Alison Zhu

SLGGS Student Wins Top Geography Prize
SLGGS student Alison Zhu has just been awarded the Royal Geographical Society and Institute of British Geographers’ prize for the best results in the OCR Examination Board’s GCSE A Geography examination.

Alison, a pupil at Simon Langton Girls’ Grammar School, came top out of 23,410 candidates nationally, achieving 194 out of a possible 200 marks.

Mrs Murrell, Head of Geography at the school for the last 8 years said:

“I’ve been teaching Alison since year 7 and she is one of the most intuitive geographers I have ever taught. A large part of her success is down to her dedicated approach to her work – she never accepts second best. Whilst she is an outstanding pupil, she is one of many talented students who did well in the examination; we entered 69 candidates, and 56.5% of them achieved an A* or A grade”.

Of her success, Alison said: “ It was a tremendous surprise to receive this award, as I had no idea it was coming! All the hard work in the summer seems well worth it now”.

Alison hopes, ultimately, to study Mathematics at university.

SLGGS Student Selected for National Squad in International Maths Olympiad


SLGGS student Alison Zhu, in Yr 12, is the only state school pupil and one of only two girls in the country selected to take part in a 9-strong National Squad competing in the International Mathematical Olympiad to be held in Vietnam this summer.

She won her place alongside students from leading public schools by competing in the Senior Mathematics Challenge, entered by state and public schools all over the UK and gaining one of the top scores, despite being a year younger than other competitors.

Alison will fly to Rhodes with the squad to compete in the Balkans Mathematical Olympiad in Greece from 26 April to 2 May. She hopes that if she does well, she will then go to Hanoi, Vietnam for the International Mathematical Olympiad, which takes place from 19-31 July.

Alison said: "I have already attended the training camp at Trinity College, Cambridge and I’m really looking forward to competing. It is an exciting opportunity and aside from the challenge of Mathematics, which I enjoy, it will be amazing to visit these countries and also to have the opportunity to meet mathematicians from schools all over the world."

Mrs Sutton, Head of 6th form said: "We are extremely proud of Alison. She is an outstanding student, with ambitions to study at Cambridge. She really excels in both Mathematics and Physics and is an inspiration to other girls. Given recent reports in the press suggesting that students should be paid to study these subjects in order to halt their decline, it is heartening to see that we, as a school, are bucking the trend. We have a very healthy number of girls studying both Maths and Physics and doing really well in them".

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