On Wednesday 18th April, John Southworth, Principal, and I attended the prestigious annual CIFE Awards ceremony at the House of Lords to celebrate once again the incredible academic success of MPW students.

This marvellous event hosted by Lord Lexden OBE, the President of CIFE, saw seven of the twenty prizes available awarded to MPW, which we were of course absolutely delighted about. Our students have worked exceptionally hard over the last year and one of the most rewarding things about working in education is to see that work pay off. It was a privilege to be able to celebrate with our high achievers.

With great pride, the students and their families were presented these awards for academic excellence whilst indulging a delicious afternoon tea. Lord Lexden entertained us with his usual eloquent and enigmatic self and Sally Powell, Principal of Collingham, was tasked with detailing the academic achievements of the prize winners. There were certainly a number of impressive students present.

Nora Alihajdaraj

MPW students and their awards are detailed below:

Jinlin (Ellen) Fang

Jinlin joined MPW from a school in China in September 2015. She studied A levels in Art, Photography and Ceramics and achieved AAA. Jinlin was recently awarded second prize in the ISA National KS5 photography competition. Jinlin is currently reading Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London. Jinlin is awarded the CIFE National Award for Creative Arts.

Albert (Bertie) Maguire-King

Bertie joined MPW from Wimbledon College in September 2015. He studied A Levels in English Literature, History and Economics and achieved A*A*A. Bertie has a place to read English at Oxford University for September 2018. Bertie is awarded the CIFE National Award for Humanities.

Bb Prendiville

Bb joined MPW from Benenden School in September 2016. She studied A Levels in English Literature, History of Art and History and achieved A*A*A. Bb is currently reading History at the University of Bristol. Bb is awarded the CIFE National Award for Humanities.

Giorgio Piano

Giorgio joined MPW from Hurtwood House School in January 2017. He studied A levels in French, Spanish and Italian and achieved A*A*A. Most remarkable is that Giorgio had not taken exams in any of these subjects before and did so at MPW on a short course and all in a single sitting. Giorgio is currently reading Film at the Madrid Film Institute. Giorgio is awarded the CIFE National Award for Languages.

Zihao Su

Zihao joined MPW from Oswestry School in September 2016. He studied A levels in Mathematics, Further Mathematics and Physics as well as taking the Advanced Extension Award in Mathematics achieving A*A*A* and a Distinction in the AEA. He is currently studying Mathematics at Imperial College London. Zihao is awarded the CIFE National Award for Maths.

Nathaniel Jenkins

Nat joined MPW from the College of Richard Collyer in September 2016. He studied A levels in English Literature, History and Politics and achieved A*A*A*. He is currently reading History and Politics at the University of Edinburgh. Nat is awarded the CIFE National Award for Humanities.

Scarlett Murray

Scarlett joined MPW in November 2014 to complete her GCSE year. She then studied A levels in English Literature, History and Religious Studies and achieved A*AA. She is currently reading English at the University of Bristol. Scarlett is awarded the MPW CIFE college prize for achievement.