Prize Winners 2005

Long Xuan Le won The MPW Outstanding Achievement Award. He joined MPW from Viet Nam for our two-year A level course in Accounting, Economics, Maths and Further Maths, gaining grades AAAA, including Maths at the end of his first year. He won a place to read Economics and Management at St.Hugh’s College, Oxford.

Flora Cameron and Blaise Fermor-Hesketh shared The Huw Thomas Prize for the best overall performance in A level Arts subjects.

Flora transferred to MPW from Sherborne School for Girls at the end of Year 12. She then took A levels in Art History, English and Religious Studies, achieving grades AAA and won a place to read English at The University of Leeds.

Blaise joined MPW from Uppingham School for our two-year GCSE programme before progressing to A levels in Ancient History, English and History. He achieved grades AAA and won a place to read Classics at UCL.

Grace Reynolds won The MPW Prize for the best overall performance in A level Science and Social Science subjects. She joined MPW from St George’s School, Ascot for our one-year GCSE programme, before progressing to A levels in Biology, Economics and History, in which she achieved grades AAA. Following a Gap Year she plans to read History at university.

Katie Noble and Edmund Grouse shared The Denise Callahan Prize for the best performance by a first-time A level student in Arts subjects.

Katie joined MPW from Heathfield School for our one-year GCSE programme before progressing to A levels in Art, English Literature and Media Studies, in which she achieved grades AAA, including maximum marks in three Media Studies units. She won a place to read Journalism at the University of the Arts.

Edmund transferred to MPW from the London Oratory School at the end of Year 12. He then took A levels in Latin, History, Greek and French, including Greek from scratch, achieving grades AAAB and winning a place to read Classics at Queen’s College, Cambridge.

Duncan Giles and Omar Ashour shared The Winifred Durnford Prize for the best performance by a first-time A level student in Science subjects.

Duncan joined MPW from Hampton School for our two-year A level course. He achieved grades AAA in Physics, Mathematics and Religious Studies, including Mathematics from scratch in one year, and won a place to read Physics and Philosophy at The University of Nottingham.

Omar joined MPW from Saudi Arabia for our one-year GCSE course before progressing to A levels in Biology, Chemistry and Sociology, in which he achieved grades AAA, winning a place to read Medicine at The University of Dundee.

Gayathri Gunawardena won The MPW Prize for the best improvement in A level Arts subjects. She joined MPW from Sutton High School, where she had achieved grades BBB in English, Economics and History. She retook all three subjects, including English in January, gaining grades AAA and winning a place to read Law at The University of Southampton.

Victoria Muir and Brian Ho shared The Martin Dyson Prize for the best improvement in A Level Science subjects.

Victoria joined MPW from Goldophin and Latymer School, where she had achieved grades BBC in A level Biology, German and Chemistry. She did one-term retakes in Biology and Chemistry and added Psychology as a new subject over one year. She achieved grades AAA, including maximum scores in two of the three A2 Psychology units, and won a place to read Biomedical Sciences at King’s College, London.

Brian joined MPW from Epsom College, where he had achieved grades BCD in Biology, Mathematics and Chemistry. He retook Biology and Mathematics in January and Chemistry in June, gaining grades AAA and winning a place to read Dentistry at the University of Hong Kong.

Kishen Morarji and Wenjing Shi shared The MPW Prize for the best performance by a lower-sixth student.

Kishen gained grades AAAA in AS level Biology, Chemistry, Psychology and Religious Studies, including maximum scores in all of his Religious Studies and Psychology units.

Wenjing gained grade A in A level Maths and grades AAA in AS level Further Maths, Physics, Art and Further Maths, including maximum scores in three Maths units.

Mary Manners won The MPW Prize for the best performance at GCSE. Mary took nine subjects over one year achieving grades A*A*A*A*A*AAAB.

Danielle Rahme and Xie Min Gao shared The MPW Art Prize.

Danielle achieved grades AA in A level Art and Photography and won a place to read Art Foundation at Camberwell College of Arts.

Xie Min achieved grades AA in A level Art and Photography and won a place to read Art Foundation at Central St Martin’s College of Art and Design.

Nnamdi Emelifeonwu won a commendation from the Edexcel examining board for one of the top 10 results in the national entry for A level Government and Politics.