Earlier this month, Ella S-W from Y13, Alice M from the class of 2022 and Mrs Wootton’s (Head of Maths) daughter were all invited to Buckingham Palace Gardens to receive their Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Awards. Luckily, the weather held out and they all enjoyed meeting the many VIPs, having tea and cup cakes as well as enjoying the flora and fauna in the gardens.

Congratulations to them all on completing the Gold DoE Award.

One of the award winners wrote:

On Monday I had the privilege of being invited to Buckingham Palace to celebrate the completion of my gold DofE award. After walking around the garden HRH The Duke of Edinburgh spoke to the crowd to express his pride in the young people completing the challenge. Prior to this, a young girl, Hafwen Clarke told the story of her completion of the journey, managing to complete the award alongside her extra difficulty of being unable to hear. This was followed by Tim Peak’s inspirational tale of his journey to space, and the ways in which the skills learnt during the DofE award can lead people to a career like his at NASA, and success in life.