Record Scholarships and Awards 2009
A Bumper Year of Scholarship and Award Success at 13+ at Highfield
This Year, children in Year 8 have achieved outstanding results in Senior School Scholarship and Award Examinations. For the second year running a Highfield pupil has been awarded a Winchester College Academic Scholarship (Election) while others have won Academic Scholarships to Marlborough College and Charterhouse. Reflecting the ‘all round' nature of the School there have also been All Rounder Awards and Awards in Art and Sport. A number of other children have been awarded unconditional places at their senior schools of first choice on the strength of their strong performance in Scholarship and Entrance Examinations. Congratulations go to the following Award winners:
Henry Shore Academic Scholarship-Charterhouse
Giles Skrine Academic Scholarship-Marlborough College
Rory Grant Academic Scholarship-Marlborough College
Wilf Vernon Academic Scholarship-Winchester College
Tilly Ayrton-Grime Sport Scholarship and Art Exhibition-Downside
Clemmie Bache Art Scholarship and Sport Scholarship-Heathfield St Mary's
Jemima-Jane Carey Art Scholarship-Sherborne School for Girls
Annabel Fraser Art Scholarship-Canford
Isabella Hutley Sport Scholarship and Art Scholarship-Wellington College
Lucinda Herring All-Rounder Award-Sherborne School for Girls
Charlotte Bedford Art Book Prize-Marlborough
Congratulations also to those offered unconditional places at their Senior Schools following Scholarship and Entrance Examinations:
Nico Barnfield Winchester College
James Henderson Winchester College
Ellen Thomas Canford
Naomi Hutchinson Marlborough
Sebastian Pearce Clayesmore
Another Year of 11+ Success at Highfield
Highfield children have continued to shine at 11+. A number of Year 6 children were, as always, prepared for a wide range of schools, with several sitting exams to more than one. This year they passed entrance examinations to St Catherine's, Bramley, St Swithun's, Winchester, St. Mary's, Ascot, Guildford High School, St George's Weybridge, Cranleigh Preparatory School, Prior's Field, Gordon's School, The Duke of York's School, Lord Wandsworth College and the Royal School. Many congratulations to all of them! The final destinations of the children are shown below.
Eleanor Forster-Knight Gordon's School
Jessie Foster The Duke of York's Military School
India Hamilton Guildford High School
Alicia Newland Prior's Field
Camilla Talbot St Mary's, Ascot
Alexandra Thorne Guildford High School
Luke Wheeler St George's Weybridge
If you are thinking of the 11+ route for your child and would like to learn how Highfield prepares its 11+ pupils, do contact Giles Entwistle, the Deputy Head at Highfield, who has specific responsibility for co-ordinating and directing all 11+ preparation as well as overseeing the children, he would be delighted to meet with you. He can be contacted at Highfield on 01428 728002 or by email at deputyhead@highfieldschool.org.uk