Two Hamptonians have earned the prestigious Roentgenium Award in the Cambridge Chemistry Challenge, placing them among the very highest-performing young chemists in the country.
Lower Sixth pupils Arie B and Max T achieved exceptional scores in this year’s competition, joining an elite group of just 63 pupils nationwide to receive the coveted award. More than 15,300 pupils sat the notoriously demanding paper, meaning Arie and Max ranked among the top 0.4% of candidates nationally.
The Cambridge Chemistry Challenge is widely regarded as the foremost competition for Lower Sixth chemists and is designed to stretch and challenge pupils well beyond the A Level syllabus. This year marks only the second time since the competition’s inception that two Hampton pupils have received Roentgenium Awards in the same year.
Arie and Max attended a residential chemistry camp at the University of Cambridge during the summer holiday. The programme offered participants the opportunity to develop their scientific knowledge further, meet fellow high-achieving chemists and gain valuable insight into studying the subject at university level.
There was further success for Hampton’s chemists, with 13 pupils awarded Gold Awards, recognising them as being among the top 10% of competitors nationwide. Particularly impressive was the performance of Fifth Year pupil Shishir V, who secured a Gold Award while competing against pupils from older year groups.
Many congratulations to Arie, Max and all of our award-winning chemists on this fantastic achievement.
