Lauren Hunt-Williams and Hugo Soer have been terrific in their roles as Head Girl and Head Boy at Caterham School. They both wowed audiences at the School’s recent production of Grease as they took the lead roles of Danny and Sandy. They have achieved a clean sweep of A grades in all their A Levels; Hugo will now read Psychology at Bristol University while Lauren will study Politics and International Relations at Bath.

Hannah Pook is part of a family of scientists. Her two elder brother both studied at Caterham and both went on to read physics at university. Her mother read biochemistry and her father graduated in microbiology! Now Hannah will continue the trend as she begins her six-year Medicine degree at Oxford University. In her final year, Hannah was also co-leader of Caterham’s prestigious Moncrieff-Jones Science Society. Bravo, Hannah!

Sam Talbot is a leading international athlete who manages to combine his glittering sporting career with outstanding academic success. Sam, who achieved the Under 18 world record for indoor heptathlon at Sheffield’s EIS stadium, has now achieved straight A grades in Biology, Economics and Maths. He intends to pursue his athletics training over the coming year at Loughborough University.

As an accomplished singer, composer, saxophonist and pianist, Henry Chappell has been an integral part of Caterham’s Music Department. Now his excellent A Level grades (A*, A, B) have secured him a place to read Music at Nottingham University. Henry, who was the assistant musical director of the School’s recent production of Grease, says: “The teachers at Caterham have inspired me to study music at a higher level.”

Luke Derry joined Caterham School in the Nursery fifteen years ago! An academic high-flyer, he has now secured a place to read Mathematics at Cambridge University. Luke says: “I would like to thank Dr Dimakos, my maths teacher at Caterham: he has inspired me to study maths at a high level.”

Anna Knight’s story is inspiring. Having grown up on a dairy farm, she has always had a close affinity with animals – “I was often left in a pram beside the feeding calves!” she says. Now she now has achieved the grades to pursue the BVM Veterinary Medicine and Science degree at Surrey University. Anna’s accomplishments are all the more remarkable since her studies have coincided with her mother suffering from cancer – she is certainly an inspirational pupil.

Matthew Lee has secured a place at Cambridge University to read Classics. Alongside his outstanding academic success at A-level, Matthew has run an inspirational course on coding for his peers, been a leader in the School’s CCF, led our Politics Society – and as a DJ he even transformed our Sixth Form Centre into a nightclub as part of the Leavers’ celebrations!

Olivia Mason suffered a stroke in March 2016 which resulted in her being unable to write for six months. While she recovered in hospital, she was inspired by the treatment she was given. Now her excellent A Levels have won her a place to read Linguistics at Lancaster University, which she hopes will lead on to a career in speech and language therapy. Olivia joined Caterham way back in Reception! She counts a School trip to Nicaragua and success on the lacrosse fields as the highlights of her long school career.

Alex Paul has achieved grades A, B and B at A Level as well as a highly prestigious apprenticeship at KPMG. Alex, who has been a leading light in Caterham’s CCF and rugby squad, plans to take a gap year before taking up his position at KPMG in 2018.

Milly Tocher has tremendous creative spark and her A Level grades in Art, Photography and Maths have won her a place to study Interior Architecture at Oxford Brookes University. “I have been obsessed with design from a very young age!” says Milly, whose parents also work in related industries.

Ria Acharya has finished a distinguished career at Caterham, which has included qualifying as a Caterham School ‘WildCats’ high-ropes instructor climbing wall and national pool lifeguard. Now she has a superb set of grades in Biology, Chemistry and Maths (A*, A and A) and will go on to study Chemistry with Industrial Experience at Birmingham.

All-rounder Aimee Egglesfield has recently returned from the Edinburgh Festival where she performed in Caterham School’s production of The Alchemist. Now her excellent grades in English Literature, Biology and Chemistry have won her a place at Bristol University to read Cancer Biology and Immunology. Aimee says: “The more we understand about the biology of cancer the faster we will find a cure.”