Mathematics Challenge Events


At Queen Ethelburga’s College, we now have Mathematics Challenges well and truly embedded in the curriculum. These events are administered by the UKMT (the United Kingdom Maths Trust) and are designed to enrich the mathematics experience of our more gifted pupils.


In November, about 70 of our most talented sixth-form mathematicians sat the Senior Maths Challenge. Our students performed extremely well, we were awarded 14 gold, 16 silver and 11 bronze certificates – a marked improvement on last year. The overall joint winners were Benny Zhao and Stacy Cui, and we had five qualifiers for the next Olympiad round which consisted of a three and a half-hour paper! Benny was awarded a distinction in this extremely demanding examination and Cassie Yang very narrowly missed this award.


In February we entered 80 of our students for the Intermediate challenge for students in years 9, 10 and 11. Sophie Qiu was best in school, both she and Fly Zhang qualified and took part in the more difficult “Kangaroo” stage – we are awaiting their results. In total, we achieved 5 gold, 22 silver and 14 bronze certificates which is a significant improvement on last year’s performance, and is testimony to the strength of the Mathematics Department at Queen Ethelburga’s.


For the second time, we also took part in a team challenge in March at Lawnswood School, Leeds for pupils in years 8 and 9. The team comprising of Morgan Bailey, Lauren Wooley, Ben Tomlinson and Julian Varley represented the school creditably, finishing 17th out of the 26 schools taking part, in what was a fiercely contested competition, of an exceptionally high standard.


Undoubtedly, the highlight of our mathematical year was the performance of our senior team at national level, and this is reported fully overleaf. The overall aim of all of these events is to further stimulate enjoyment and enrichment in mathematics, and to encourage and offer our students the opportunity to display their talents and to pit their wits against the very best mathematicians of their age across the English-speaking world.


Michael Pointon. 100


Mathematics—Challenge Events


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