Mathematical Olympiad and Senior Maths Challenge

It has been an exciting few days for our top mathematicians. One 4th Year pupil, Sarang, has been competing in the British Mathematical Olympiad, while two Sixth Formers and one 5th Year pupil participated in the Andrew Jobbings Senior Kangaroo Challenge. These pupils were invited to these prestigious competitions following their earlier success in the Senior Maths Challenge.

Kenny, Samuel, and Yilin are sitting the one-hour Andrew Jobbings Senior Kangaroo Challenge paper, having earned their places through previous rounds. Meanwhile, Sarang will tackle a 3.5-hour paper with six questions, a challenge reserved for elite maths students from across the country. Sarang is one of only 1,000 pupils nationwide invited to this exam making this a significant achievement.

Mr Nevill highlighted that it is an extraordinary achievement for Sarang, especially as a 4th Year pupil competing at a level typically reserved for A-Level students. Sarang is the first pupil in a decade to reach this stage of the competition.

Additionally, this week 4th and 5th Year pupils have competed in the Senior Interhouse Mathematics Challenge, where teams from all four houses competed in a test of mathematical agility and knowledge. This is set up as a maths relay with two pairs from each house answering questions in a relay with the answer from the first being used to solve subsequent questions and so on. Congratulations to Wickett House for securing a win in this round of the competition.