Stephen Perse Cambridge students selected to represent the country on a global stage
Two students at Stephen Perse Cambridge are celebrating after being chosen to represent the UK at international Olympiads this summer.
Year 11 student Kseniia S is the first ever female student to represent the UK at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI).
Meanwhile, Year 13 student George D is part of the Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) team.
The academic Olympiads are national competitions in which students compete against their peers from across the country to recognise academic excellence in specific subjects.
Top performers are invited to national team selection camps and have the chance to be chosen to represent the United Kingdom on the international stage.
Remarkably, Kseniia, holder of one of Stephen Perse Cambridge’s Conflict Bursary awards, was the top-performing UK female student in the British Informatics Olympiad (BIO) and ranked fourth overall to become the first ever female student to represent the UK in the International Olympiad in Informatics, which will take place in Bolivia in July.
She has also been selected to compete in the European Girls Olympiad (EGMO) in Informatics in Germany and the Western-European Olympiad in Informatics (WEOI) in Italy, which will both take place in June.
Earlier this year, George ranked in the top one per cent of students nationally in the British Physics Olympiad (BPhO) overall.
He also achieved a Gold award in the British Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad (BAAO), which placed him in the top 17 students across the country and secured him an invitation to the BAAO UK team selection camp in Oxford at Easter.
Following the selection camp, George will now represent the UK at the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics in August in Mumbai.
Richard Girvan, principal, Stephen Perse Cambridge, said: “We are tremendously proud of the achievements of all of our students who took part in the Olympiads this year.
“These competitions aren’t just valuable for demonstrating our students’ academic abilities, but they strengthen important skills, including complex problem solving, critical thinking and communication, which will be crucial for them in their future academic endeavours.”
