Year 13 Celebration Evening
Our Senior Students; Andrew, Will, George and Liam, hosted our annual Celebration Evening on Wednesday 8 May. This was a wonderful evening demonstrating the achievements of our fantastic year group. Watching from the audience, staff felt exceptionally proud as students and Senior Students handed out trophies and awards to each other.
The tradition of prize giving within King Edward’s is a long one. Many of the trophies have been awarded by former students and staff, proud of their association with the school, whilst others are proudly supported by The Foundation Governors, The Edwardians and Piramal. Once trophies have been awarded, every subject recognises and rewards excellent student progress and achievement.
The evening was a huge success, interleaved with performances from our talented Music students. Beautifully singing a Taylor Swift song for us were Erin and Katharine; Lucy sang a wonderful rendition of the Sound of Music; the Chamber Choir performed California Dreamin’; whilst Will gave a stunning drum performance. The evening really was a true celebration of the year group, the Sixth Form and all that makes The King Edward VI School and Sixth Form the truly wonderful place it is.
| Trophy | Winner |
| The JCW Ballantyne Musical Trophy for Instrumental Music | Katharine Bennett |
| The Lancelot WG Robson Trophy for Choral Music | Erin Day |
| King Edward VI School for Musical Endeavour presented by Naomi Hughes | James Ash |
| Trophy for Excellence in Percussion | Will Cottiss |
| The Jonny Cordon Award for the Guitarist of the Year | Evan Stead |
| The Rotary Club of Morpeth Award for Outstanding Contribution to School Music | Will Cottiss |
| Sarah Doswell Excellence in String Performance | Katharine Bennett |
| Louisa Kelly Trophy for Contributions to Folk & Traditional Music | Katharine Bennett |
| Award for Excellence in Piano & Keyboard | Will Cottiss |
| King Edward VI for Services to Rugby | George Liddle |
| VI Form Trophy for Services to Cross Country | William De Vere Owen |
| Cup for Cricket | Lucas Asbury-Welfare |
| Services to Netball | Ellie Wickens |
| Services to School Sport Boys | U18 Cross Country Team |
| Services to School Sport Girls | Izzie Forster |
| Elite Sports Performance | Joe Dixon |
| Sixth Form Award for Endeavour | James Ogilvie |
| Sixth Form Award for Strength & Determination | Iona Lane |
| The Murtagh Bailey Trophy for Public Speaking | Andrew Duffin |
| Old Boys’s Association Award for Endeavour | James Ogilvie |
| Christine Telford Award for Initiative and Endeavour | Oleksandr Liashko |
| The Chris Ramsay Active Student Award | James Ash |
| The 450 Cup presented by The Old Boys Association (For Contributions to School & Surrounding Community) | Emmy Price |
| King Edward VI School Rotaract Shield for Services to Community | Issie Clifford |
| Ruth Kennedy Award for Geography | Charlie Cookson |
| Joan Bell trophy for Fine Arts | Issie Clifford |
| Excellence in Engineering or Science The John Shears Prize | Josh Connolly |
| The Piramal Prize for Excellence in Science | Leonas Engelhardt |
| The Piramal Prize for Excellence in Media Studies | Lewis Pringle |
| Overall Achievement Donated by W Bewley | Anna Jakuboviks |
| Overall Progress Donated By S Foley | Angus Cummings |
| Foundation Governors Prize for Continued Progress over 2 years | Emmy Price |
| Foundation Governors Prize for Academic commitment | Mariia Liashko |
| The G F Howell Memorial Prize for Senior Student | Will Cottiss |
| Old Boys Prize to Senior Student | Andrew Duffin |
| The Emily Morgan Prize for Senior Student | George Liddle |
| The Ella Pease Award Senior Student | Liam Duddell |
| Subject | Achievement Winner | Progress Winner |
| Art | Anna Jakuboviks | Nicky Christie |
| Art Graphics | Benji Birch | Rowan Dowson |
| Biology | Andrew Duffin | Laila Hall-Scope |
| Business Studies | Mariia Liashko | Grace Lough |
| Chemistry | Cameron Fraser | Sophie Curry |
| Computing | Will Barlow | Thomas Davidson |
| Design Technology | William De Vere Owen | Aidan Jones |
| Economics | Georgia Hutchinson | Bertie Marr |
| English Language | Ethan McGlade | Grace Sykes |
| English Literature | Matilda Willis | Maria O’Shea |
| Extended Project Qualification | Jack Kirby | Zoe Watmore |
| Food Technology | Fiona Walsh | Hannah Herford |
| French | George Lowrie | |
| Further Maths | Ethan Coward | Bethany Stanley |
| Geography | Lily Mason | Harry Boag |
| Health & Social Care | Olivia Tron | Georgia Dunn |
| History | Emma Purvis | Emmy Price |
| IT | Hayden Miller | Aaron Snaith |
| Maths | Naomi McDougall | Harry Cunningham |
| Media Studies | Lewis Pringle | Evan Stead |
| Music | Will Cottiss | Evan Stead |
| Music Technology | Danielle Carmon | Alfie Gair |
| Physical Education | Ellie Wickens | Josh Harrigan |
| Physics | Ethan Coward | Luke Thorns |
| Psychology | Niamh Bowman | Thomas Carr |
| Religious Education | Liam Duddell | Thalia Bell |
| Sociology | Kieran Sykes | Hannah Herford |
| Spanish | Maria O’Shea | |
| Theatre & Drama | Erin Day | Lucy Champion |
| Photography | Josh McDonnell | Ella Jackson |
