Academic

Successful Oxbridge Candidates 2007

Cara Ballingall, Natural Sciences, Cambridge, Homerton College
Jonathan Torrance, History, Oxford, St Peter's College
Ben Rickett, Physics, Oxford

Mateusz Starotska highly commended in British Biology Olympiad

UK Senior Maths Challenge Novemer 2007

Johannes Hinrichs - Gold and best in school
Juliet Cameron - Gold
6 Silver and 4 Bronze

UK Senior Intermediate Maths Challenge February 2007

Jasmine Sawyer - Gold and best in school
6 Silver and 1 Bronze

UK Senior Maths Challenge 2006

Michelle Du - Gold and best in school
Serena Yao - Gold
3 Silver and 3 Bronze

UK Junior Maths Challenge 2007

Kyle Wong - Gold. Also qualified for the British Olympiad
1 Silver and 5 Bronze

Sport - Girls

Laura Goodson competed in UK Young Athletes League Final winning gold in the 3000m and silver in the 1500m. She was selected to join the Bank of Scotland Talented Young Athletes Regional Training Squad programme. Laura represented the East of Scotland in the U15 Inter-District Cross-Country where her team secured 1st place.

Inter District ChampionshipsChloe Hunt, Rosie Urquhart, Rosanna Single and Catherine Smaill all represented Junior Scotland Lacrosse at the Junior Territorials in England. Chloe Hunt was also selected to compete in U19 World Championships in Canada and was ranked in the top 5 performers within the Scottish team.

Catherine Smaill competed in U18 East District Hockey trials, played for the Scottish Women's Cricket Team and selected to represent Scotland in Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifiers in Pakistan.

Mariam Akhtar won Bronze medal at the Traditional Karate Federation British Championships.

Iona Urquhart selected to represent the Dandylions match against WOSPS.

Sport - Boys

Matthew Swinburne and Tom Scott selected to train with Edinburgh Schools U16 Rugby Squad.

Tom Middlemass, Charlie Buchanan Smith, Cameron Good, Oscar Lowe and Struan White competed in Dandylions vs WOSPS rugby. Charlie, Struan and Oscar have been selected to play for the Scottish Prep Schools U13 Rugby.

Tom Cahn played for the final squad for the East District U15 Boys Hockey.

Charlie Buchanan Smith plays for the U13 Scotland Cricket team, he is captain of the U12 Scotland team as well as the East of Scotland.

Charlie Tressider and Jonathan Perriam play for the U13 Scotland Cricket team.

Arts

Rotary Club Musician of the Year competitors 2007

Katy Thomson won the Rotary Club Young Musician of the Year.

Alison Gao competed in the final of the Rotary Club Young Musician of the year in the instrumental section.

Rowan Fenion has been selected for the Scottish Youth Orchestra.

Associated Board exam results with Distinctions:
Shanice Tsang - Grade 8 MERIT
Esther Norie - Grade 5 Cello
Johnathan Torrance - Grade 5 Theory
Thomas Henderson - Grade 9 Singing

Golf

Tom Hayes achieved 2nd place in the Scottish Schools Golf Championships, represented the East Lothian team that went on to win the championship and is the winner of the Faldo Junior Series U21 Scottish Region.

Golf Academy scholar