WADHAM School in Crewkerne held its annual presentation ceremony on Thursday (September 17, 2015) with the Minster in Ilminster this year’s venue for the night of celebration.

The evening marked the achievement of students across the school during the 2014-15 academic year.

Headteacher David Derbyshire said: “It gives us great pleasure to welcome back those Wadham students who have moved on to work, college and university.”

Mr Derbyshire welcomed everyone to the Minster and congratulated students on their efforts over the past year.

School chaplain Tracey Hallett gave an opening prayer while guest speaker Roy Pickett, who also presented the awards, was introduced by head student Joe Bateman.

There were a number of performances during the evening with Grace Dean and music teacher Kellie Simpson playing the flute duet Allegro by Beethoven.

Grace Truong performed Even Song by Betty Paret, while Jess Payne and Harry Dixon performed When There Was Me and You from the High School Musical.

Awards: Business Studies: Year 10 – Imogen Fisher; Year 11 and Cathy Tremaine Award – Harry Mitchell; Year 12 – Mikaela Samways; Year 13 – Cathy Tremaine Award – Lauren Woodland. Design and Creative Arts: Year 9 and Maureen Hindle Cup – Caitlin Horne; Year 10 – Tegan Swanwick; Year 11 and Jill Hutchings Award – Joshua Barnes; Year 13 – Alexandra Jackson. Photography: Year 10 – Bradley Amor; Year 11 – Louise Tuffnell-Smith; Year 12 – Heidi Cheffey. Drama: Year 9 – Zak Burge; Year 10 and Junior Drama Cup – Mia Hallett; Year 11 – Isobel Rowe; Year 12 and the Michaela Brown Shield for Performing Arts – Molly Soo. Music: Year 9 and Junior Music Cup – Grace Dean; Year 10 and Dawes Senior Music Cup – Jessica Payne; Year 11 – Benjamin Evans; Year 12 – George Horgan; Year 13 – Sammii Tyali. The Sally Culmstock Cup for achievement in singing – Charlotte Kingston.

Technology: Year 9 – Daisy Read; Year 11 and Parker Hannifin Cup for design and technology – William Skinner. Engineering: Year 10 – Benjamin Godfrey; Year 11 and the Clyde Anderson Award – Robert Samways. Graphics: Year 10 – Erin Bowhay; Year 11 – Harry Manley. Resistant Materials: Year 10 – Bradley Amor. Food Technology: Year 10 – Lia Dang; Year 11 – Georgia Lennox. Textiles: Year 10 – Abigail Parham; Year 11 – Sarah Keylock.

Curriculum Support: Year 9 – Clifford Richardson; Year 10 – Wioleta Rajchel; Year 11 – Stephen Mansey. English: Year 9 – Christopher Bagwell; Year 10 – Sophie Twycross. English Language: Year 11 and the Jacqui Taylor Award for GCSE achievement – Lily Limmer; Year 12 – Mikaela Samways; Year 13 – Fynn Bowhay. English Literature: Year 11 and the Stella French Award for GCSE achievement – Jacob Blow; Year 12 – Gabrielle Amor; Year 13 – Chloe Tuck. Geography: Year 9 – Madeleine Bennett; Year 10 – Imogen Fisher; Year 11 – Hannah Wood; Year 12 – Daisy Goddard; Year 13 and the Bennett Cup – Lewis Fisher. History: Year 9 – James Lock; Year 10 – Lucy Pittard; Year 11 – Caleb McCallum; Year 12 and the Mary Tiffen Award – Jack Male; Year 13 – Ed Weston.

Religion and Philosophy: Year 9 – Brendon Keates; Year 10 – Zoe Muntz; Year 11 – Samuel Hoskyns; Year 12 – Maisie Bremer-Smith; Year 13 – Tommy Dennis. Psychology: Year 12 – Chloe Adams; Year 13 – Phedra Gibbs. Sociology: Year 12 and the Branston Cup – Ellie Martin. Government and Politics: Year 12 – Oliver Staples; Year 13 – Flynn Bowhay.

Computer Science and ICT: Year 9 – Katie Barrett; Year 10 and ICT and Computer Science Award – Jessica Langdon; Year 12 – Jade Nixon; Year 13 – Katrina West; Year 13 and Aeroystems Shield – Lauren Woodland. Maths: Year 9 – Holly-May Philpott; Year 10 – Kai McGinty; Year 11 and 77 Award – Lorna Swan; Year 12 – Gabrielle Amor; Year 13 and Chalmers Award – Harriet Hoskyns. Rotary Award for Excellence in Maths – Grace Dean.

Modern Foreign Languages: Year 9 and Vanessa Salter Junior Linguist Award – Joshua Pinchbeck; Year 10 and Crewkerne and District Twinning Association Award for Excellence in French – Bethany Lacey; Year 11 and Vanessa Salter Senior Linguist Award – Hannah Wood; Year 12 – Oliver Staples. German: Year 10 – Gabriella Tremlett; Year 11 – Poppy Kelso.

PSHE: Year 9 – Kian Morris; Year 10 – Kai McGinty; Year 11 – Victoria Hawkins. Physical Education: Year 9 and Vickery Cup – Abigail Lawson; Year 10 – Daisy Charles; Year 11 and Spurway Family Award for Sports – George Gillman; Year 12 – Eliot Hawkins; Year 13 – Lewis Fisher. Health and Social Care: Year 10 – Kelsey Hurford; Year 11 – Gabriella Hewitt; Year 12 – Dominic Lawrence; Year 13 – Katie Fitzsimmons.

Science: year 9 – Sophie Feilder; Year 10 – Hannah Farmer; Year 11 – Isobel Rowe; Year 12 and Gooch and Housego Award for Excellence – Carrera Elson. Peter Spencer Memorial Award for Natural Science – Year 10, Finlay Brown. Biology: Year 12 – Daisy Goddard; Year 13 – George Cleary. Chemistry: Year 12 – Rebecca Pettinger; Year 13 – Harriet Hoskyns. Physics: Year 10 and Ogden Physics Prize – Thomas Clark; Year 12 – Joseph Bateman; Year 13 – Christopher Woolley.

GCSE Awards for Progress – given to students whose results show that they have made the most progress in their learning from when they started secondary education: Joshua Barnes; Elena Best; Shannon Chant; Samuel Cornelius Light; Hamish Davis; Victoria Hawkins; Gabrielle Hewitt; Samuel Hoskyns; Benjamin Lock; Samantha Miles; Renel Alexis Valerio.

GCSE Awards for Attainment – given to students who achieved the highest point score in their best eight GCSE results: Amy Gardiner; Andrea Gibbs; Alfie Harvey; Sarah Keylock; Lily Limmer; Isobel Rowe; William Skinner.

GCSE Awards for students who fulfilled the criteria for both progress and attainment: Catherine Baron; Jacob Blow; Emily Hill; Samuel Hoskyns; Reuben Morris; Ella Reed; Emily Singleton; Hannah Wood.

A-Level Awards for Progress – given to students whose results show that they had made the most progress in their learning since their GCSE exams: Scott Baker; Mark Spurdle; Katrina West; Chris Woolley.

A-Level Awards for Attainment – given to students whose results show that they had made the most progress in their learning since their GCSE exams: Lewis Fisher; Isabel Hoskyns; Tyler Lennox-Gordon.

A-Level Awards for Progress and Attainment – given to students who achieved the highest point score in their A2 exams: Fynn Bowhay; George Cleary; Harriet Hoskyns; Ed Weston.

Old Ilminsterian Cup for Achievement: Year 13 – Harriet Hoskyns.

Governors’ Award for Personal Endeavour: Year 9 – Brendon Keates; Year 10 – Max Mitchell; Year 11 – Heidi Killenn; Year 12 – Aku Butler.

Friends of Wadham Award for Service to the School: Year 9 – Madeleine Bennett; Year 10 – Fiona Wyatt; Year 11 – Callum Bridge; Year 12 – Daisy Goddard.

Director of Learning Award: Year 9 – Sophie Feilder; Year 10 – Emma Cridland; Year 11 – Samuel Cornelius Light; Year 12 – Joe Bateman.

The Above and Beyond Award: Harry Best.

Governors’ Award for Service to the School 2014-25 Head Student Team: Harriet Hoskyns; Isabel Hoskyns; George Marshall-James; Hannah Muntz; Mark Spurdle; Sammii Tyali; Chris Woolley.