Departing North East students shine at annual awards celebration

More than 200 former Year 11 pupils who graduated from Hummersknott Academy this summer returned to the school to celebrate their accomplishments.

Awards were presented to top achievers in each subject, for commitment to college activities and school life, plus a number of special awards donated by supporters of the school.

Principal James Keating, who will step down in December after ten years at the school, said: “This Year 11 class are an extraordinary group of young people. Tonight, we celebrate the effort and dedication they’ve put into themselves and into our school community throughout their time at Hummersknott.

“It’s been a pleasure for us as teachers and staff to have been part of their education journey. Like them, I’ll be leaving the school this year, but I’m incredibly proud to have had them as my last Year 11 class at Hummmersknott Academy.”

He was joined by incoming principal, Grant Sowerby, who previously served as head of Bishop Barrington Academy. Both schools are part of the Advance Learning Partnership education trust.

Mr Sowerby said: “This evening has been a wonderful introduction to Hummersknott Academy, and my only regret is that I’m joining the school just as these fantastic young achievers are leaving it. I wish them every success in the next steps they take.”

The subject prize winners were:

• Art – Bethan Jones
• Biology – Rosie Wytcherley
• Business Studies - Luke Cinnamond
• Chemistry – Rosie Wytcherley
• Computer Science – Jacob Bradley
• Design Technology (Food) – Josie Aitken
• Design Technology (Graphics) – George Garlick
• Design Technology (Resistant Materials) – Luke Cinnamond
• Design Technology (Textiles) – Edie Meadowcroft
• Drama – Anabelle Hughes
• English Language – Luke Cinnamond
• English Literature – Eva Gatenby
• French – Luke Cinnamond
• Geography – Rosie Wytcherley
• German – Luke Cinnamond
• GCSE PE – Josie Aitken
• History – Luke Cinnamond
• Maths – Rosie Wytcherley
• Music – Annabelle Hughes
• Photography – Tanula Conyers
• Physics – Rosie Wytcherley
• Religious Studies – Eva Gatenby
• Science Combined – Eva Gatenby
• Spanish – David Hodgson
• Cambridge Nation Health & Social Care – Nyomi Sinclair
• Cambridge National iMedia – Oscar Ingram
• Cambridge National Sports Studies – Amara Gavriel
• BTEC Music  -William Murray

Special awards for contributions to other areas of school life were also presented:

• The Effie Kendal Award for outstanding service to the school – Noah Backer and Eleanor Moran
• The Eleanor Trotter Award for general helpfulness in and around school – Oscar Ingram and Connor Lippeatt
• The Endeavour Cup for a student who has overcome problems during their school life – Katharine Todd
• The Rajkiran Trophy for an upper school student who has overcome personal difficulties – Zak Davies-Sen
• The Adele Waterfall-Brown Trophy for a student who has achieved success as a result of their integration into mainstream secondary education – Mason Lowther
• The Lady Dale Scholarship for a female student who has overcome some exceptional difficulty or disadvantage to proceed to further education – Katharine Todd
• The Harvey Gaydon Trophy for an inspirational student – Joe Neild
• The L F Gordon Award for sport and service to the school – Joe Neild
• The Dave Watson Award for excellence in languages – Sara Buzea
• The Black Trophy for involvement and achievement in Music – Esme Raine
• The Jean Thurkettle Award for commitment to the Performing Arts – Eva Gatenby
• The Ensemble Trophy for an outstanding achievement to the musical life of Hummersknott – Tom Shield
• The Waller Cup Trophy in memory of former student Christopher Waller – Lucy Harrison
• The Education Fund (Middleton Greathead) for most progress in Art – Sarah Buzea
• The Vision Education Most Improved Learner Award – Oscar Ingram
• The Linda Thomas Award for persistent endeavour to improve writing skills – Eleanor Moran
• The David Henderson Award for the best performance in the Core Subjects of English, Maths, and Science – Rosie Wytcherley
• The James Barningham Award, a Humanities prize for an outstanding piece of work – Matilda Cantle and Megan Coulson-Beedie
• The Bob Hattersley Trophy for achievement in Geography – Rosie Wytcherley
• The Pat Howarth Award for contribution to the global dimension – Owen Ovens
• The Quaker Running Club Trophy for male or female athlete of the year – Owen Ovens and Freya Talman
• The Sports Leaders of the Year Award – Tom Shield and Amara Gavriel
• The Dorothy Cameron Award for outstanding examination results – Luke Cinnamond and Rosie Wytcherley
• The Raine-Jackson Award for excellence and endeavour in Food Technology – Josie Barber
• The Principal’s Awards in recognition of work, attitude, behaviour, or contribution to the school – Abigail Blair, Jacob Bradley, Charlie Charlton, Cody Godfrey, Theo Hawkins, Weronika Jasek, James Know, Luke Oliver, Owen Ovens, Tori Pattinson, Tom Shield, Jonathan Simpson, Danny Warr, and Kian Wood

The Miss Jewsbury’s College Prize was also present to 60 students for commitment to college activities: Chloe Bradshaw; Libby Dixon-Jones; Seth Farmer; Emily Harker; Oscar Ingram; Hend Jalul; Hannah Kenworthy; Inga Leonard; Freya Lewis; Robert Marriott; Harry Thompson; Molly Wilkinson; Josie Aitken; Mièle Emmott; Cody Godfrey; Annabel Hughes; Bethan Jones; Joe Neild; Cooper Sherwen; Jonathan Simpson; Isabelle Tait; Kai Allan; Noah Baker; Libby Craggill; Harriet Dixon; George Garlick; Poppy Heslop; Lucy Harrison; Edie Meadowcroft; Caitlin Scaplehorn; Ava Scott; Simran Soti; Lizzie Taylor; Mollie Turnbull; Alistair Wheeler; Josie Barber; Luke Cinnamond; Zak Davies-Sen; Sally Easton; Eva Gatenby; Evie Girard; Amy McGee; Tori Pattinson; Ella Robins; Marley Rogers; Kamal Al Sammarray; Sarah Buzea; Matilda Cantle; Nina Goddard; Thomas Green; Theo Hawkins; Weronika Jasek; Kaitlin Lear; Owen Ovens; Tom Shield; Eva Simons; Nyomi Sinclair; Adam Smith; Scott Stansfield; and Rosie Wytcherley