Last updated 15:40, Friday, 27 June 2008

THE Headmaster of St Bees School, Philip Capes, praised pupils and staff for their hard work and commitment at this year’s annual speech and prize giving ceremony.

ROYAL APPOINTMENT: The Queen chats to pupils from St Bees School during her visit to Whitehaven on June 5

He said the academic year had started with the school celebrating another excellent set of public examination results, with 42 per cent of all A-level entries gaining the top A grade.

Carys Rowlands, last year’s head girl, was one of the top performing candidates in French in the whole country and secured her place to read Law at Cambridge University.

At GCSE, he said, the results were just as impressive.

Most pupils gained 10 or more excellent grades with over half of all the GCSE entries awarded either an A* or A grade.

Mr Capes said four students have been offered places at Oxford or Cambridge. Three are conditional on this summer’s A-level results, but Jesse Kirkwood, the head boy and head of school in 2007/8, has an unconditional place at St Anne’s College, Oxford to read French and Polish.

ST BEES SCHOOL PRIZE LIST

FORM PRIZES: P Jane Fell 1P; Thomas D L George 1Q; Sebastian Wilson 2R; Lucy H Bushby 2S; John H Evans 3T; Hayden J Taylor 3U; Benjamin H Greene 4; Naomi C Harrison.

MERIT PRIZES: Aditi Jehangir; Heather R Redhead; Anthony R Armstrong; James L H Last; Hugo G G Graham; Daniel C Jones; Jonathan J Reid; Lucy H Telford.

St Bees International Centre – Most Outstanding Student: Arthur J W Yu; Merit Prize: Amy X Cui.

Lower School Subject Prizes: Art: Iris W Zhu; Biology, English, Chemistry: S Richard Bewsher; Latin, Spanish, French: Emma V Hutchins; Mathematics, Physics: Joseph F Pearson; History: Yerran W Moss; Geography: Adele A Rogers; Information Technology: Rebecca L Paul, Ethan Spedding; Physical Education: Ethan Spedding, Stephanie McComb; Home Economics: Emily M Sherwen.

Special Prizes: Aldous Music Prize: Harriet N Lamb, Anna C Bushby; Andrew Buchanan Memorial Rose Bowl for Junior Drama: Benjamin H Greene; Braithwaite Drama Prize: James W Barwise; Brian Howard Music Prize: David A Garrod; BNFL Prize for Computer Studies: Kimberley V Brough; Hattersley Learning Support Prize: Celia C Jackson; Chalmers Junior Music Prize: Celia C Jackson, Michelle l Broome; Spaull Prize for Classics: Christopher J Sharman, Laura E Taylor; Gillian Herman Prize for Strings: Jonathan M Garrod; James C Wykes Prize for Choral Singing: James A Mullinder; Norman Clarkson Prize for Service to the Community: Abigail D Brown.

SIXTH FORM PRIZES: Albright & Wilson Prize for Chemistry, General Studies: Bethanie A Crayston; Biology: Christina L Bownham; Alderson Prize for Mathematics: Peter K Y Tai; Physics: Rhys A Hexter; Burnett Prize for Economics: Derek M Crosby; French, Parkinson Prize for Spoken French, W S Sherwen Prize for History: Daley J Birkett; Prince Prize for English: James W Barwise; Malcolm Thyne Prize for Business Studies: Aleksandra Wojtas; Physical Education Studies: Helen L Moore; Sargent Prize for Latin: Anna C Bushby; Spanish: Danielle L Mudd; Rae Prize for Geography: David A Garrod; Senior Art: Abigail D Brown.

For All-round Sporting Achievements: Scoular Cup: Thomas Pavey-Smith; Frankland Cup: Katie J Lewis.

For General Excellence: Mary Brown Prize: Kimberley V Brough; T A Brown Prize: Ewan Frost-Pennington.

Crosthwaite Prize for Head Girl: Kimberley V Brough; Benn Prize for Head of School: Daley J Birkett.