King’s is incredibly proud of such strong performances from our Senior Mathematicians writes Laurie Phippard, Head of Maths.

The Maths Department is thrilled to announce some excellent results in the 2016 UKMT Senior Maths Challenge, with nearly 90% of Kings Bruton 6^th Form entrants gaining a certificate. Particular congratulations go to Jinjin Bai, who was graded gold and has been invited to participate in the follow on ‘Kangaroo’ round early in December. Furthermore, Jinhuan Zhang and Emma Walker have achieved a Silver Award whilst in the 5^th Form. Other results saw King’s scoop ten silver awards and eleven bronze awards.

On Wednesday 16^th November a team of two L6^th Form and two U6^th Form further mathematicians also travelled to King Alfred’s School Highbridge to compete in the UKMT Senior Mathematics Team Challenge. This separate competition consisted of a group round, cross number and a shuttle round, in which the teams answered thought-provoking questions against the clock and without a calculator. The team, consisting of: Ryan Longman, Alistair Sanford, Henry Oliver and Eric Ma, did very well being placed 10^th overall in what was a challenging yet entertaining team challenge. 

Laurie Phippard - Head of Maths