Congratulations to Alice Haighton (Year 9), Jennifer Whittaker (Year 9), Grace Young (Year 8) and Sarah Humphrey (Year 8) who competed in the national final of the Reading Champions Challenge at Goldsmiths’ Hall in London. As mentioned previously, the students won their regional heat in March to secure a place representing the North-east in the final.

They competed against twenty-two regional champions from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and the St Mary’s team did incredibly well to finish in sixth position.  This is a wonderful achievement, particularly given that over 500 teams took part in the qualifying heats.  Huge congratulations to the students!