The Right Chemistry

12 March 2008

In a competition designed to test the most able Year 13 chemistry students in the country, RGSAO entered pupils from both Years 12 and 13. The Year 12 pupils enjoyed an enriched curriculum in order to enter the competition a year early.

Of the Year 12 pupils, 3 were awarded commendations, two received Bronze Awards (Sarah Higgs and Susan Ford), one a Silver Award (Evgeny Kokorev) and Peter Bullock was awarded Gold. This places him in the top 166 Chemists in the country!

Of the Year 13 pupils who entered, Andrew James and Charles Greenway were awarded Bronze Awards, Christopher Bellamy a Silver Award, whilst Robert Kaner, Thomas Crane and Daniel Scott achieved Gold Awards.

Daniel Scott has been invited to attend Round 2, where the top 23 Chemists battle it out for a chance to represent the UK in the International Olympaid, which is to be held in Hungary this year.

The medal tally, that of 4 Bronze, 2 Silver and 4 Gold, represents the best results in the department's history, and would rival any of the top rated Chemistry departments in the country.

It is the third successive year that a pupil from RGSAO has been invited to attend Round 2. In 2006, Joe Staines represented the UK in the International event, whilst last year Peter Ford had to decline his place, having already been selected to represent the UK for Physics.

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