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Ardingly
Annals
2016
ARDINGLY annals 2013
CONTENTS
3 EDITORIAL
5 RESULTS
14 DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
35 THE ARTS
42 CHAPLAINCY
46 TRIPS & SOCIETIES
60 ACTIVITIES & SERVICE
64 HOUSE REPORTS
78 VALETE
98 SPORT
The Editorial Team 134 ARDINGLY SOCIETY
Headmaster
Ben Figgis
Editor
Paul Ryan
Photography
‘The Ardingly Paparazzi’
Design and Production
www.mercerdesign.co.uk
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EDITORIAL
As has been observed in previous editorials, Bursary and their project management team people make such considerable sacrifices
if one were to take a look at the College from that College life has been able to continue to send their children to Ardingly College,
one year to the next, the visible changes virtually unaffected. Except for the girls in inevitably there is something of a contract
might seem fairly insubstantial. The principal Toynbee; hearing them discussing their new between them and the College, and it is right
features to be seen, as one comes down accommodation (they moved in in February), that reports are frequently sent to parents,
the road from Ardingly village, remain the things are tremendously improved. And however irritating it may be to have to write
majestic ‘H block’, the very collegiate style with the new accommodation comes a new them. In the Trinity Term, the editor of the
of building so typical of Woodard’s schools, staff team to run the girls’ Boarding Houses; Annals finds himself in the unfortunate
where the Chapel dominates one side, and September 2016 sees an exciting new start to position of asking colleagues essentially to
the dining hall the other – if not quite posing girls’ boarding at Ardingly. stop performing their duties, in order to report
God against mammon, it is certainly the on what has been happening on their watch;
spiritual and the physical sitting cheek by The world we live in is, of course, physical, and in a similar way, twice a term, it sometimes
jowl – framed by the splendid Upper and it is important that the physical environment is feels that teaching stops, in order to report
north fields. Scratch the surface any deeper, as attractive as we can make it; the Governors on how learning is going. Something else
though, and the evidence is there aplenty that and Headmaster have made this renovation a that will undergoing something of a facelift
this College is truly organic, and that nothing clear priority, and it is to their great credit that in September, then, is the format that reports
stays still for long. The Works department and it has gone so smoothly. But what we actually will take. Although the things that distinguish
visiting contractors have been tremendously do in our environment is so much more schools such as ours inevitably cannot be
busy this year, as ever, developing the campus important, and this has also been the focus of measured, there will be a keener focus on
in many different areas. There are two a lot of thinking and strategic operation in the progression and tracking, making it easier for
particular, principal projects that spring to last twelve months. ‘The shape of the day’ is a parents, pupils, and tutors alike, to identify
mind. The first, on the east side as we come phrase that has been bandied about a lot this trends in a student’s working practices.
down the road, is the new Gibbs Field, the year; with new academic specifications coming
modern Astroturf pitch, named after old on line nationally, and with the Headmaster All these things are good and worthy of note.
Ardinian David Gibbs. A governor of the in his second year at Ardingly, it has been an It is important, though, to remember the world
College, and an educationalist who became ideal time to take a look with fresh eyes at outside our beautiful campus. As this edition
Headmaster of Chigwell School, Mr Gibbs the quotidian working of the College, and to of the Annals is being completed, we are
had a significant influence on Ardingly; sadly see if there might be any better ways to divide approaching the final stages of the European
he died in January, and his life is celebrated up our time, the better to be able to focus on Referendum. Over the past twelve months,
elsewhere in this publication. The pitch our academic progress and extra-curricular parts of the world have been undergoing
named in his honour has already seen some commitments alike, given the confines of great difficulties, and its people enduring
fine playing and, given the sporting triumphs what is in essence a five-day working week. tremendous hardships. From our relatively
noted in the pages that follow, there is plenty Though no system is perfect, and every privileged cocoon here, it would be easy to stay
still to come. arrangement will leave some stakeholders in ignorance of the great number of people
feeling short-changed, an enormous amount who live with instability and uncertainty
The other major physical change affects a of very thoughtful, hard work has gone into in their lives, and to forget our duties and
significant number of the pupils; though it is ensuring that the College offers the best it can responsibilities to help others in need. So it is
less perceptible in passing, it has been very to its students. So from September, the school very good that two of our ‘Ardingly in Africa’
well received. Following the move of the Upper day will be changing; though time doesn’t projects are recommencing this summer
Sixth accommodation to Godwin Hall in stretch, the way we fill it can be flexible. The and, much closer to home, that members of
2013, Toynbee House moved into one wing most significant driving thought has been that the College are providing help to others in
of the ‘Woodard building’, to enable Crosse lessons are best completed earlier in the day, the village, sharing their IT expertise with
to evacuate the south wing, thereby making and it has been possible to arrange that, for our elderly neighbours. As a College with
room for greatly improved Prep School four days of the five, no formal teaching will an avowedly Christian foundation, it is right
teaching facilities. The next phase has been take place after 4.00. Lunchtime has been that we reach out, not to patronise but to try
the more wide-reaching restructuring of girls’ protected from the myriad interruptions that to share the benefits that we have. The very
accommodation. Toynbee will now be sharing have enriched it hitherto, to enable everybody geography of the campus with its H Block
the whole building with Aberdeen House, both to have a clear break in the middle of the proclaims the centrality that the Christian
of which will now accommodate girls from day. And then the Enrichment Programme, message and ethos should have to what we do.
Shell to the Lower Sixth, and so mirroring the something that marks out schools such as ours, On the Chaplain’s office door is a picture of a
structure of the boys’ Houses. This enables will have free access to the time after 4.00. The carving kept at the Ditchling Museum, which
Rhodes to move into Woodlands, the building usual daytime sports programme will continue says ‘omina per ipsum et sine ipso nihil’ – all
formerly occupied by Aberdeen and Neal, to be timetabled as before: now, however, there things through him and, without him, nothing.
whilst Neal move into Wilson, the building will be time for academic enrichment, hobbies, Given all the upheavals across the world and
whose name was virtually forgotten, but which drama, music, art, all to be able to take place our relative peace and calm here, it is fitting to
until now has been occupied by Rhodes. And for extended periods, and when people are remember that we are called to serve.
while this was happening, the Under was also still fresh.
being renovated. It all adds up to a tremendous Beati Mundo Corde
project, reminiscent of sliding tile problems, It seems somewhat soulless to think of any
and it is enormously to the credit of the school as a commercial institution, but when
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RESULTS
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UNIVERSITY DESTINATIONS OF THE 2015 LEAVERS
UK OVERSEAS
Aston Glasgow Queen Mary London Boston University
Geoffrey Wong Caitlin Bateman-Champain Grace Pangrazi Diana Sokol
Austen Waite Jack Waller
Bath William Evans Loyola Marymount University, LA
Benjamin Kay Goldsmiths Begoña Martinavarro Sean Pontikos
Carlotta Bulgari Francesca Procopio
Bath Spa University of California, Berkley
Marcus Howe Hertfordshire Sheffield Sophia Fossali
Patsy Laidler Neil Jones Jasmine Fu
Birmingham George Lawrence
Hugo Tuckett Kent Fergus Wood University of California,
Nikki Lam Thuon Mine Santa Barbara
Bournemouth Southampton Jonah Adomakoh
Alex Davies Kings College London Michael Awang
Dylan Howell Promise Joshua Hong Kong University
Jessica Van Droogenbroeck Surrey Jason Ho
Bristol Queenie Ng
Jasmin Atkins Leeds Wilhelms University, Germany
James Price Nancy Scully Sussex Jessica Bierwirth
Carlos Sandin Beth Shoesmith Thomas Lloyd-Seetim
Bethany Tyson Lausanne School of Hotel
Brunel UCL Management
Thomas Bell Leicester Oliver Deme Paul Bortnowski
Luke Smith Jack Howes Tristan Inglesfield
Michelle Kwok Ludwig Maximillian University,
Cambridge London Metropolitan George Lambie Munich
Philip Binns Jamie Butt Cara Rocks Maren Hegger
Benedict McConnell Rebecca Thorne
Jon Shoesmith LSE Aubrie Willifer Amsterdam University
Maxine Higenyi Ties Lind
Cardiff University of the Arts
Natalie Simpson Manchester James Eagles Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
Sheung Chit Tang Sammi Jackman Paula Mira Franziska Lordick
Sophie Meagher
Chichester Zooey Segal UWE Bristol Bocconi, Milan
Tiah Mason-Windett Jamie Braysher Luka Reisch
Newcastle
City of London Michaela Green Warwick ETH Zurich
Josephine Lau Giovanni Mazzaro Harriet McGilvray Constantin Ulbrich
Khumar Asadzade Conor Meegan Tim Price
William Smith
Durham York
Bryan Chiu Nottingham Phoebe Beetham
Abimbola Ashiru Rebecca Smith
East Anglia Josh Hardy
Sam Cunningham Ashleigh John Central School of Speech
Andrew Mackay Ansen Lam & Drama
Harry Ames
Edinburgh Oxford
Jesse Lee Kasper Verkammen Central St Martins College
Alice Burke
Exeter Oxford Brookes
Eloise Alikhani Matthew Burke Drama School
Sarah Bourgoin Oliver Clarke-McCullagh Edward Jobling
Polina Popova
Alexander Waters Portsmouth Falmouth School of Art
Jack Kei Laura Penfold
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EXCELLENT EXAMINATION RESULTS
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
38 or more points (out of a possible total of 45)
44 Constantin Mueller
Kasper Verkammen
43 Franziska Lordick
42 Jessica Bierwirth
Jasmine Fu
Sean Pontikos
James Price
Luka Reisch
Carlos Sandin
41 Tristan Inglesfield
Constantin Ulbrich
40 Harry Ames
Jasmin Atkins
Carlota Bulgari
Sophia Fossali
Promise Joshua
Timothy Price
39 Bryan Chiu
Moritz Hagemann
Dhriti Oza
38 Maxine Higenyi
Michelle Kwok
A LEVELS
Three or more As and A*s
5 Benedict McConnell A* in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, and Physics
Jon Shoesmith A* in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, and Physics
4 Philip Binns A* in Mathematics, Further Mathematics, and Physics, and A in Chemistry,
Benjamin Kay A in Chemistry, Economics, Mathematics, and Physics
3 Rebecca Thorne A* in Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics
George Lambie A* in Mathematics, and Physics, and A in Chemistry
Beth Shoesmith A* in Biology, and Mathematics, and A in Chemistry
Aubrie Willifer A* in English, and History, and A in Biology
Harriet McGilvray A in Business, History, Psychology,
Lewis O’Shea A in Classical Civilization, Geography, and Mediaeval History
Polina Popova A in Biology, Chemistry, and Religious Studies
Cara Rocks A in Biology, Chemistry, and Religious Studies
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GCSE
Ten or more A* and A grades
11 Patrick Moore 11 A*
Thomas Hindle 10 A* and 1 A
Sasha Listerman-Semenovskaia 10 A* and 1 A
Adam Housby 8 A* and 3 A
Georgina Gräfin Kerssenbrock 5 A* and 6 A
Joseph Cargan 4 A* and 7 A
10 Ciara Branagan 10 A*
Rebecca Chee 10 A*
Christopher Lau 9 A* and 1 A
Emily Spiers 9 A* and 1 A
Ricky Alikhani 8 A* and 2 A
Grace Wood 8 A* and 2 A
Charlotte Fischer 7 A* and 3 A
Maggie Lee 6 A* and 4 A
Fabian Nilsson 6 A* and 4 A
Toby Brann 5 A* and 5 A
Rebecca Holmes 5 A* and 5 A
Emily O’Shea 4 A* and 6 A
Laetitia Ehler 2 A* and 8 A
Orla Badger 10 A
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