Nish Sivaganasundaram and Kay Moon shared The Martin Dyson Prize for the best improvement in A level Science subjects.

Nish joined MPW in September 2001 from Eltham College, where he had achieved A level grades of BCD in Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics. He took the one-term January retake course in Biology and Chemistry, achieving grades AA, and the one-year course in Mathematics, achieving a third grade A and won a place to read Medicine at Newcastle University.

Kay joined MPW in September 2001 from Nonsuch High School in order to retake A levels in Physics and Chemistry and AS level Further Mathematics, where her previous grades had been BCD respectively. She took the one-term January retake course, improving to grades AAA and winning a place to read Mechanical Engineering at St Catherine’s College, Oxford.

Alexandra Albert won The MPW Prize for the best improvement in A Level Arts subjects. Alexandra joined MPW in September 2001 from St Mary’s Ascot, where she had achieved A level grades of ABC in French, History and English respectively. She retook English and History on the one-term January retake course, improving to grades AA, and won a place to read Modern Languages at Oriel College, Oxford.

Serena Atkins and Caroline Pardy shared The Winifred Durnford Prize for the best performance by a first-time A level student in Science subjects.

Serena joined MPW in September 2001 from St Paul’s Girls’ School, where she had already achieved A level grades of AAB in Chemistry, Latin and Mathematics respectively. She followed a one-term course in Mathematics to improve that to a grade A, but also followed first-time courses in two new subjects, Biology and Physics, gaining two further A grades from scratch in one year. This enabled her to gain a place to read Veterinary Science at Cambridge.

Caroline joined MPW in September 2001 from Godolphin and Latymer School in order to complete her A level courses in Biology, Chemistry and English Literature. She achieved grades AAA and won a place at Imperial College to read Medicine.

Alexia Zographos won The Denise Callahan Prize for the best performance by a first-time A level student in Arts subjects. Alexia joined MPW in November 2000. She took five AS levels in Biology, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology and History, achieving grades AAAAB, including maximum marks in seven units. She went on to complete A level courses in Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology, achieving grades AAA, attaining maximum marks in two Psychology units and one Sociology unit. Alexia went on to read Psychology at University College London.

Katie Jackson won The Huw Thomas Prize for the best overall performance in A level Arts subjects. Katie joined MPW in September 2000 from Godolphin and Latymer School. She followed the two-year A level course in Classical Civilisation, English and Philosophy, achieving grades AAA. She also gained an A grade in AS level Biology. After completing a gap year, she went on to read English at Edinburgh University.

Dodi Najman won The MPW prize for the most outstanding achievement across all A level subjects. Dodi joined MPW in September 2000 to follow the two-year A level course in Biology, Chemistry and Geography, achieving grades AAA. She also gained an A grade in AS in AS level French. She attained maximum marks in nine of the AS and A2 units that she sat over her two years at MPW. She went on to read Veterinary Science at the Royal Veterinary College.

Gabriele Pla and Sofia Pla shared The MPW Prize for the best performance by a lower-sixth student. Gabriela and Sofia joined MPW in September 2000 from their native Argentina. They followed one-year GCSE courses before embarking on a two-year A level course in English, History and Mathematics, and simultaneously a one-year course in the full A level in French and Spanish. They each achieved straight A grades at the end of the lower sixth, not only in all the AS exams but also in the full A level Language exams that they were taking a year early. They continued into the upper-sixth to complete their A levels in English and History. Gabriela also added AS level Art History to her curriculum, while Sofia continued her A level in Maths. Both went on to Buenos Aires University to study arts-based degree courses.

William Wyld won The MPW Art Prize. William joined MPW in September 1999 from Westminster School to complete the second year of his GCSE courses. His eight pass grades in 2000 included an A in Art, English Language, English Literature and Latin. He then went on to follow A level courses in Art, English and Philosophy, achieving grades ABB. He was also awarded a grade A in AS Drama and Theatre Studies. William continued onto a Gap Year before university.

Chloe Cangardel won The MPW prize for the best performance by a GCSE student. Chloe joined MPW in September 2001 and took one-year GCSE courses. She achieved grades A* A* A* in English Language, French and Geography, grades AAAA in Biology, English Literature History and Mathematics and grade B in Chemistry. Chloe later completed A Level courses at MPW in English, Philosophy and Politics and went on to read European Studies at King's College, London.