2009 Prize Winners

Outstanding overall achievement

Ina Metko won the prize for outstanding overall achievement. Ina joined MPW from Ismail Qemali School in Albania to follow a two-year A level course in Politics, Law, Mathematics, Further Mathematics and Economics. She achieved AAAA at A level, including maximum marks in six Mathematics units, five Law units and four Politics units, and an A grade in AS level Economics. Ina won a place to read Law at the London School of Economics.

Best performance by a student going on to study Medicine

Sharan Jaisinghani and Yanmin Xu share the prize for the best performance by a student going on to study Medicine. Sharan transferred to MPW from Ipswich School at the end of Year 12. He took an A2 course in Biology and one-year, self-contained A level courses in Chemistry and Geography, achieving grades AAA. Sharan won a place to read Medicine at Newcastle University. Yanmin joined MPW from the National Junior College in Singapore to follow a one-year A level course in Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics. She achieved grades AAA and won a place to read Medicine at The University of Sheffield.

Best performance by an A level retake student

Asha Akram and Harriet Scriven share the prize for the best performance by an A level retake student. Asha joined MPW from Skegness Grammar School, where she had achieved ABC in Psychology, Biology and Chemistry. She retook Biology on a September to January course and Chemistry over a year, gaining grades AA. Following a Gap Year Asha plans to read Medicine at university. Harriet joined MPW from Oundle School, where she had achieved BBB in Economics, English Literature and History. She retook English and History on a September to January course, gaining grades AA and winning a place to read Ancient History at University College, London.

Best performance by a student studying A-levels in one year

Harry Kim and Jules Leclair share the prize for the best performance by a student studying A levels in one year. Harry joined MPW from Queen’s College, Taunton to follow a one-year A level course in Economics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Further Mathematics, achieving grades AAAA. Harry won a place to read Business Management at King’s College, London. Jules joined MPW from Millfield School to follow a one-year A level courses in Chemistry, Mathematics, Further Mathematics and Physics, achieving grades AAAA. Jules won a place to read Mathematics at University College, London.

Best performance by a student studying A-levels over two years

Helen Yin and Yelzhan Zhangarin share the prize for the best performance by a student studying A levels over two years. Helen joined MPW from No.14 High School in Hangzhou, China to follow a two-year course. She achieved grades AAA in Chemistry, Mathematics and Further Mathematics at A level and also gained grades AAA in AS level Accounting, Economics and Physics. Of the twenty seven unit exams she sat Helen gained maximum marks in nineteen of them. Helen won a place to read Chemistry at Imperial College, London. Yelzhan joined MPW from Republican Specialised Physical and Mathematical Secondary School for Gifted Children in Kazakhstan to follow a two-year A level course in Chemistry, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics and Russian. He gained grades AAAAA, including Mathematics a year early, and received a commendation from Edexcel for being amongst the top ten highest scoring candidates in Russian in the national entry. Yelzhan won a place to read Civil Engineering at Imperial College, London.

Andrew Lewin Memorial Prize for the best performance by a lower-sixth student

Peter Liu won the Andrew Lewin Memorial Prize for the best performance by a lower sixth student. Peter joined MPW from Shanghai Shixi Middle School in China and achieved grade A in A level Mathematics and grades AAA in AS level Chemistry, Economics and Physics. He has now gone on to A2 study in Chemistry, Further Mathematics and Physics and is applying to read Engineering at university.

Best performance by an upper sixth student

Shezad Akram and Celeste Haywood share the prize for the best performance by an upper sixth student.

Shezad transferred to MPW from Skegness Grammar School at the end of Year 12. He followed an A2 course in Politics, English Language and History, achieving grades AAA and winning a place to read Law at the University of Southampton. Celeste transferred to MPW from Long Road Sixth Form College at the end of Year 12 to follow an A2 course in English Literature, Philosophy and Religious Studies. She achieved grades AAA, including maximum marks in all of her Religious Studies units. Celeste won a place to read English Studies and Theology at The University of Nottingham.

Best value-added performance between GCSE and A level

Cyndi Xin wins the prize for the best value-added performance between GCSE and A level. Cyndi joined the sixth form at MPW with modest GCSE grades of ABCCC. She achieved at A level grades AAA in Chemistry, Mathematics and Further Mathematics and won a place to read Mathematics with Management Studies at University College, London.

Best performance by a GCSE student

Victoria Fell won the prize for the best performance by a GCSE student. Victoria joined MPW to follow a two-year GCSE programme. She achieved ten A*s and one B at GCSE level and also gained grade A in AS level English Language.