIZE OLD WORDSWORTHIANS’ Sam Jennings Cathedral Prefect ASSOCIATION PRIZE THE BWSPA PRIZES SIXTH FORM PRIZE Sunny Chung Economics SIXTH FORM PRIZE Ned Thomas English Literature SIXTH FORM PRIZE Ben Risebrow Mathematics SIXTH FORM PRIZE Michael Aarons Spanish Sam Shaw History SIXTH FORM CARPENTER PRIZES Ned Thomas History Essay SIXTH FORM PRIZES Jamie Harper Contribution to Drama Will Armstrong Year 12 Mathematics Daniel McGovern Geography Arthur Pallecaros Music Vincent Elvin Politics SIXTH FORM SCIENCE PRIZES Toby Thompson Chemistry Ed McNulty Geology George Turnbull Physics Endeavour in A Level THE A LEVEL SCIENCES PRIZE Jonty Shaw Science MULLINS LECTURE PRIZE Ben Risebrow History THE NICHOLAS BRADISH PRIZE Sam Jennings Medicine THE TODD BURROWS PRIZE Oliver Hapke- Basquette Endeavour in Science THE DR ROGER SHERWOOD PRIZE Ollie Dennis Bioscience JARVIS YEAR 11 GCSE PRIZE Siddhant Nayak Science JARVIS YEAR 11 GCSE PRIZE Nathan Burn Mathematics THE MAGNUS CUP Ned Thomas A Level Latin THE ART PRIZE Jojo Jenner A Level Art THE ART PRIZE Charlie Sherwin GCSE Art THE DALER-ROWNEY PRIZE Thomas Prior Lower School Art THE MILLENNIUM PRIZE Ethan Drake Improvement THE JOE PERRETT SHIELD Jojo Jenner Football THE RORY WALWORTH CUP Seb Jones Rugby THE SAM BEATTIE MIDDLE SCHOOL Jed McGrath Sport PRIZE THE R GILLO PRIZE Rob Jones Athletics THE R GILLO PRIZE Chris Penny Sport
5 RUGBY AWARD Xavier Hastings Rugby TEAM BWS VALUES PRIZE Milo Kantolinna Sport For an outstanding THE JAMES VAUGHAN PRIZE Josh Miskin contribution to BWS THE WORT PRIZE Alexander Wilkinson Music THE FLYNN SIXTH FORM PRIZE George Thompson Good Manners THE FLYNN YOUNG ENTERPRISE Sam Herbert Young Entrepreneur of PRIZE Charlie Knight the Year THE PERSONAL COURAGE PRIZE Rufus Shire For overcoming adversity THE ESU PRIZE Will Nath Debati ng THE ESU PRIZE Curtis Leung Public Speaking THE RORY WATERS PRIZE Martin Endersby Singing THE WYNDHAM PRIZE Jolyon Chamberlain History THE TOM SHEARER AWARD Jasper Bates Duke of Edinburgh Award THE HAPPOLD PRIZE Josh Miskin Performing Arts THE ARTHUR MAIDMENT PRIZE Sam Jennings Community Service THE AUSTIN UNDERWOOD PRIZE Charlie Balshaw Community Service KS3 LANGUAGE PRIZE George Gande German KS3 LANGUAGE PRIZE Jack Rodriguez Spanish Jolyon Chamberlain YEAR 11 GCSE PRIZE German Toby Justesen YEAR 11 GCSE PRIZE Alex Rogers Spanish YEAR 11 GCSE PRIZE Oliver Hapke-Basquette Latin THE ARTHUR BOWDEN PRIZE Will Hackett Languages THE SALISBURY SAINTES TWINNING Alice McConnell A Level French ASSOCIATION PRIZES Paddy Maidment GCSE French THE PAM ERRINGTON PRIZE Charlie Balshaw Religious Studies THE DON STOBBS PRIZE Discretionary Award Josh Hole (Sixth Form) THE DAVID TOMLINSON PRIZE Discretionary Award Alex Boulter (Middle School) THE LOWER SCHOOL PRIZE Joshua Wood Discretionary Award
The Lower School House Cup is presented to Edward Klein on behalf of 8M.
The Sam Beattie House Cup is this year presented to former Head of House Josh Eadsforth and current Head of House Joseph Feest on behalf of Poore House.
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FORM PRIZES Years 7 to 11
(The first prize listed is for Achievement, the second for Endeavour)
11J Charles Kantolinna 11M Oliver Hapke-Basquette Samuel Waters Luke Philp 11O Lawrence Galila 11P Nathan Burn/Siddhant Nayak Paddy Maidment Kit Crowley 10J Lachy Dow 10M Oliver Key Thomas Cordingly Ishwor Paudyal 10O Ben Jones 10P Josh Oxley Isaac Taylor-Holland Tom Toze 9J Max Day 9M Isaac Osman Rohit Ramachandra Tom Stirland 9O Barnaby Dolphin 9P Will Hackett Conor O’Malley Robert Graves 8J Zachary Beardsmore 8M Lewis Broe Cameron Dow Ben Lloyd 8O Finlay Stevenson 8P William Cook Fawwaz Anjum Dan Wilson 8W Luke Payne Theon Evans
7J Matthew Alderman Whiteparish All Saints C.E. Nigel Twort St. Mark’s C.E.
7M Zayan Siddiqui-Raja Knightwood Primary Hari Chowdhury Leehurst Swan 7O Lucas Meaden Alderbury & W. Grimstead Hari Putt Amport C.E. 7P Reuben Thomasson Romsey Abbey School Callum Logan Barton Stacey C.E.
7W Thomas Peters All Cannings C.E. Benjamin Culyer Morgan’s Vale & Woodfalls
7 SENIOR PREFECTS AND PREFECTS 2019 – 2020
Head Boy Henry Dix Deputy Head Boy (incl School Council) Robert Croager Cathedral and Close Prefect Jack Travers House Captains J – Joe Paden M – Matt Smith O – Chris Chaddock P – Joe Feest W – Tom Avant Dining Hall Prefects (Head) Sam Pike Noah Main Will Waterhouse Archie Young Harry Clarke Chair of Sixth Form Council Jack Beaver Chair of Charity Committee Matt Gray Wordsworth Editor Ben Blackburn Library Prefects Thomas Pike Jude Rolfe-Tarrant Luca Riley Joshua Penwarden Dan Martin Assembly Prefects Andy Chen George Curran Kiaran Jarvis-Down - George Curran Chapel Prefects Tom McKee Jack Doveton Tom Monediere-Carter Barnabas Duffy Choir Prefect Adam Pinnock Transport Prefect George Naylor Alumni Relations Prefect Sam James Head of Middle School Council Harry Lee Art Prefect Elliot Simpson Maths Prefect William Armstrong Science Prefects Harry Brough Victor Cret Language Prefects James Bromfield Oliver Russell DofE Prefect Tom Brewis Watters RE Prefect Arran Juty Drama Prefect Angus Regan Geography Prefect Dan Poynting Economics Prefect JJ McMahon House Prefects: with Form Year 6->7 House Prefects Freddie Bell 7J Jamie Barker 7J Will Leckie 7M Dan Thompson 7M Bhagya Peiris 7O Charlie Britton 7O Dan Packham 7P Billy Welfare 7P Oli Clifford 7W Thomas Parrott 7W Year 7->8 House Prefects Ethan Lee 8J Chris Penny 8J Rylee Dalton 8M Sam Tomlinson 8M Rory Maslen 8O Duncan Mcdonald 8O Dan Parsons 8P Aidan Browne 8P Antonio Armada Gamboa 8W Will Salkeld 8W
8 THE FOLLOWING AWARDS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED DURING THE YEAR
DUKE OF EDINBURGH
The Duke of Edinburgh Award programme here at BWS is consistently one of, if not the most, highly subscribed and successful in the South West Region. The 2018-19 season has brought yet more growth with the Bronze Award pulled back to Year 9, leading to the introduction of Silver for Year 10 – a model which has proven hugely successful and will remain in place as we move forward. Our expeditions have once again been led by Paul Webb of H5 Adventure and his team of experienced and skilled staff, taking the boys across the Marlborough Downs, New Forest and Brecon Beacons for practice and qualifying assessments across the awards. I am hugely grateful to Paul for his continued support and I know the boys have thoroughly enjoyed each of these sessions. Dates are in the diary for 2019-20 and we look forward to developing our relationship with H5 Adventure in the near future, for DofE and beyond – watch this space…
Thanks must also be extended to our dedicated team of BWS volunteer staff, one of whom, Mrs Andrea Nute, has left us this year after a significant period of dedicated work looking after the online and in house administration for all Awards. She will be missed. Thanks must also go to Mark Nute for his support. Happily, in Mrs Sally Jones we have a terrific replacement who has already made a positive impact alongside Mrs Nicola Brown, Mr Mike Thorne, Mr Jerry Rogers and Mr Phil Loughlin who have all taken a lead on expeditions this year. The DofE programme here at BWS would simply not run without their dedication and time, alongside parent volunteers like Johnny Durrant, and to all of them I extend my sincere thanks.
Continued growth, change and relevant reform are indicators of a healthy working environment and this year has certainly been indicative of these processes. As such I am excited to look ahead and see what the future holds for all the boys who get involved in the Award schemes and wholeheartedly encourage them to do so.
The Head Master is also grateful for the considerable time and effort put in by all the BWS staff and the parents who assist the boys in attaining their DofE awards. (Mr J Oldham, DofE & Outdoor Activities Co-ordinator)
Gold award: William Bourne, Matthew King, Atticus Pawson, Samuel Dalton, Sebastian Green, Arthur Cooper, Joshua Miskin, Benedict Risebrow.
Bronze award: Joshua Ware, Thomas Quirk, Siddhant Nayak, Harry Shakespeare, Callum Kidson, Sam Ivess-Mash, Thomas McKee, Joshua Hopkins, Marcus Kimberley, Lucas Williams, Archie Spicer, Owen Thomas,
9 Daniel Purcell, Finlay Thompson, Thomas Monediere-Carter, Chinmay Padiyar, Will Gande, Alexander McKenzie-Robinson, James Egerton, Christopher Hitchins, Connor Mullet, Oliver Clemow, James Bromfield, Max Harper, Jack Mackenzie, Devvrath Komath, Gefei Wang, Henry Dee, Oliver Wright, Clarke Jamieson, Ned Allen, Nishant Talpallikar, Samuel Van Der Schee, Alex Branagan, George Grant, Alex Cole, Archie Macintosh, James Crossley, Oliver Key, Joshua Sharps, Thomas Cordingly, Jake Fellows, Jack Pelham, Alex Mallinson, William Vaughan, Frank Horsman, Zain House, Sebastian Keyte, Beren Wharton, John Bennett, Joshua Oxley, Edward Langer, Samuel Thomas, Harvey Gothard, Sam James, Tristan Donaldson, Harvey Thorpe, Samuel Herbert, Harvey Boardman, Lachy Dow, Jasper Bates, James Packman, Joshua Samuel, Ben Parker.
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
The mathematics department has continued to achieve success in the maths challenges run nationally by the UKMT, as well as other challenges competitions. We are very proud of all the boys’ achievements.
Senior Maths Challenge - November 2018 (Years 11, 12, 13)
Best in School and Best in Year 13: Ben Risebrow Best in Year 12: William Armstrong Best in Year 11: Nathan Burn
British Maths Olympiad (top 1000 Senior Maths Challenge entries nationally): Ben Risebrow (Year 13), Nathan Burn (Year 11)
Senior Maths Kangaroo (next 3000 Senior Maths Challenge entries nationally): Ronan Cons, Oliver Dennis, Austin Doherty, Willian Nath, Sunny Chung, Theodore Lincoln, Akram Ghauri, Theo Avgherinos (Year 13), and William Armstrong, Tom McKee, Charlie Britton, Joseph Feest, Sam James, Tom Avant (Year 12) competed in the Senior Kangaroo.
Intermediate Maths Challenge - February 2019 (Years 9, 10, 11)
Best in Year 11 and Best in School: Nathan Burn Best in Year 10: Charlie Knight Best in Year 9: James McDowell
Intermediate Maths Olympiad (top 500 Intermediate Maths Challenge entries per year group nationally): Nathan Burn, Lawrence Galila (Year 11), Charlie Knight, Jacob Spence (Year 10), and James McDowell (Year 9) qualified for the IMO this year.
Intermediate Kangaroo (next 5500 Intermediate Maths Challenge entries nationally): Patrick Maidment, Charlie Sherwin, Alfred Cross, Arthur Pender, Jack MacKenzie, Ned Allen, Ollie Lincoln, Siddhant Nayak, Chinmay Padiyar, Sankarsh Mayam, Charles Kantolinna, Harry Frensham (Year 11), Gefei
10 Wang, Adam Beardsmore, Adam Beaumont, Guanzhong Hu, Jake Fellows, Ben Jones (Year 10) and Max Day (Year 9) all qualified for the Intermediate Kangaroo this year.
Junior Maths Challenge – April 2019 (Years 7, 8)
Best in School and Best in Year 7: Reuben Thomasson Best in Year 8: Martin Kairys
Junior Maths Olympiad (top 500 Junior Maths Challenge entries per year group nationally): Reuben Thomasson, Joseph Fry and Declan Taylor (all Year 7) qualified for the IMO this year.
Junior Kangaroo (next 5500 Junior Maths Challenge entries nationally): Martin Kairys, Finlay Stevenson, Zachary Beardsmore, Eddie Irwin, Homam Khasreen, Arjun Nair, Aryan Bhandari, Cameron Dow, Artyom Sharov, Harry Ogg, Thomas Gilson (Year 8) and Alexander Ewen, Thomas Peters, Adam Packman, Matthew Alderman (Year 7) qualified for the Junior Kangaroo.
Team Maths Challenges
Ronan Cons, Ben Risebrow (Year 13), William Armstrong and Tom Avant (Year 12) were awarded 2nd place in the 2018 regional final of the UK Mathematics Trust and the Further Mathematics Support Programme Senior Team Maths Challenge. This meant the team qualified for the National Finals of the Team Maths Challenge, which took place in London on 5th February where the competition was extremely tough.
Jude Murray, Christian Tan (Year 9), Zachary Beardsmore and Finlay Stevenson (Year 8) were awarded 5th place in the 2018 regional final of the Team Maths Challenge.
Bath University Maths Masterclasses
During six Saturdays in the Spring Term, Finlay Stevenson, Zachary Beardsmore, Joseph Gallagher and George Postendorfer were selected to take part in the Bath University Maths Masterclasses.
Nathan Burn’s solutions to the Student Problems in the March issue of The Mathematical Gazette were awarded first prize. (Mrs J Barrett, Head of Mathematics)
11 MUSIC
We are aware of the following musical achievements:
The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music – results Grade 4 Organ Lachy Dow (Distinction) Grade 4 Organ Joshua Samuel (Distinction) Grade 5 Piano Jasper Bates (Merit) Grade 8 Organ Arthur Pallecaros (Distinction) Grade 8 Piano Joshua Samuel (Merit)
Trinity College London – results Grade 1 Trumpet Mica Garvey-Ortiz (Merit) Grade 2 Cornet Tom Prior (Merit) Grade 2 Saxophone Eden Cavanagh (Merit) Grade 2 Trumpet Alexander Barnes (Distinction) Grade 2 Euphonium Tom Greenall (Merit) Grade 3 Euphonium Joshua Oxley (Distinction) Grade 3 Trombone Jacob Argyle Grade 3 Trumpet Tamas Garvey-Ortiz Grade 3 Trumpet David Hyncica Grade 3 Trumpet Harrison Penny Grade 3 Trumpet Luke Herbert (Merit) Grade 4 Clarinet Benedict Smith (Merit) Grade 4 Drum Kit Jasper Bates (Distinction) Grade 4 Trombone Jacob Argyle (Merit) Grade 4 Drums Seb Kukreja Grade 4 Saxophone Eden Kavagnah (Merit) Grade 4 Violin Joe Bailey (Merit) Grade 4 Violin Oliver Graves (Merit) Grade 4 Violin Sam Ricketts (Pass) Grade 5 Tuba Julian Holyoake (Merit) Grade 5 Trumpet Matthew Alderman (Distinction) Grade 5 Clarinet Ben Smith (Merit) Grade 5 Violin Ptolemy Wright (Distinction) Grade 6 Clarinet Adam Rojas- Hindmarsh (Merit) Grade 6 Trumpet Montgomery Clark (Merit) Grade 6 Trombone Max Woodhouse (Distinction) Grade 6 Trombone Alfie Arch (Distinction) Grade 6 Drums Alice McConnell (Merit) Grade 6 Violin Joe Parker (Merit) Grade 6 Violin Thomas Wood (Distinction) Grade 6 Violin Thomas James (Merit Grade 6 Viola Max Day (Merit) Grade 7 Trumpet William Hackett (Merit) Grade 7 Flute Matthew Smith (Distinction)
12 Grade 7 Viola Finley Bond (Merit) Grade 8 Trombone Daniel Parsons (Merit) Grade 8 Piano William Waterhouse (Distinction) Grade 8 Trombone Ned Thomas (Distinction) Grade 8 Trombone Dan Parsons (Distinction) Grade 8 Violin Martin Endersby (Distinction) Grade 8 Viola Curtis Leung (Distinction) Grade 8 Violin Tom Hickson (Distinction)
London College of Music – results Grade 8 Drums Nathan Elliott (Distinction)
University of West London – results Grade 2 Drum Kit Sam Murray (Distinction) Grade 2 Drum Kit Michael Andrews (Merit)
RSL Rock School – results Grade 4 Drums Seb Kukreja
House Music Festival: The following were highly commended for their performance: Angus Regan, Joshua Samuel, Jonathan Samuel, Lachy Dow, Patrick Fielder, Tom Prior, Luke Liang, Max Day, Daniel Curry, Adam Rojas- Hindmarsh, Raphael Taylor, Cameron Dow, James McIntyre, Jasper Bates, Tanay Vajramani, Tom Hickson, Michael Tao, Curtis Leung, Sam Stephenson, Jacob Spence, Zach Downie, Josh Miskin, Rory Maslen, Monty Clarke, Adam Pinnock, Ollie Lincoln, Benny Tayler, Dan Parsons, Sam James, William Waterhouse, Joshua Samuel, Harry Brough, Jack Beaver. The following were commended for their performance: Matthew Emmerson, Reuben Thomasson, Arjun Nair, Sam Carlisle, Thomas Peters, Kabir Patwardhan, Robert Richards, Tom Jones, Jamie Harper, Joel White, Matthew Alderman.
Joshua Samuel was awarded the Roger Pennell’s Organ Scholarship.
Year 7 Wort Scholarships were awarded to Kabir Patwardhan and Reuben Thomasson. Year 10 Wort Scholarships were awarded to Jonas Stringer and Tanay Vajramani. (Mr C Fay, Director of Music)
HONOURS CERTIFICATES
SILVER CROSS AWARDS (For services to the School and Community)
Services to Debating and Public Speaking: Will Nath and George Thompson for services to the Debating Society; Will Armstrong, JJ McMahon and Ben Blackburn for services to Public Speaking. Re-awards: Curtis Leung for services to Public Speaking.
13 A Silver Cross has been awarded to Jonah Redmill, Jack Travers, Andy Chen and Tom Parrott and re-awarded to Sam Jennings for their extensive work on the Holocaust Memorial Day event in Salisbury. They were also presented with a Certificate of Award by Wiltshire Council’s Salisbury Area Board and Cllr. Michael Osment, Mayor of Salisbury, in recognition of their commitment to the 2019 Salisbury Holocaust Memorial Day Event in January.
A Silver Cross has been awarded to Robert Croager and Thomas Quirk for their valuable contribution to Salisbury Stingrays Swimming Club as volunteer coaches for young swimmers.
A Silver Cross has been awarded to Gabriel Cox and Mark Williams for their commitment and empathy when working with a group of Year 7 and Year 8 students over the last year.
A Silver Cross has been awarded to Sam James, Tom McKee and Dan Parsons for their services to the Art Department and their support of the younger year groups.
A Silver Cross has been awarded to Charlie Britton for his dedication to his role as a Year 11 Physics mentor.
Voluntary Community Service: Thomas Brewis-Watters, Harry Brough, Chris Chaddock, Andy Chen, Victor Cret, Rylee Dalton, Matt Gray, Ethan Lee, Duncan McDonald, Dan Packham, Daniel Parsons, Bhagya Peiris, Kunsang Sherpa, Matt Smith (Salisbury Hospital); Freddie Bell (Salisbury Hospital and Trussell Trust); Thomas Avant, Jack Doveton, Sam Pike (Talking Newspapers for the Blind); William Armstrong (Talking Newspapers for the Blind and Cathedral Archives); Jack Travers (Cathedral Archives); Daniel Thompson, Aaron Shelley (Sarum College Library); Archie Young (Sarum Youth F/C).
Services to the School Choir and A Level Singers: Rufus Shire, Matthew Smith, Archie Macintosh, Dan Parsons, Adam Pinnock, William Waterhouse, Alex Fletcher, Hugo Clark.
Drama ties have been awarded to: JJ McMahon, Matt Gray, Phillip Nikolin, Will Armstrong, George Thompson, James Egerton, Alice McConnell.
SCIENCE AWARDS
Arkwright Success: Congratulations to Sebastian Bull, Harvey Thorpe, Toby Brawn, Barnaby Cooper, Jack Titcombe, Sankarsh Makam and Joe Essigman who have been awarded an Arkwright Scholarship.
Royal Society of Biology, British Biology Olympiad – A record number of Year 12 and Year 13 boys sat the Biology Olympiad in January, achieving very pleasing results. Gold: Oliver Denis, Matthew Gray, Thomas
14 Hickson; Silver: Jonathon Baker, Jack Brown, Vincent Elvin, Sam Jennings, Ethan Lee, Christopher Oddie, Rufus Shire; Bronze: Harry Brough, Henry Dix, Robert Croager, William Mulholland, Joshua Polychronopulos.
Special congratulations go to all our Year 12 boys who gained awards despite taking it a year early.
Royal Society of Biology, Biology Challenge – Our boys raised the bar for the fifth year running with our best ever results. 47,183 students from 527 schools worldwide took part in the Biology Challenge this March and our Year 10 achieved 34 Gold, 25 Silver and 27 Bronze awards. We are delighted with the results which exceeded last year’s total of Gold awards by 10 and also increased the number of Silver awards by 12. The majority of the remaining students were either Commended or Highly Commended. Congratulations to all those that participated. Gold: Jasper Bates, Stanley Bell, Leith Bowman, Matthew Butler, Adam Cizek, Theo Cochrane, Callum Crook, Lachy Dow, Nathan Elliott, Toby Fiddy, Harvey Gothard, Callum Kealey, Patrick Fielder, Jake Fellows, Jamie Hopkins, Samuel Johnson, Ben Jones, Oliver Key, Alexander Mallinson, Jacob Maslen, Christopher Mattocks, Ishwor Paudyal, Jack Pelham, Valentine Robb, Ben Schofield, Daniel Sinclair, Sam Smith, Jacob Spence, Oliver Symes, Thomas Toze, Tanay Vajramani, Gefei Wang, Beren Wharton, Max Woodhouse.
Cambridge Chemistry Challenge: Gold – Thomas Avant, Harry Brough, Matthew Gray, Ethan Lee; Silver – Victor Cret, Robert Croager, Archie Mackintosh, Hugo Parsons, Joshua Polychronopulos; Copper – Zak Allen, Aidan Browne, Christopher Chaddock, Rylee Dalton, Henry Dix, Simeon Evans, Thomas McKee, Joseph Paden, Bhagya Peiris, Harry Phillips, Thomas Pike, Aaron Shelley, Matthew Smith, Daniel Thompson, Benjamin Whittaker.
Particular congratulations go to William Armstrong who has been awarded a Roentgenium Award for the Chemistry Challenge competition placing him in the top 50 out of 9000 entries.
Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemistry Olympiad: Gold: George Turnbull, William Armstrong, Michael Hymas, Oliver Dennis, Alex Clemow, Thomas Hickson, Theo Lincoln, Sibella Egerton, Benedict Risebrow, Toby Thompson; Silver: Thomas Pike, Matthew Gray, Alexander Wilkinson, Natasha Mundell, Jay Gipson, Zachary Downie, Charles Fernando, Vincent Elvin, Jack Mesnard, Sam Jennings, William Nath, Sam Stephenson, Joshua Hole, Jonty Shaw; Bronze: Hugo Parsons, Daniel Packham, Archie Macintosh, Henry Dix, Andy Chen, Aidan Browne, Thomas Avant, Daniel Thompson, Joshua Polychronopulos, Bhagya Peiris, Joshua Eadsforth, Thomas Seabourne, Merlin Wright, Robert Croager, Victor Cret, Harry Brough, Harry Phillips, Ben Davidson, Ethan Lee, Curtis Leung, Sam Higson, Benjamin Fisher, Adam Brearey, William Bourne, Theo Avgherinos.
15 Royal Society of Chemistry Top of the Bench Competition was won by Jude Murray, Yousuf Qureshi, Jake Fellows and Nathan Burn in November.
British Physics Olympiad GCSE Challenge: This year nineteen Year 11s took part in the British Physics Olympiad GCSE Challenge. They approached the task well, preparing and practising to improve their ability to apply Physics knowledge to a range of new situations. This year Gold awards were awarded to Nathan Burn and Simon Richards. This is a prestigious achievement as it is won by only 5% of the top 6000 Physics students in the country. We were also awarded 5 silvers, 7 Bronze level 1, 3 Bronze level 2 and 2 commendations. The boys can all be very proud of their achievements as the exam is extremely tricky. Well done everyone.
All of Year 10 took part in the BhPO Online Physics Year 10 Challenge along with 11,000 students around the country. The series of two multiple choice tests were completed in May and the boys rose to the task as always. 28 boys achieved Gold Medal awards, 21 Silver Medals and 33 Bronze Medals, which is an excellent achievement. Special mention must go to Jacob Spence who achieved one of the highest marks in the country. Jacob, Adam Beardsmore and Callum Kealey have also been invited to attend a Physics Masterclass at Oxford University in September based on their performance. Well done. Hopefully several students will go on to take part in the GCSE Challenge in Year 11.
A team of six Year 10 students won the Engineering Challenge at the Fleet Air Arm Museum: Adam Beardsmore, Jasper Bates, Leith Bowman, Lachy Dow, Christopher Mattocks and Thomas Toze.
In June, ten boys from Year 8 attended the inaugural Project X Competition hosted at Boscombe Down. Their task was to design a model aircraft that would fly down a zipwire and safely release cargo eggs into drop zones. Team Fancy Bird took home the title with their colourful design, while Team 25 took third place. The boys had a great day out exploring opportunities in STEM and the RAF, and have already started to plan their designs for next year! Boys in the winning team were: Finlay Dow, Cameron Dow, Geya Wang, Harry Ogg and Hamish Hickey. (Dr E Baker, Director of Science)
SPORTS AWARDS
PE and Sport Overview: Trying to pick our sporting highlights over the course of a whole year is one of the hardest things, especially when there is so much going on.
In terms of national success our athletes once again must take centre stage as the U13 athletics team made the English Schools Athletics Association Track and Field Cup National Final, this year in Chelmsford, placing 9th, with 14 personal bests. The U15 team with a host of PBs were pipped by an
16 outstanding Millfield at the Regional Final, but again showed their class as a very strong age group. This class was shown as our cross country runners at inter level again made nationals for the fifth year in a row placing 11th and led by an outstanding Rob Jones. With such strength the athletes won all age groups at Area with a number of boys going onto county and regional representation for Wiltshire.
In the county and beyond we have again showed our strength across our full breadth of sports. Squash continues to grow with coaching now in Years 10- 13 and a fixture this year against Bryanston. The U13 badminton team came 2nd at County Finals. The U13 and U15 tennis teams won their county groups and progress to the regional knock our rounds to be held in the Autumn, and the U15s 8-4 win over Marlborough was a particular highlight. This year also saw B teams play and win at both Dauntseys and Warminster, doubling the number of boys representing the school on court this year. July saw the County Final of the School Games with tennis, athletics and table tennis represented after the team’s success at a local level. Both team tennis and athletics won, with Hamish Goulding coming runner up in the elite competition and also our table tennis team go from strength to strength. A huge part of this success is down to the tables provided by the Parents’ Association. Another tennis player to progress to a County Final is Guy Mitchell who won our Road to Wimbledon for the second year in a row.
Our team sports have once again proven very strong with cricket making indoor finals at two age groups and semi-finals of the U14 outdoor 40 over competition. With the use of the Salisbury Cathedral School nets, we hope to grow the game and have more success in summer 2020.
The basketball U16s made the last 32 in their national competition. With Luke Duckett making the regional team and Chris Penny stepping up to mens with Solent Kestrels as well as the schools strong link with Salisbury Sparks, the future looks good.
Football went one further nationally with both the U16 and U18 making the last 16. The U14 made their county cup final and the U12 the area final. For the first time (I am fairly certain) we hosted a touring side for football, Merewether High from Newcastle, Australia. A great experience for all involved and some more friends made on the other side of the world.
The rugby season as always had some highs and lows, for me personally the reaction from the 1st XV after their cup exit to go unbeaten for the rest of the season, defeating old foes Canford, Marlborough and Sherborne (twice), showed huge character and resilience. We finished 32nd nationally in the Daily Mail table, as high as we’d ever been and of course we had another school boy international in our midst, Xavier Hastings who after a fantastic season with us and then Bath has now signed professional terms.
17 Lower down the school the U16s truly displayed our values throughout their season with some gritty performances none more so than against rising rugby super power Beechen Cliff. The U15s had our best cup run for a few years in their competition and the U14s made the final of their county cup, a competition unfortunately that was never completed. The youngsters in the U12 and U13 meanwhile played a huge breadth of opponents from our next door neighbours to heavyweights Millfield and Caldicott prep schools. As I said to some visiting parents recently, my ambition is to allow every boy who wants the opportunity to compete for the school to have it – I am 99.9% sure I achieved this, however if you’re reading this and you didn’t get that opportunity, please see me!
The 7s season followed on and was brilliant, with some outstanding performances, competitions and opportunities to develop. We took 5 sides up to Warwick and had a grand day with the U16s going toe to toe with Sedburgh, currently unbeaten at senior level for two years straight. The U12s continued their strong start, going unbeaten all year and coming out County Champions at the school games. Most notable successes however has to be at the Mad Dog 7s, organised by ex-1st XV captain Tom Boxer. A developmental U17 1st VII won the cup by themselves, coached and led by the players. The 3rd VII, in dramatic fashion, stole the plate with a golden try. A brilliant afternoon that summed up all we are trying to do in terms of the boys being self-reliant and self-disciplined, but also playing for the right reasons and enjoying themselves.
Over the year we have hosted international sides, the School of Kicking and an RFU Referee Course. Our boys have run or assisted the local tennis, rugby and cross country competitions where they have both refereed and coached. As a school there is very little we have not done in a sporting context over the course of the year. One person has stood out ahead of the rest however in his time given this year and also his attitude and humility when operating amongst his peers. I am very pleased to have him working back with us again next year as our assistant and it gives me great pleasure in awarding Milo Kantolinna the Team BWS Values award as the person we feel has best displayed our core values of Humility, Enjoyment, Respect, Resilience and Discipline.
I write this pre summer and so before our multi-sports tour of Japan, but have no doubt it will be a trip of lasting memories and would like to thank our supporters and all the parents who have got behind us and the boys. Not just for the trip, but for all the sport last year and this one coming up. With our boys’ effort and attitude, and your support I truly believe we can achieve anything. (Mr R Demain-Griffiths, Director of Sport)
Cross Country Colours: Lukas Bailey, Guy Mitchell, Jack Pawson, Max Woodhouse, William Taverner, Tom Wood, Henry Dix, Stanley Freer, Will
18 Pischel, Otto Jenner, Jake Dinkele, Stanley Adom-Kumi, Toby Ransome, Toby Brawn.
Rugby 1st XV Captain: Matt Hick Vice-Captain: Huw Hallsworth
Rugby Colours – 1st XV: Jacob Culley Wilson, Luca Ho, Jack Outterside
Sports Leaders UK Level 2 Qualification in Sports Leadership: Adam Farr, Arthur Cooper, Milo Kantolinna, Sam Wharmby, Harvey Boardman, Joseph Brewer, Christopher Chaddock, Harry Clarke, Robert Croager, Barney Duffy, Simeon Evans, Joseph Feest, Samuel Goldsmith, Noah Main, William Murley, Chris Penny, James Sykes, Jay Ward.
Tennis Colours: Oli Martin, Nishant Talpallikar, George Grant, Sam Waters.
Freddie Sadler in Year 8 swam in the Welsh National Swimming Championships in August, making the finals in all three of his events. As a result of his success he has been invited to join the Wales squad.
SOME OTHER NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS DURING 2018 – 2019
Art: Bishop Wordsworth’s School continues to provide our boys with an opportunity to explore, question and challenge their environment. Whilst Art is one of many creative disciplines suffering from the relentless pressure of misguided national incentives, narrowing the curriculum, Dr Smallwood has shown confidence in the lasting impact and difference Art can offer our students supporting me in all I have looked to create in Art at BWS.
The Art curriculum continues to evolve to meet the needs of a dynamic and ever changing environment our students grow up in and we have explored projects in Years 7-9 that explore identity, landscape, photography and architecture - looking to inspire a new generation of Artists and students that believe that Art is for everyone.
Our GCSE Artists have benefited from the new kiln in Art, developing work in response to the theme of surface, giving them the opportunity to move away from the excruciating and unnecessary pressure of representation. Students were able to really focus on technique and process, producing some outstanding work. They have gone from strength to strength and this summer (2019) we toured to St Ives, savouring the experience of working on the ever changeable coastline with Artist Ges Wilson, learning to surf and responding to what is a sublime landscape. The outgoing GCSE students worked hard to realise their intentions with independence and commitment.
A-Level Artists alongside the Philosophy class visited Rome; the work was inspiring and will inform future projects. Year 12 Personal Investigation when you read this will be well underway, the projects all very different and exciting.
19 I am saddened that I will not see their realisations. The exiting Year 13 set the highest of standards and produced work dealing with complex issues from environment to body image. I am thrilled with the ambition of our Artists, using Art as a vehicle to understand and challenge.
Art in 2019-20 will look different. I will be working as Head of Art at Sarum Academy, a fresh challenge and one that BWS has given me the confidence and encouragement to pursue. I know that Art can promote change, understanding and opportunity for all. I will leave the department in the excellent hands of Mrs Lawrence. This is an exciting change for Art at BWS. Mrs Lawrence will inspire and teach our young artists to fulfil their creative potential. I will be sad not to see the students flourish and will miss them all dearly. I appreciate all the hard work they have given over the years and wish them all the very best. Mrs Lawrence will be tasked with the responsibility to raise participation and engagement with Art at BWS and ensure that its value is clear for all. (Mr D Podger, Head of Art)
Chinese: The following boys were awarded a Certificate of Achievement: Year 8 – Alexander Barnes, Timmy Blackburn, Harry Blondel, Oscar Curteis, Willoughby Dubois, Oscar Gale, Ozzy Goodman, Oliver Graves, Finbar Lee, Graham Picknett-Powell, Caleb Richter, Artyom Sharov, Dennis Tylkowski, Bradley Wood; Year 9 – Benedict Binu, Oliver Branagan, Aaron Cheung, Thomas Duffield, Henry Fell, Ethan Forder, Joe French, Robert Graves, William Hackett, Joseph Hammond, Henry Harrington, Thomas James, Luke Liang, Benjamin Maxwell, Jude Murray Yousuf Qureshi, Adam Rojas- Hindmarsh, Jonathan Samuel, Benjamin Webster, Scott Wooldridge; Year 10 – Jasper Bates, Samuel Biddlecombe, Thomas Cordingly, Lachy Dow, Jake Fellows, Jamie Hopkins, Charlie Knight, Joshua Samuel, Jonas Stringer, Tanay Vajramani; Year 11 – Alfred Cross, James Crossley, Harry Frensham, Samuel Fry, Lawrence Galila, Charles Kantolinna, Callum Kidson, Paddy Maidment, Siddhant Nayak, Samuel Waters, Aidan Wooldridge; Year 12 – Thomas Avant, Jack Beaver, Ben Blackburn, Andy Chen, Victor Cret, Jack Doveton, JJ McMahon, Joshua Polychronopulos; Year 13 – All boys gained at least grade 8 with five scoring the highest grade possible (grade 9) for GCSE Chinese: Michael Aarons, Jack Brown, Jevons Chen, Ronan Cons, Akram Ghauri, Thomas Howard, Jonathan Shaw. (Mrs F Tang, Teacher of Mandarin Chinese)
Christian Union: Christian Union have met regularly this year with a range of students from all years coming to find a space and time to build community and share and discuss their beliefs. It has been lovely to welcome our new Chaplain to the group and we have valued his in-depth understanding of the bible during our discussions. Sessions have been led by the older boys in the group with topics ranging from ‘Christianity and Politics’ to the ‘Catholic Church’ and ‘Prayer’. Biscuits have been successfully devoured and games played; a particular highlight of every session. The members have organised themselves, ably reminded and cajoled by the Chaplain, to prepare and lead
20 the whole school in prayer in each of the Cathedral Services. As a group we are looking forward to welcoming new students in September; come and join in the fun. (Mrs L Kimberley, Lead Teacher KS4 Physics)
Mark Williams in Year 13 was one of AQA’s top 50 performing students in the 2019 A Level Computer Science specification.
BWS Debating and Public Speaking had a very lively year, with the largest levels of participation on record and pleasing results in national competitions. The Debating Society Committee, under the inspiring leadership of Chair Will Nath and Vice-Chair George Thompson held a debate every Friday lunchtime in W3, with attendances usually well over 40 and over 70 different students delivering a main speech over the course of the year. The Christmas comedy debate in the Drama Studio had over a hundred in the audience, and featured some returning alumni. Debates were also organised for Year 7s by Jonah Redmill and Year 8s by Ollie Kennedy, so the society really did stretch all across the school, and debates with and at SWGS further extended our activities.
Competitive debating started off with the first Senior Debating Competition for many years, with 15 teams of three from Years 10 to 13. After 23 rounds, two semis and a very well attended final, Ward were victorious over Poore. This competition gave so many students experiences of competitive debating that we were able to field a record number of teams from Years 11 to 13, with our best results being Ben Blackburn and Archie Macintosh reaching the South- West Finals of the ESU Schools Mace, and Will Nath and Gabriel Cox reaching Oxford Finals Day. Within the school, Year 12s ran a very successful Year 10 Debating Competition in the winter, won by Poore House, with a record number of teams participating.
Public Speaking was very capably led by Curtis Leung as Coach, handing over to Will Armstrong later in the year. Our ESU team reached the second round of the ESU competition and our Year 9 and Sixth Form teams both won the local round of Rotary Youth Speaks. In the Spring, a team of Year 10 students ran our largest ever Year 8 Public Speaking competition, held over three rounds with very good audiences and a high standard of speaking, which was won by Martival.
Many thanks to all those who ran the Debating Society and our competitions this year. As I move on from BWS to start debating at another school in Devon, I know debating and public speaking are in very good shape here and will continue as an important part of BWS’s culture. It’s been hugely enjoyable and worthwhile. “Be Good”. (Mr A Endersby, BWS Debate Coach 2006-2019)
Drama Department: The play this year was ‘The 39 Steps’. A tour de force of multi-rolling and physical theatre, which saw the cast creating amazing
21 characters, but also some members of the cast becoming a plane, a window, a bridge and even a flock of sheep! What an absolute joy to work with such an amazing group of young people. This year I had the help of two co- directors: Theo Ward and Eve Young. The music, again, was fabulous and the band were organised by Karin Hawksworth. Thank you to Anwen Howells for her third and final year as Stage Manager. I will miss you! The House Drama competition was judged by Old Wordsworthian, and astounding comedian, Andrew White and former play co-director, James Gurd. Ward House just pipped Poore house to win the day, but a fabulous range of performance were seen by all houses. Thank you to Jamie Harper, who took on the role of Drama Prefect. He will undoubtedly go onto great things! (Mrs M Gordon, Head of Drama)
Economics and Business Department: This has been a busy year for the Economics and Business Department – we welcomed a new teacher, Mr Kerr, who enthused the GCSE Business students with his knowledge and we are expecting great things from the students in the future. This was the second year of the Economics Society and they helped organise a talk from Sir Geoffrey Owen. He gave a fascinating talk to the students on Brexit and capitalism. Sir Owen was the Head of Industrial Policy at Policy Exchange and also a Former Editor of the Financial Times.
A number of Sixth Form boys took part in the online trading game of Student Investor which they enjoyed. Mr Kerr ran “A fun day in the den”, BWS Dragons’ Den for Year 9 pupils; he also set up a Business Club with the Year 10 boys which proved very popular.
I will be leaving BWS at the end of August and am delighted to say that Mr Kerr will take over as Head of Department, ably supported by Mrs Drummond. (Mrs C Wilson, Head of Economics & Business Studies)
English Department: As always, it has been a busy and exciting year in the English Department, with many changes. Our visits to see theatre productions continue apace, with an early September trip to Stratford to watch a post-apocalyptic ‘Macbeth’ with Year 11, followed by a visit to The Globe to watch ‘Romeo and Juliet’ with Year 9 in March. Year 9 also hugely enjoyed the magnificent Young Shakespeare Theatre Company, whose visits are now becoming a regular fixture – we have already booked them for next year!
In terms of staffing, Ms. Danaher has now completed her first year in our department, and it will be with mixed feelings that we give her up, in part at least, to the Lower School Office, where she takes on an Assistant role to the Head of Lower School. Their gain is ours too, though, for as Mrs. Taylor relinquishes her role there, she will be spending more time with us! We will also be delighted to welcome back Ms. Salway who, after a hiatus of many years as SENCO, will be back teaching a Year 7 class in September. In addition, we had another PGCE student with us this year, Maisy Reece, and
22 we expect another student to be boarding the Good Ship English in the new academic year. Working with training teachers is very much a two-way process, with both sides gaining enormously from the experience. In the meantime, for the rest of us, the English Office remains a space full of inspired ideas, much hilarity and a lot of chocolate biscuits!
This year we launched a number of initiatives, most notably our Reading Passport, with which over forty boys have secured certificates, and an ‘English Experts’ scheme aimed at getting boys who excel in English helping those that may have difficulties. Both ideas are in their infancy, and we’d like to see many more boys take part from September. We have also been battling against the relentless tide of STEM by working on recruiting more students to A level Literature! We taught an A level taster session across the whole of Year 11, which they enjoyed – but there is still a lot of persuading to be done! We love teaching the A level students we have, though – they enjoy the subject hugely and get great results.
Next year, we are introducing some new schemes of work into Year 7, and we continue to refine the manner in which we assess work and how pupils respond to feedback. As you read this, we will have taken no fewer than 230 boys to watch ‘An Inspector Calls’ the day before. Hopefully, we are still very much alive to tell the tale! (Mr C Ennew, Head of English)
Extended Project Qualification (EPQ): This year almost all students in Year 12 were entered for either Further Maths or Core Maths or the Extended Project Qualification (worth half an A level) and so we had just under 60 boys taking the EPQ. Each boy had to design their project and undertake the research independently over six months. Their final project had to be written to a high academic standard, including research and referencing; they then had to give a public presentation of the findings, and demonstrate self- evaluation. Most students wrote a dissertation and topics ranged widely from ‘Is going to university at a young age wiser than self-employment?’ to ‘Can the Marginal Gains approach be used by 5k Park Run athletes?’ to ‘What causes dementia in Alzheimer’s disease?’ Some students carried out investigations and some researched and created an artefact. The artefacts ranged from website design to producing a short film about skateboarding to an animation to visualise a piece of music. The boys learnt a range of skills whilst undertaking the EPQ and many of them developed real independent study skills too. These skills will stand them in good stead in the future. (Mrs C Wilson, Head of Sixth Form, Year 13)
Geography: We were extremely pleased with both our GCSE results in 2018 (83% 9-7) and A level results (90% A-B). Very well done to the boys for working so hard to achieve these fantastic grades!
The following Year 11 boys took part in the Geographical Association Worldwise Quiz organised by the Dorset Geographical Association: James
23 Egerton; Tom Tennett and Alfie Cross, who brought the trophy back to Bishop’s for the third year running!
Mrs Jones’ Geography Club was again regularly attended by many students from Years 7-9 during Thursday lunchtimes, erupting volcanoes made of fizzy drink and Mentos, making maps and taking part in weekly quizzes. We also visited the Big Pit in South Wales for a summer excursion.
There will also be a new Geography Society up and running from September 2019 for GCSE and A level geographers at Bishop’s. The society will be organized by Sixth Form geographers and will include fortnightly activities for Year 9-11 students during lunchtimes. They will also be inviting speakers from university geography departments to Bishop’s.
Over the year, Geography students have taken part in fieldwork in Salisbury (Years 7 and 8), Lulworth Cove (Year 10), Gower Peninsula, Swanage and Boscombe (Year 12) and more trips are planned for the next academic year. (Mr A Toner, Head of Geography)
Each year BWS puts on a lecture series for Year 12 students as part of their Enrichment programme, with talks by visiting speakers throughout the year on Tuesday mornings. The aim is not to extend the curriculum, but to stretch and challenge our students to think about new and unexpected topics, widening their horizons and helping them redefine possibilities for their future careers. We would like to thank the following speakers who visited in 2018- 19: Dan Cheeseman, OW, RN Chief Technology Officer delivered the September Head Master’s Lecture. Chloe Fox, Vogue Features Writer, celebrity interviewer and BWS parent visited in November to give the second Head Master’s Lecture. Richard Browning, Founder & Chief Test Pilot of Gravity Industries ltd (aka the Jetman!), delivered the December Head Master’s Lecture, as well as the annual ImechE Lecture.
In 2019 the January Head Master’s Lecture was given by John Lewis, General Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries and former BWS parent Alan Ponsford, the Design Director at Capoco.co.uk visited in March to deliver the fifth Head Master’s Lecture, focusing on the challenges of climate change. The April Head Master’s Lecture featured Drs Duncan Murray and Martin Cook, both BWS parents, sharing their perspectives on intensive care and anaesthetics.
In addition to these talks, over 90 different speakers visited the Sixth Form over the course of 2018-19, with BAYS, Politics Society and Young Medics being particularly active. We’re very grateful to all those who gave up their time and shared their expertise and enthusiasm with us – a full list is on the BWS website. Great credit goes those sixth formers who organised their own society meetings, inviting speakers in and publicising their events to get some
24 very good audiences – truly one of the best and most distinctive features of BWS as a school. (Mr A Endersby, Head of Sixth Form, Year 12)
The 11th BWS Higher Education and Careers Conference: The 11th BWS Higher Education and Careers Conference was bigger than ever, attended by 66 Universities plus 16 other national and local employers, apprenticeship and gap year providers including voluntary sector organisations. We were joined by approximately 800 students from 8 other schools in the local area, and their parents. Next year the conference will be held on 14th February with the Business to Bishop’s apprenticeship event on 26th February. (Mrs S Armstrong, Careers Leader and Adviser)
Languages 2018 – 2019: Students once again benefitted from the French Exchange for Years 10 and 13 with SWGS this year. In addition there were a variety of language related activities for all year groups, including German, Spanish and French Onatti theatre productions for Year 9 at SWGS and Leehurst Swan, GCSE German workshops, one-to-one French, Spanish and German speaking sessions and GCSE French workshops. Spanish, German and French volunteer speakers and A-Level students have also supported the classroom teachers in helping GCSE students with speaking practice. Spanish A-Level students were also given a flamenco guitar workshop, and went to London for a course on studying Spanish film. A big thank you to all our staff, volunteers and to our Language Prefects for helping with the organisation! 2019-20 looks like a really busy year, with trips planned to Barcelona, Andalucía, Northern France and the Rhineland, and French A- Level returning to BWS. (Mr A Green, Head of Spanish & French)
Latin: Salisbury Classical Association – Chinmay Padiyar won first prize in the Intermediate Latin A Competition (reciting from memory), Thomas Tennett won third prize in the Intermediate Latin A Competition (reciting from memory) and Siddhant Nayak won first prize in the Intermediate Latin B Competition (Latin reading). (Mr I Owen, Head of Classics)
Jake Kneale in Year 11 has had great success in a number of Photography Competitions this year. In November he received a special mention in the British Wildlife Photography Awards 12-18s category and his work was included in the British Wildlife Photography Awards book 9. Jake was also commended in the RSPCA Young Photographer Awards 12-15s category in December. He was announced as the winner of the Young International Garden Photographer of the Year in February at an awards ceremony at Kew Gardens and in May took second place in the youth category of Close-Up Photographer of the Year. Rounding up his very successful year, Jake was then announced as the Overall Youth Winner of the RHS Photographic Competition for his photo ‘The Long Wait’.
Politics Society: The Politics Society has had an exciting year. We had a record 10 meetings, a hustings with 15 different speakers and a breakfast
25 meeting to watch the results of the US Midterm elections come in.
Starting the year, we had Jamie Capp, an Old Wordsworthian, now a lobbyist in London. We then jumped straight into the Brexit debate in late September with a talk from Guy Wilkinson, the Chair of Salisbury for Europe. This tied in well with our trip to the heart of the EU, Brussels (for more details see the 2019 edition of Wordsworth).This was a great trip.
November brought the US Midterms with the Democrats gaining the House while the Republicans managed to retain the Senate. We celebrated the occasion with a US style breakfast of coffee and pancakes.
Later in November, a planned meeting with Dr Sarah Drews Lucas fell through after her train was late and she then took a taxi to SWGS rather than BWS! We still ate the cake, though, so it wasn’t all bad. We also heard from Clare Moody, then MEP for our EU Parliament region. This was the last time for the foreseeable future that the Society could hear from a sitting MEP, although the seemingly perpetual delays to Brexit may make it possible to receive an MEP again.
In January we teamed up with the Medical Society to hear from Cara Charles- Barks, the CEO of Salisbury NHS Trust, who gave a fascinating insight into the politics of healthcare, something we do not study in class but an issue close to many people’s hearts. This issue came to the fore once again in February when we were visited by Lord Ribeiro, ex leader of the Royal College of Surgeons.
In February we were fortunate to have Professor Justin Fisher, a leading expert in UK elections, to speak about the effects of campaigning on election results. A week later Lord Andrew Adonis, an education minister under prime ministers Blair and Brown, visited the society. He regaled us with tales of how he had given consent for the building of our very own E Block, as well as telling us why we should support a second referendum. His talk did not go down well with the Brexiteers in the room!
We had not expected to host a hustings this year but as a result of a delay to our departure from the EU we started preparations for an EU Elections hustings straight after the Easter holidays. We invited candidates from the three main political parties, as well as the Brexit Party, the Green Party and Change UK. We made a conscious decision not to invite UKIP which certainly caused excitement on Twitter and led to a call to picket the evening from the leader of UKIP. It was a fascinating evening, well worth the massive preparation and the surrounding controversy.
After the A Level exams were finished, the year was rounded off by Alan Whitehead MP, a Shadow Energy Minister, who focussed on the problem of climate change and possible ways the government can help calm the issue.
26 It has been a privilege to co-chair the Politics Society with Izzy Clark during this year and I hope its success will continue for years to come! (Mrs P Anders, Head of Politics)
Pupil Librarian Achievement Award: Bronze: Ben Lloyd, Dylan Powell, Koen Sawyer; Gold: Oliver Gale.
The Chaplaincy within BWS continues to thrive as one would expect of a Church of England school in the Close of one of Europe’s finest Cathedrals. We had two episcopal visits during the year. The Bishop of Salisbury officiated at the licencing of the new BWS Chaplain in the sports hall in September; and the new Bishop of Ramsbury visited in April as part of his getting to know the diocese.
BWS was able to make an important contribution to the Salisbury expression of The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Thy Kingdom Come initiative for Pentecost Sunday. The Salisbury Cathedral service expanded into the BWS school chapel for a separate youth stream which then joined the main congregation for the final half hour. It was good to see a cohort of BWS boys and staff involved in that. In the week running up to Pentecost we had visiting speakers in all the Year Group Chapel Services exploring the theme of Thy Kingdom Come and we were introduced to the use of a prayer tree.
We had some visiting speakers for the year group morning Chapel Services. The Gideons came in November and spoke about the value of Bible reading. At the end of the service they gave a New Testament and Psalms to every Year 7 boy. We have also had some valuable contributions from local Anglican clergy and also from the Churches Together Salisbury Schools’ Bridge Project.
The Christian Union met throughout the year to explore a range of issues raised by boys who want to develop their personal faith. At the end of the year we said goodbye to a very strong cohort of Year 13 boys who have been CU stalwarts over the years. We now look forward to the younger boys stepping up to replace them.
The routine worship within Bishop’s continued as usual this year with the regular weekly year group services in school chapel and 6 cathedral services.
Throughout the year there have been important contributions to services, both in School Chapel from boys and staff. A highlight of the year was the important contribution BWS sixth formers made to the Salisbury Holocaust Memorial Day event in St Thomas’ Church in January. They also lead year group chapel services on the theme. A substantial number of people contributed during the year leading and organising the services in school chapel and also in the Cathedral: reading, leading prayers, and the vital but barely noticed role of organising the people attending and ensuring
27 everything runs in an orderly fashion. Sam Jennings gave sterling service as Cathedral Prefect through the year. He was not only a key player in organising the Cathedral services; but also in year group chapel services and Christian Union. These expressions of the Christian ethos of BWS make an important contribution to the atmosphere within school and the sense of community within it.
The Cathedral Eucharist in March was a very special service. The Very Reverend Nicholas Papadopulos, the new Dean, presided and preached; and about 350 boys received the bread and wine. It was good to have the support of Clergy from local parishes joining us to help with the administration of the bread and wine.
The School choir sang evensong in the Cathedral in October and played a key role in all the Cathedral services, particularly in the Carol services where the music was of the usual high standard. Arthur Pallecaros, the BWS Organ Scholar, moved on this year after playing the organ for weekday chapel services and assemblies and also making a contribution in some of the Cathedral services. As is to be expected with a school with a musical tradition as good as BWS there are a number of younger boys ready to step up and fill the gap left. Thanks to Mr Fay and Mrs Hind for their contribution to the worship in BWS over the past year.
As always there has been very generous support for the various Chapel appeals through the year. (Rev. A Gough, School Chaplain)
Sailing Club: The weather was perfect for sailing last September and October and 12 boys attained their RYA 1 certificates after much enjoyment and some hard work: Jojo Banfield, Edo Bayliss, Henry Hemming, Alex Hutchison, Euan McIntyre, James McIntyre, Hari Putt, Koen Sanger, William Self, Warren Smith, Nigel Twort, and Ruben Williams.
Our second session, extending from May to July was equally enjoyable but sadly there was no wind on a couple of occasions and on those times the boys did a bit of theory and then went out in the kayaks, which was a pleasant change. The following boys attained their RYA 2 certificates: Timothy Blackburn, Sam Fussell, Oliver Graves, Ethan Kelly, Nigel Twort and Ruben Williams. The following boys attained their RYA 1 certificates: Humphrey Hobbs, Callum Logan, Freddy Mulvee, Valentine Robb and Robert Western.
The new season will begin in September and will be announced at the start of the new term. (Mr J Browning, Sailing Club Coordinator)
Year 12 Activities Week: Year 12 Activities week was held immediately after the summer half term, with the all Year 12s off timetable to pursue a range of activities put on by different departments. For Science students this was a key opportunity to undertake assessed half-day practicals, which went very
28 well and thankfully resulted in no broken Chemistry kit this year. Geography and History launched coursework components, while Art students used the time to focus on their individual projects. Politics welcomed a speaker from the University of Bath, while RS took students on a trip to the Philosophy Department at Bristol University, and Economics, English and Spanish each held half-day workshops. For most students the highlight was a trip to Thorpe Park organised by the Sixth Form team – a good time was had by all. Thanks to all the staff who ran activities. (Mr A Endersby, Head of Sixth Form, Year 12)
HOUSE NEWS
Inter-House competition was as lively and eclectic as ever this year, with new House Ward now in its second year and already beginning to make an impact on the results. After strong performances in the Senior Debating Competition, the Drama Festival, and the Computer Coding competition, Ward even led the standings at Christmas, causing House Captain Josh Miskin to practically explode with pride. The Senior Debating and Computer Coding contests were just two examples of new competitions this year, with Squash, Music composition, Year 7/8 Reading Challenge, Photography, Sixth Form Croquet, Lower School Boules and a lively new Year 7 Great Yews Challenge all adding to the mix. Regular competitions such as the Interhouse Quiz, Year 10 Debating, Year 8 Public Speaking, all attracted strong fields and great individual and team performances, with Ward’s win in the Drama Festival and Poore’s in the Music Festival particularly memorable. Leading into the end of the summer term, Poore House had built up a commanding lead, and although they were pegged back a little in the summer count of Distinctions and Commendations, and in the section Sports Days, they held on to convincingly win the House Cup. Thanks to all who ran competitions this year, and especially to those House Captains and Heads of House who provided great leadership throughout 2018-19. (Mr A Endersby, House Co- ordinator)
Jewell House Dedication, participation and teamwork have been the foundations on which J House has enjoyed another successful year. Encouraged by their House Captain Sam Higson to take advantage of as many opportunities as they can, the boys have excelled in music, sports and drama, and have played their role in all of the extra-curricular opportunities on offer. While we may not have always been in contention for the House Prize, the positivity with which we have approached events such as Sports Day, the House Music Festival and the House Quiz have created within J House a real sense of co-operation and community spirit. As a new cohort of Year 7s joins J House, and our Year 13s move on to pastures new, Joseph Paden takes over as House Captain, ready to lead the house to more success. (Mr A Green, Head of Jewell)
29 Martival House Another year has raced by and it has been jammed packed with a variety of activities for the boys to immerse themselves in and represent their respective Houses. The diversity of things to get involved in is a fantastic opportunity for the boys to get recognition for doing stuff which is a break from the academic routine. Ben Fisher has been an excellent House Captain this year. He has led some excellent assemblies which have been topical and relevant to the boys. His positivity has helped see Martival field entrants in all but 4 Competitions (more than any other House!!) Matt Smith will undoubtedly add his own spin on leading the House next year. We have led the way in both Public Speaking and debating, but have also made important gains in the classroom with Distinctions and Commendations. (Mr L Duckett, Head of Martival)
Osmund House Challenging the boys with a mind to their identity and the importance of community was the message in the close of the 2018 report. A brief glance at the points and events synopsis thus far would indicate, happily, that the opportunities have clearly been taken with a strong Osmund presence across the full breadth of events here at BWS. The House Music Festival proved yet again to be a happy hunting ground, alongside the Quiz and Public Speaking events. The importance of getting involved and supporting the school, not simply selecting those events that hold likely success, is something which outgoing Captain Kai Sainsbury spoke keenly of early this year and there are very few events on the House calendar in which Osmund have not competed. Lending more significance this year is the process of change. Mrs Elliott took the lead on a House Squash tournament in which the O House contingent placed second, while the annual trip to Great Yews provided a new twist with a scoring element – topped by 70! Finally, a change in leadership has seen Chris Chaddock step up for the 19/20 season, ready for a lead role at Sports Day, and I look forward to seeing Osmund flourish under his stewardship. Come on you boys in Green #COYBIG. (Mr J Oldham, Head of Osmund)
Poore House Poore house has had another impressive year. As usual, the P house community have pulled together, worked hard and thrown themselves into activities and competitions, ranging from the Year 7 and 9 trips to Great Yews and Pencelli, respectively, to chess and boules. With regards to the house competitions, I am most proud of the fact that P House were represented at everything going. They really have proved that it’s the taking part that counts as, from top scorers to bottom scorers, our competitors have added to the glowing total. Well done to all. Obviously, we have focus areas for the coming year, but we clearly love a challenge! Our new Head of House, Joe Feest, already has his first assembly under his belt and has taken over care of our monkey mascot, the lovely Pez! Finally, a word from Josh Eadsforth, our outgoing Head ‘It has been a pleasure to lead Poore House through another successful year, and watch the boys excel in all areas of the school,
30 especially the amazing performances in the House Music and Drama festivals. I wish all the boys the best of luck in forthcoming years’. (Miss V Brennan, Head of Poore)
Ward House Despite only comprising four forms, 7W, 8W, 12W and 13W it has been another good year for Ward House with a number of impressive achievements. A special mention must go to the Ward boys who put in an inspired performance to win the House Drama competition for the second year running. It was also a moment of pride to see the enthusiasm with which the boys took on the challenge of the Inaugural House Debating competition. Congratulations to the Ward boys who formed well-organised, balanced and informed arguments to seal victory. Despite being a relatively small House, Ward also put on a strong showing in the House Music Festival, finishing in fourth place. Well done to all those who volunteered themselves to represent Ward House.
A huge thank you to the Ward House Captain, Joshua Miskin, who led the House impeccably this year. He led a number of thought provoking and entertaining assemblies. Our House Prefects, Zachary Downie, Ben Connolly, Vincent Elvin and Elias Saykouk, have been fantastic role models to the younger Ward boys. Zachary Downie, Ben Connolly and Elias Saykouk delivered a series of lessons on mental health to lower school boys as part of the Peer Education Project that runs at BWS. Ben Connolly and Vincent Elvin also delivered a series of inspiring presentations during tutorial sessions, focusing on life after school to the younger Ward boys. We wish the very best of luck to the new Head of Ward House, Thomas Avant, and to all the new House Prefects. Here’s to a successful 2019-2020. (Mr D Brown, Head of Ward)
REPORT ON SCIENCE ACTIVITIES 2018-2019
All the BWS Science staff endeavour to deliver engaging lessons that stimulate our students’ interest in this subject as well as providing them with a wealth of additional extracurricular activities, which not only complement and extend their learning, but also develop their understanding of the importance of Science in everyday life. This year, as is often the case at BWS, our students have risen to this challenge and not only worked hard in lessons but have engaged with a wide range of enrichment activities with notable successes and highlights along the way.
With the exception of Geology, all areas of Science have had the luxury of consolidating and embedding the new A-level courses that have been introduced over the last few years. In reality, it is fair to say that the hard work of staff over the previous years has been highly effective in preparing both Year 11 and Year 13 students for their science qualifications with recent results being excellent. However, it has felt good this year to have some time
31 to review and make small modifications to courses and revision programmes which we hope will have further supported our students in achieving their best.
The Science enrichment programme has this year taken on a life of its own. Student led groups such as the Young Medics Society and Engineering Society have had a varied programme of speakers throughout the year. In addition, the BAYS programme (British Association of Young Scientists) has provided the students with ten after school talks on a wide range of Scientific topics. These have included presentations entitled ‘Cell division’, ‘The Exploration of the Geology of the Earth’, ‘Structural Engineering’, ‘The Grand Challenges in Medicine’, ‘Critical Care Medicine’ and ‘Respiratory Diseases’. Each of these talks has been delivered by academics and professionals from a number of scientific disciplines and have seen excellent levels of attendance (often around fifty students for each session) with students from BWS, Godolphin and SWGS. Geology has always had female students but this year we have had the pleasure of teaching several female Sixth Form Chemists so, we certainly feel that the Science Faculty is well prepared to welcome female students from September 2020.
We never underestimate the way that the students at BWS enjoy a challenge and we can often be overheard encouraging our students by saying, ‘What is not to like about a Science Challenge?’ - even if we all know it often comes in the form of a written exam! Consequently, we work hard to provide opportunities for our students to enter a whole wealth of competitions. This year these have included the Chemistry Challenge, the Chemistry Olympiad, the Biology Challenge, the Biology Olympiad and the Physics AS Challenge and GCSE Challenge. The Science staff prepare the students for these competitions, running additional lunchtime and afterschool clubs in addition to sorting out the administration and in some cases then marking large numbers of examination scripts! I would be surprised if many other schools could rival the sheer numbers of students who enter these competitions and our students should be congratulated for their enthusiasm and the resilience they show in undertaking these competitions. Whatever the outcome, we are confident that they benefit academically as these competitions help in the development of advanced problem solving skills which will support them in whatever they choose to do in the future.
Field trips and practical enrichment activities have again been a feature this year. The Year 13 Biologists visited Studland and Kimmeridge to undertake fieldwork surveys of coastal ecosytems. The Year 12 Chemists were involved in an Organic Synthesis Day with the Year 12 Physicists undertaking a thermal physics practical afternoon in Activities Week. Understandably, the outside activities of the Geology department are unrivalled with day field trips to a number of locations around the South including the traditional visits to Lulworth for structural geology, fossil hunting in Lyme Regis with the find of the largest ammonoid of the year being a whopping 32cm, and Frome to visit
32 the inner workings of a modern limestone quarry. This year, there was an additional visit to the Isle of Wight investigating land slips and their effects as part of the developing field programme to accompany the new A-level specification. Fortunately the weather was kind and all were able to make some fantastic observations, sketch work and measurements without the threat of the clip board dissolving in front of them.
Science Week was celebrated with a range of activities – the highlight being the Biology Bake Off with students designing and making biology themed cakes. Whilst all the cakes were delicious, some appeared more palatable than others. After judging, the cakes were then sold, including all the pieces of the ‘brain cake’ to willing consumers! All the money raised was donated to the Isle of Wight Air Ambulance and Cancer Research, both charities linked with two of our BAYS presenters this year. Other activities included quizzes, practical activities and bingo competitions for Lower and Middle School students. For our Year 12 and Year 13 students there was the STEM Conference organised by Mrs Armstrong. This annual conference attended by BWS, Godolphin and SWGS students involved a large number of workshops on areas including Mathematical Modelling of Financial Systems, Oceanography, Antibiotic Resistance, and Lazer Technology. Approximately, 80-85% of our Sixth Form students study one or more A Level in Science with many of the Year 13 leavers each year going on to undertake STEM related further study or careers. We recognise the role of these talks in inspiring our students whilst opening their eyes to the possibilities that lie beyond BWS in the fields of Science and Engineering.
In addition to the Science Week activities, there have been several other activities and competitions for students in the Lower School and Middle School. The opportunities are there for boys to seize so we would encourage students to make sure they listen to the assembly announcements, notices and emails that regularly advertise these things. In May a Year 10 group took part and won the Fleet Air Museum Engineering Challenge. A Middle School team won the national Royal Society of Chemistry ‘Top of the Bench’ competition. They initially won the regional competition at Portsmouth Grammar School before taking the National Winner’s trophy in the Final at Birmingham University. This involved beating the 32 teams from across Great Britain with additional teams from some other European countries. After being national finalists last year in the Faraday Challenge it was this year our turn to host the local competition which was won by Trafalgar School’s team.
Engineering is an area which interests many of our students. We are an Arkwright Engineering School and this year we have been pleased to have 4 Arkwright Scholars and 2 Arkwright Associates amongst our Year 12 and Year 13 students. However, we are even more delighted to report that in July a total of 7 Year 11 students were awarded scholarships - a bumper year which is in no small part down to the hard work of the students in undertaking a project, completing their application forms, undertaking the aptitude tests and
33 performing well in their interviews. Our link with the ImechE and IET continues and we were once again delighted to host their annual schools lecture in December. Year 10 and many Sixth Form students attended the lecture which was delivered by Richard Browning involving a demonstration of his ‘anti-Gravity’ suit – few experiences could match this with respect to inspiring the next generation of scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs!
A visit from the Planetarium coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the lunar landings gave Year 7 an opportunity to explore the solar system and beyond. Year 9 undertook an Energy Quest Engineering Challenge Day in November where they explored a range of engineering solutions to the issues surrounding global energy supplies. The Year 7 Science investigation work was this year showcased with their ‘conference style posters’ at the Year 5 Open Afternoons with interested parents and Year 5 students making decisions about whose was the best investigation. Wiltshire Wildlife Trust visited in June to work with Year 9 boys.
We feel strongly that our role as Science educators is to provide students with as many science practicals as possible so that students can make their own observations and subsequent conclusions. A quick, back of the envelope calculation demonstrates that in each week there will be a maximum of 108 practical lessons in Science. Whilst it would be a rare week to have 108, the number of practical lessons each week normally averages out at over 80. The technician team of 7 staff are hugely experienced, conscientious and knowledgeable and make sure that not only is practical apparatus ready for classes but that practicals are undertaken safely and carefully. This is a huge undertaking for the Science technician team who work efficiently and professionally and always with good humour. The Science Faculty could not function without their professionalism and they certainly deserve a mention as we celebrate the successes of the year as their work underpins much of what happens in Science.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the Science staff who have again worked incredibly hard to deliver exciting and engaging lessons in addition to supporting the extensive and varied program of enrichment activities. Their efforts have been terrific and have no doubt served to inspire a future generation of Scientists and Engineers. I would also like to say thank you to the many parents, governors and staff who work hard to support us in our work in Science. (Dr E Baker, Director of Science)
BWS A level outcomes August 2019
By any measure our Year 13 boys did well this year – a 100% pass rate is always pleasing, but a better measure of the calibre of their performance is the fact that nearly 73% of the grades were at A*-B, and 21% were at the top A* level. This strong set of results is especially encouraging for two reasons. Firstly the very good Oxbridge success rate mostly (but not wholly) reflects a
34 group of academically gifted and highly motivated Maths/Science students. The highest figure I have known during the previous two decades is 15; this autumn 19 boys from BWS will be making their way to Oxford or Cambridge. Secondly, the 100% pass rate is pleasing; I am never happy when boys go through a 2 year course with all of the necessary support, encouragement and intervention they need to do well and then fall short. This year none did, a tribute to the efforts of my departmental staff and the academic mentors. It is interesting also to note that this was the first year group with our 6+2 arrangement for teaching and supervised private study. The headline figures are all up on last year when other schools are down, though such relentless progress should never be taken for granted. We can do even better, I’m sure, but I am delighted with what this set of boys have achieved overall. Well done to all of our boys, and thank you for the huge efforts of my staff and parents in helping our boys get where they want to be; these fantastic results show what happens at this school, as we look forward to inviting girls as well as boys to Bishop’s sixth form in September 2020.
BWS summer 2019 GCSE results
Following on from the strong showing at A level, our Year 11 boys delivered very well at GCSE. Overall 71% of all grades were at 9, 8 or 7; impressively the most common grade overall was 9, with over a quarter of the boys’ papers being graded at this top level. Of the total of 124 boys entered, 27 gained every one of their GCSEs at grade 7 and above. Two boys passed every paper they took at grade 9, an extraordinarily strong performance. The average grade overall was 7.3, or A+ in old money. This does represent significant progress on last year, especially given that almost all of the syllabi are now the ‘more rigorous’ 9-1 species. The headline figure is slightly up but tellingly there are a larger number of boys at the top end (27 gaining all results at 7+), and the average grade score has increased. Particularly impressive grade profiles were scored in all three sciences, Maths, Geography and Music.
There were two very pleasing ‘extras’ this year. The 31 boys who took GCSE Further Maths all gained at least a grade B; more than 87% of them gained A*/A grades. Also 7 of our Year 13 boys sat their challenging GCSE Mandarin Chinese papers this summer. They all gained at least grade 8, with 5 of them scoring the highest grade possible (9). Overall, these results are a great credit to the boys after two hard years’ work, and I am really grateful to my staff for supporting them to gain such pleasing outcomes. The future is bright for this set of boys, the vast majority of whom are staying on with us for their A levels.
Dr S D Smallwood Head Master, Bishop Wordsworth’s School
35 DESTINATIONS – YEAR 14 – 2019
AARONS Michael Warwick: Hispanic Studies and Russian AVGHERINOS Theo Warwick: Mathematics BAKER Jonathan Leeds: Mechatronics and Robotics BALSHAW Charlie Wadham College, Oxford: Law BELL Alexander Employment BOURKE James Southampton: Oceanography BOURNE William Southampton: Biomedical Sciences BREAREY Adam Bristol: Pharmacology BROWN Jack Gap Year: Lancaster: Physics BUDGELL William Gap Year: NHS: Employment BURGESS Marcus Employment: Army BUTLER Samuel Exeter: Politics CHEN Jevons Warwick: International Management CHUNG Sunny Trinity College, Cambridge: Economics CLEMOW Alex Trinity College, Cambridge: Mathematics COLE Charles Gap Year: Oxford Brookes: Accounting and Finance CONNOLLY Ben Gap Year: Reapplying to University CONS Ronan Robinson College, Cambridge: Natural Sciences COOPER Arthur Gap Year: Exeter: Economics and Finance COX Gabriel St Andrews: Computer Science CULLEY Jacob Gap Year: Exeter: Geography WILSON CUTLER Thomas Gap Year: Liverpool: Business Economics DAVIDSON Ben Gap Year DAWKINS Benjamin Higher Education DAY Luke Falmouth: Computing for Games DENNIS Oliver Jesus College, Cambridge: Natural Sciences DEWHURST Samuel Cardiff: Economics DOHERTY Austin Durham: Physics and Astronomy DOWNES Oliver Gap Year: Bristol UWE: Biological Sciences Warwick: Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics DOWNIE Zachary and Economics (MORSE) DRAKE Ethan Gap Year: Exeter: Psychology
36 EADSFORTH Joshua Sheffield: Aerospace Engineering ELVIN Vincent Mansfield College, Oxford: Theology and Religion ENDERSBY Martin Durham: Modern Languages and Cultures FARR Adam Oxford Brookes: Primary Teacher Education FERNANDO Charles Birmingham: Medicine FISHER Benjamin Magdalen College, Oxford: Biochemistry FRY William Employment GADD Hywel Gap Year: GHAURI Akram Gap Year: Reapplying to University GIPSON Jay East Anglia: Physics GOODWIN Henry Southampton: Chemistry HALLETT Dylan Aviva: Employment HALLSWORTH Huw Gap Year: HAMPSON Alexander Nottingham: Modern European Studies HARPER James Exeter: English and Drama HASTINGS Xavier Bath: Social Sciences HAYES George Gap Year HICK Matthew Gap Year: Hertfordshire: Sports Therapy HICKSON Thomas Birmingham: Medicine HIGSON Sam Exeter: Electronic Engineering and Computer Science HILL Oliver Swansea: Economics HO Gianluca Gap Year: Applying to University Specialised Chefs Scholarship: Royal Academy of HO Oscar Culinary Arts HOLDWAY- Oscar Sussex: Business, Management and Economics LOPEZ HOLE Joshua Gap Year: Loughborough: Chemical Engineering HOLLIDAY Thomas NATS: Employment HOLLIS Jack Leiden: International Studies King’s College, Cambridge: Modern and Medieval HOWARD Thomas Languages HOWE James Bristol UWE: Aerospace Engineering HYMAS Michael Warwick: Chemistry INGRAM Stefan Gap Year: Reapplying to University
37 JACKSON Alfred Gap Year: Art Foundation: Downing College, Cambridge: JENNER Joseph Architecture JENNINGS Samuel Birmingham: Medicine JOHNSTON Finlay Gap Year: JONES Sebastian Gap Year: Employment: Army JONES Tom Gap Year: JUGG Daniel Arts University Bournemouth: Art Foundation KANE Charles Birmingham: Psychology KANTOLINNA Milo Gap Year: Surrey: Psychology LANGLEY Joseph Gap Year: Bristol UWE: Paramedic Science LATHAM Daniel Gap Year: Royal Navy LEUNG Curtis Warwick: History and Philosophy LINCOLN Theo Jesus College, Cambridge: Natural Sciences LLOYD- Finley Gap Year: Loughborough: Sport and Exercise Science GILMOUR LOCK Toby Royal Holloway: Biology LUCAS James Bournemouth: Product Design LYONS Thomas Gap Year: Applying to University MCCONNELL Alice Newcastle: Modern Languages MCGOVERN Daniel Gap Year: Applying to University MCNULTY Edmund Exeter: Geology MELVILLE Christopher Aston: Economics MESNARD Jack University College, Oxford: Chemistry MIAH Abujayed London School of Economics: Economics MILLER James Gap Year: Applying to University MISKIN Joshua Royal Holloway: Business and Management MORRIS Henry Employment: Army MULDOON Charlie Gap Year MULHOLLAND William Swansea: Healthcare Science (Cardiac Physiology) NATH William King’s College, London: Mathematics OAKLEY Taylor Gap Year: Reapplying to University ODDIE Christopher Reading: Biological Sciences OUTTERSIDE Jack Gap Year: Applying to University
38 OXLEY Samuel Loughborough: Aeronautical Engineering PAGET Alfie Southampton: Chemistry with Mathematics PALLECAROS Arthur Gap Year: Reapplying to University PAVER Matthew Apprenticeship Gap Year: Bristol UWE: Business Management with PEARCE Gus Marketing PUGH Alfred Gap Year: Exeter: History REDMILL Jonah Leicester: Politics and International Relations RISEBROW Benedict Emmanuel College, Cambridge: Mathematics ROLFE Ben Oxford Brookes: English Language and Linguistics RUDGYARD Samuel Bath: Mathematical Sciences RUSSELL Harry Lincoln: Sports Business Management SAGE William Bristol UWE: Civil and Environmental Engineering SAINSBURY Kai Liverpool: Veterinary Science SAXBY Nicholas Swansea: Psychology SAYKOUK Elias Bristol: Biology SCOUGALL- Bailey Glasgow: History MCCORRY SHADLOCK Ryan Nottingham: Architecture SHAW Jonty Trinity Hall, Cambridge: Engineering SHAW Sam York: History SHIRE Rufus Bristol: Philosophy SMITH Hamish Gap Year STEPHENSON Sam Clare College, Cambridge: Engineering STONEHAM Max Gap Year: Bristol UWE: Psychology with Criminology SWERDLOW Jack Gap Year TAYLOR-BLAKE Luke Apprenticeship TENCH Jacob Skanska: Degree Apprenticeship: Quantity Surveying THOMAS Jack Gap Year THOMAS Ned Worcester College, Oxford: Classics THOMPSON George Royal Holloway: Politics and International Relations THOMPSON Toby Durham: Chemistry THORNTON Toby Employment: Royal Navy TIMPERLEY Jonny Nottingham: Environmental Science
39 TURNBULL George Gap Year: Clare College, Cambridge: Engineering VAUGHAN Joseph Loughborough: Business Economics and Finance WALSH Myles Gap Year: Applying to University WARD Theodore Gap Year: Sheffield: International Relations and Politics WATSON Joshua Exeter: Law WHARMBY Sam Gap Year: Harper Adams: Agriculture WILKINSON Oliver Gap Year: Exeter: Natural Sciences WILKINSON Xander Gap Year: Reapplying to University Balliol College, Oxford: Mathematics and Computer WILLIAMS Mark Science WOODFORD- Max Gap Year WHITE WRIGHT Merlin Exeter: Geology
LEAVERS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS
ALLMAN Tom Cardiff: Accounting and Finance ASHE Joe Corpus Christi College, Cambridge: Philosophy BELK Tom Winchester: Law BOND Freddie Salford: Sound Engineering and Production BOXER Tom Exeter: Human Biosciences BOYCE Robert London School of Economics: BROWN Ben Bristol: Biology Bristol UWE: Quantity Surveying and Commercial COLLINS Jacob Management COX Joshua Warwick: Psychology DAVIS Charles Manchester Metropolitan: Geography EVANS Daniel Flood and Coastal Engineering FUTCHER Henry International Relations and Modern History HIRST James Canterbury Christ Church: American Studies HOARE Joe Sheffield: History HOPKINS Oliver Exeter: Modern Languages JENSEN Marcell York: Chemistry MANGHAN Christopher Newcastle: Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry PINK MERCER Adam Oxford Brookes: History MORTIMER Ewan Exeter: History and Ancient History
40 O’SHAUGHNES Ethan Winchester: Primary Education SY PASCALIDIS Johnnie Royal Holloway: Psychology PEREIRA Daniel Birmingham: Philosophy SAINSBURY Lewis Sheffield Hallam: Sport Coaching SIMPKINS Kieran Liverpool: Biological Sciences THORN James Southampton: Philosophy and Mathematics TRUDGILL Daniel Swansea: Economics and Finance TULLY Joe Newcastle: Food and Human Nutrition WEBLEY Reuben Oxford Brookes: International Business Management WINBY Felix Sussex: Geography and International Development
GRADUATIONS OF OLD WORDSWORTHIANS
Name University Subject/Degree Joel Davies Central St Martin’s, London 1st in Fine Art Simon Grant Robinson College, Cambridge 1st in Music
Congratulations also to:
Joel Davies for reaching the finalist student stage of the prestigious Sony International Photography Award 2019. In addition, he has received a number of industry awards, accolades and prizes for his creative and marketing work over the last 12 months.
We are always pleased to hear of any ex-student’s results or achievements.
41 With thanks …
The quality of educational experience that we can offer for the boys at BWS would not be the same were it not for the hard work, help and commitment of a large number of people from the Salisbury area and beyond. This is our chance to say thank you to all the many employers, both locally and nationally, who have offered work experience placements (and also internships) to our pupils, and to our visiting speakers and interviewers. This year we have had more visiting lecturers and academics than ever, in Sciences, Humanities, Politics and Languages, from the judiciary, from industry, from NGO’s and others; they do so much to enrich what we offer for our boys. Large numbers of parents help with our boys’ sporting commitments, whether it be by coaching or accompanying teams, travelling to fixtures or supporting on those cold, wet touchlines through the Autumn (and occasionally Spring) Terms – thank you for your unfailing energy and enthusiasm. It’s great that so many parents help and support their sons’ efforts in public speaking and debating, Duke of Edinburgh, Choir, Music and so many other activities where transport, time and logistical know-how are such essential and basic requirements. Expeditions and trips cannot happen without parental subsidy – we can only put on what we do ultimately because mums and dads and grandparents willingly foot the bill; our boys gain so much experience because the costs of an exciting educational programme is underwritten by long-suffering family members! Thank you also to the very large number of parents who support their sons through paying for music lessons and then encouraging practice (from sometimes slightly recalcitrant musicians) at home – school music would be very much poorer were it not for you!
Thank you especially to the BWS Parents’ Association, the Old Wordsworthians’ Association, the BWS Foundation and our fantastic diaspora of Wordsworthians who help in fundraising and supporting the school so generously.
Thank you to the very large number of parents who have contributed towards ‘Aiming for Excellence’, the BWS Gift Aid Scheme; this simply wouldn’t be the same school without your support.
Finally, thank you to all the dedicated and hard-working staff who have helped our students gain the fantastic successes described in this programme. We can all be very proud of what we have achieved together.
Dr S D Smallwood Head Master, Bishop Wordsworth’s School
42 BWS STAFF 2019 – 2020
LEADERSHIP TEAM Stuart Smallwood BSc PhD Head Master, Geology NPQH Graham Lloyd BA MA Deputy Head Master, Curriculum Director, Staffing, DT Assistant Head, Assessment & ICT Director, Timetabler, Andy Harmsworth BSc Geography Assistant Head, Performance Management & Appraisal, Jerry Rogers BSc CP Development, i/c Initial Teacher Training, Science Bursar & Clerk to the Governors i/c Budget & Finance, Barry Smith MA(Oxon) MSc Estate, Health & Safety, HR, Professional Support Staff FCMI FCIS & Data Protection Officer Dan Brown BSc Head of Lower School, Science Marie Jenner BSc Head of Middle School, Science Head of Sixth Form (Year 13), Designated Safeguarding Zoe Lambard BSc Lead, Science Director of Science, Head of Chemistry / NQT Induction Emma Baker BSc PhD Tutor, Wessex Deputy CPD Link
TEACHING STAFF Pippa Anders BA Head of Politics, i/c Politics Society, History Jackie Barrett BSc Head of Mathematics John Beal BEng CEng MIET Head of Design Technology Leanne Bould BA Head of German Vicki Brennan BA Head of History Nicola Brown BA Mathematics Jeremy Browning BTheo Teacher i/c RS KS5 Bryan Bull BA Design Technology Jerry Burridge MA Mathematics Victoria Campbell BSc Science Jo Campling Spanish, French Tracy Collingridge BSc Science Victoria Danaher BA Assistant Head Lower School, English Amelia Deakin BSc Science Richard Demain-Griffiths BA Director of Sport Benjamin Denham BSc RS Assistant Head Middle School, German, French, Louise Drummond BA Business Studies Lee Duckett BSc Bed PE, Games Helena Elliott BSc ACA Mathematics Craig Ennew BA NPQH Head of English Chris Fay BA Director of Music
43 Nina Goldsack BSC Mathematics Mel Gordon Bed Head of KS3 Drama, English Helen Gosse BA French Amanda Gough BEng Assistant Head of Sixth (Year 12), Maths Andrew Green BA Head of Spanish & French Pat Griffey MA Athletics, Games Chris Higson BA MA Dip Couns Senior Tutor, Head of PSHE, History Jo Hind BMus, Med Music Marcus Hole BA PE, Games, Groundsman Robert Holtzer BSc Science Fiona Jones BSc Geography Bal Kaur-Shahi BA Teacher i/c RS KS3 & 4 Andy Kerr BA Head of Economics & Business Studies Lucinda Kimberley MEng Lead Teacher for KS4 Physics, Science Samantha Lawrence BA Head of Art Phillip Loughlin MEng Mathematics Shirley Madzarevic BSc Head of Biology, Science Frances Matthews BAFr BASp Spanish MA Collette Maunder BSc PhD Science Michael McIntyre BA History Richard Melville BSc PhD Physics Nikki Mesnard BSc Teacher i/c Psychology Alex Mihai MA Mathematics Assistant Head Middle School, PE, Games, James Oldham BA D of E Co-ordinator, Outdoor Activities Co-ordinator Ian Owen BA Head of Classics Stephanie Paden BA PG Cert SENDCo / MFL Teacher Tony Parr BSc Supply Teacher Samantha Redmill BA Art Judy Salway BA English Oliver Stamp BA History, Politics Feng Tang BA Chinese Hilary Taylor MA English Olivia Telford BA French, German Mike Thorne MSc, BSc Head of Geology, Head of Physics, Science Andrew Toner BSc Head of Geography Ruth Tonkin MSc Science
44 Simon Vaughan BEd MA NPQH Mathematics Lulu Ward BEd English Sally White BA English
SUPPORT STAFF Ruth Cliffe Admissions Officer Caroline Cooper BA Librarian Rachel Fletcher MA Librarian / Receptionist Munavara Ghauri BA Librarian / Cover Supervisor Janice Glasson Examinations Officer Emma Gothard Finance Administrator Lottie Grayer ELSA SEND TA, Learning Support Assistant Sarah Hayward Student Information Officer Alison Herberts BSc Finance Officer Pastoral Support Officer Lower & Middle School, Elizabeth Jacobs BA Deputy Safeguarding Lead Sally Jones BA Lead Receptionist, D of E Admin Annabel Lloyd-Gilmour BA HR Manager / Cover Manager CIPD Assoc. Laura McMahon BSc MSc Finance Manager MAAT Nikki Miles School Secretary / Head’s PA Rosie Nikopoulos BSc Appeals Clerk David Peerless BSc MSc Company Secretary Carrie Phillips Attendance Officer, Receptionist Yvette Quirk BSc SEND TA Clare Saunders BSc Cover Supervisor Administration Support / Lettings / 11+ Familiarisation / Beverley Singleton Evening Language Class Administrator Pastoral Support Officer Sixth Form, Deputy Susie Stoneham BA Safeguarding Lead / Careers Coordinator Tamsen Tagg BSc Cover Supervisor Pete Waters ICT Technician Andrew White BSc MCSE ICT Network Manager SITE TEAM Kevin Glasson Site Manager Stephen Anslow Site Team John Blane Evening/Weekend Caretaker TECHNICIANS Liz Williams BSc Senior Technical Advisor
45 Melanie Howard BSc Lead Science Technician Glenville D’Mello BSc PhD Science Technician Mark England BA Science Technician Carol Landon BSc Science Technician Yvette Quirk BSc Science Technician Jessica Clark Support Science Technician Claudia Greatorex BA Art Technician Tara House BA Art Technician Bev Peach Design Technology Technician, i/c Minibuses Pete Waters ICT Technician CATERING STAFF Terry Harkness HND Catering Manager, Cookery Instructor Jenny Kelly Assistant Catering Manager Leah Brown Assistant Cook Jade Kelly Assistant Cook Alice Birch Catering Assistant Amber Chant Catering Assistant Magdalena Coulton Catering Assistant Louise England Catering Assistant Claudia Greatorex Catering Assistant Joanne Petty Catering Assistant Elaine Waters Catering Assistant SPORTS ASSISTANTS Miles Kantolinna Gap Year Sports Assistant
CHAPLAIN Revd Andrew Gough BA Chaplain
CAREERS Sally Armstrong MA, QCG BWS Careers Leader & Adviser
ALUMNI Roger Crisp Director of External Relations
STAFF GOVERNORS James Oldham (Teaching Staff), Sarah Hayward (Support Staff)
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Ryan Shadlock Year 13
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