Programme for the EveningMusic on EntryLuke HoughtonPiano

WelcomeWilli ButlerChair of Trustees

Musical PerformanceLauren Cartwright & Mr FrostFlute Duet

Introduc,onAndy SquiresHeadteacher

Presenta,on of the GCSE AwardsAlex DunnSenior Analyst, Bank of England

Musical PerformanceThomas MarshallPiano ‘Mash Up’

Presenta,on of the A Level and SchoolCommunity AwardsAlex Dunn

Musical PerformanceNia Gallimore & Aleyna KochanSongs from Chess

Guest Speaker AddressAlex Dunn

Vote of ThanksWilli Butler

A Welcome from the HeadteacherWelcome to the 2017 Denbigh Celebra)on of Success Ceremony.

This Ceremony is our opportunity to celebrate the enthusiasm for learning, drive and determina)on to succeed that our students

possess and the outstanding academic results that these a*ributes bring them. We have the very highest expecta)ons of our

students in terms of their work ethic and academic a*ainment, and this is more than matched by their desire to learn and

improve. All the students here tonight have worked incredibly hard and have achieved examina)on results that bring credit to

themselves and the School as a whole.

We are delighted with how our students rose to the challenge of being the first year group to take the new GCSEs in English and

Mathema)cs with the 9 -1 gradings. Adap)ng to change in the curriculum and examina)on process can be a challenge but our

students, supported by our excellent staff, rose to the occasion to record excellent results. We were delighted to see that as the

very top grades fell na)onally under the new system, we saw the reverse, with a 60% increase on the na)onal figures at

Grade 9. In addi)on, 90% of students achieved the new Grade 4 pass in English or Mathema)cs, one of the

Government’s new key measures. Success con)nued in the Sixth Form with 50% of all A Level grades recorded being at the higher

levels of A* to B, which is a tremendous success.

This is the second year of the new Government scheme to measure the success of students and schools called ‘A*ainment 8’ and

‘Progress 8’. These new measures assess student a*ainment and progress across a broad range of subjects including English,

Maths, Science, Languages and Humani)es as the Government has moved away from focusing on just English and Maths. The

measures also take into account all grades achieved, not just Grade C, as has happened in the past. Last year we were delighted

that we topped the tables in Milton Keynes in terms of both of these measures, which demonstrated that not only did our

students outperform those in all other schools, but that our students made progress whatever their star)ng point. We will hear

later in the year how we have performed against other Schools in Milton Keynes in 2017.

We have used the a*ainment and progress that our Year 11 and Year 13 students have made as the basis for tonight’s ceremony.

We will be celebra)ng those students who have achieved the highest results in the GCSE and A Level examina)ons in the

summer as well as those who have made the most progress during their )me with us. We will also be giving out two School

Community awards, the ‘Lucy Hawthorne Ci)zenship Award’ and the ‘Lo�man Shield’, which recognise those students who

through their enthusiasm and commitment have contributed to the wider life of the School.

On an evening such as this the impact of the commitment, support and encouragement given to our students by their teachers,

parents and guardians should also be recognised as it is so integral to the students’ success. I congratulate all our award winners

tonight and acknowledge the contribu)on they have made to the success of Denbigh School. I am excep)onally proud of

them all.

Andy Squires,Headteacher

Radhia AkhtarSinead Armstrong-Sutherland

Asmahanny AthumaniNathan Billings

Christopher BurgeNicky Burlace

Shanel CapewellTaiba ChaudhryFraser Cooper

Sonia CzyzynskaSumaya Dahir

Charlie DaniellsNicholas Day

Leo DelaneySasha DraperMaddy Ellis

Stephanie FreemanJames Gerring

Alexander GrangeNabil HassanThomas Hoy

Fa,ma KhatunEllen Kitching

Tharsigan KobalakrishnasameLaura Lotkowska

Khayra Menni

Tiya MistryPiraveena Muralytharan

Ayesha NaeemAfrin Nanava.

Parth NegiKelsey Oliver

Robyn PatersonPreethy RaviendranCorissa RichardsonJonathan Ricke-sShinoj SritharanAdam Stevens

Akshata Valsangkar

Excep)onal Progress at GCSEIn their GCSE examina)ons this summer these students made the most progress when compared to theirstar)ng point in secondary educa)on. The students were assessed across a broad range of eight of theirGCSE subjects to produce an ‘average progress score’. The students listed here had the highest ‘averageprogress scores’ in Year 11.

Excep)onal A*ainment at GCSEIn their GCSE examina)ons this summer these students recorded the highest a*ainment levels in Year 11.The students were assessed across a broad range of eight of their GCSE subjects to produce an averagea*ainment grade. The students listed here had the highest ‘average a*ainment grades’ in Year 11.

Adedamola Akintola

Thomas Ardron

Fraser Cooper

Sammy Cooper

Liam Coulson

Charlie Daniells

Nicholas Day

Enya Deysel

David Doku

James Gerring

Alexander Grange

Georgia Gray

Natasha Hartman

Thomas Hoy

Arihant Jain

Charissa Kaye

Daisy Key

Tharsigan Kobalakrishnasame

Laura Lotkowska

Niamh Louwman

Thomas Marshall

Sophia McCallum

Timothy McElligo-

Tiya Mistry

Frankie Moon

Piraveena Muralytharan

Afrin Nanava.

Parth Negi

Isabelle Norwood

Preethy Raviendran

Jonathan Ricke-s

Zoe Shannon

Jacob Sporn

Shinoj Sritharan

Akshata Valsangkar

Daisy Webster-Kincaid

David AdeniyiAnice Aidi

Melchizedek AppiahTom Brown

Alastair Bun,ngJessica Camara

Julian ChukwulozieHarry Driscoll

Oluwanifemi Filani

Nathan Gannaway

Alex Georgiou

Grantas Gudonis

David Hearnden

Mark Jones

Andy Kapaga

John Kent

Ben McDonald

Marie-Jose Mwamba

Olusola Ojo

Katarzyna Radan

Michael Rennick

Sam Sibley

Sco- Valen,ne

Imogen Wells

Charlie Wreh

Excep)onal Progress at A LevelIn their A Level examina)ons this summer these students made the most progress when their results werecompared to the targets set for them at the start of their A Level studies in Year 12.

Sarah Berwick

Elise Bowes

Tom Brown

Caitlin Cooper

Alana Cutland

Samantha De Ponte

Laura Devlin

Megan Ellis

Ellie Flint

Olivia Harding

Mark Jones

Rhea Khakhria

Josh Lundberg-Hosken

Chloe Malin

Ben McDonald

Prince Moyo

Marie-Jose Mwamba

Olusola Ojo

Katarzyna Radan

Bilal Rayes

Alice Reading

Michael Rennick

Nancy Spahiu

Teleasha Vrioni-Wright

Excep)onal A*ainment at A LevelIn their A Level examina)ons this summer these students recorded the highest a*ainment levels in Year 13.The students listed here had the highest total points scores calculated from all their A Level grades.

School Community Awards

The Lucy Hawthorne Ci)zenship Award

The Lucy Hawthorne Ci)zenship Award is awarded in memory of Denbigh student, Lucy Hawthorne. TheAward is given to students whose a+tude and commitment embodies what is meant by Ci)zenship andhow much it benefits the School. During her )me at Denbigh, Lucy excelled across the curriculum, but shealso seized as many opportuni)es as she could to become involved in the wider life of the School and it isthis type of commitment and enthusiasm that is recognised by this Award.

The winner of this year’s Lucy Hawthorne Ci,zenship Award is:

Georgia Gray

The Lo�man Shield

The Lo�man Shield was donated to the School by the Lo�man Family who have had five children atDenbigh School. The Shield is awarded to a student who has par)cipated in and benefi*ed from a widerange of extra-curricular ac)vi)es during their )me at Denbigh.

The winner of this year’s Lo�man Shield is

Gayatri Vijapurkar