Our school term came to its traditional conclusion with our annual Senior Award’s Evening.

At the event, we recognised the achievement, commitment and service of our Key Stages 4 & 5 students of the last academic year.

The guest speaker was Mr Graeme Waterfield from Wirral MIND and prior to presenting the Awards, he spoke about the invaluable work of the charity.

The musical entertainment was provided by Sebastian Drysdale, Rory Gibson, Iain Nicholson and Jordan Edwards and the vote of thanks was given by our Head Prefect, Ben Parry-Yates.

We were delighted to welcome back so many of last year’s Upper 6^th students who Mrs Lee described as a year group characterised by high achievement and strong, supportive friendships.

The highlight of the evening was the inaugural presentation of ‘The Chris Bygate Award for Community Spirit’ in memory of Chris, a former student. With the blessing of Chris’ parents, this was awarded to our E2E team who cycled from Lands’ End to John O’Groats in July to raise money for the MIND charity. After 13 days on the road, over 900 miles travelled, the team who comprised of Ryan Foo, Callum Grant, Joshua Keatley, Fraser Martindale, Peter McGinnity, Alex Segar and Matthew Thompson, exceeded their target of £7500. A cheque for the balance of the money was given to Mr Waterfield on the evening.

The main School Awards were as follows:

Epee Fencing                                                                                                Charlie Campbell

The Taylor Shaw Award for Outstanding Performance at GCSE                      Christian Watts

The GASP Award for Commitment to Drama                                                 Ben Parry-Yates

The Darran Lomas Award for Art                                                                  Upper 6^th Art Group

The John Schless Award for Commitment to Music                                       Alex Finney

The Andy Brizell Award for All Round Endeavour in Sport                             Alfie Banford

The Merrigan Award for Achievement                                                           Adam Kirby

The Deputy Head Prefects’ Award for Service                                                Matthew Thompson

                                                                                                                    Matthew Thornton

The Taylor Shaw Award for Outstanding Performance at A Level                   Alex Segar

The Head Prefect’s Award for Service                                                            Alex Segar.

Many congratulations to all who received an award.