Merton Council celebrated the many achievements of the borough’s young people yesterday with a special event for secondary school pupils at the top of their class.
Top secondary school pupils in Merton attended the event on Tuesday, 7 September held at the Civic Centre in Merton where they were given praise by the Mayor of Merton and Councillor Peter Walker for their outstanding results and individual successes.
St Ann’s School, The Smart Centre, Cricket Green School, Bishopsford, Raynes Park, Ricards Lodge, Rutlish, Ursuline and St Mark’s colleges all nominated pupils who achieved great personal results as well as stars who had scooped top GCSE results or excelled at particular subjects.
Councillor Peter Walker cabinet member for education said: “It is great to see so many of Merton’s young people doing so well. Pupils of all abilities have worked really hard for this achievement.
“The education of all our young people is one of our top priorities and part of that commitment involves recognising and rewarding pupils when they do well.”
“We are looking forward to seeing our pupils continue to succeed as they are now able to further their education in Merton’s new and established sixth forms.”
Top achievers from each school are as follows:
Bishopsford:
Chido Ndewere
Gigi Mann
Max Coldwell
Maya Vicheva
Sam Ashen
Raynes Park:
Angelo Liao
Lucy Allen
Kristina Godwin
Bakhtar Ahmad
Kan Calvin-Cranenburgh
Ricards Lodge:
Jessica tingle
Sifat Uddin
Kiruthika Ananthan
Laraeb Nawaz
Chloe Convey
Aaina Mittal
Rutlish:
Conor McGuire
Evan Watson
Rilwan Raji
Joel Bates
Luqmaan Dar
Prayank Joshi
Jonny Blatchford
Sam Boyle
Alfie Rae Smith
Robert Lane
St Mark’s Academy :
Lathanky Paranchothy
Deanna Tyler
Benjamin Harvey James
Danish Khan
Sharika Akhter
Pawell Zackiewicz
Ursuline:
Sorocha Healy
Rachel Fardon
Jehanara Megta-Jamooji
Anastacia Daskajinannis
Josette Wilson
Serena Scalzon
Smart Centre :
Danielle Maguire
Cricket Green :
Luke Pillay
Louis Wright