RSC 5-Decade Exam Challenge winners announced

The Royal Society of Chemistry's "5-decade Challenge" was won yesterday by Nathan Brown of King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys in Birmingham.

The runners-up were:

Aled Walker
 King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys
 
Toryn Dalton
 Bolton School Boys' Division
 
William Cook
 The Manchester Grammar School
 
Jonathan Whitby
 The Manchester Grammar School
 
Alex Cutbill
 Trinity School
 
Martin Jackson
 The Manchester Grammar School
 
Gessica Howarth
 St Gerard's School Trust
 
Lawrence Barrott
 Royal Grammar School Guildford
 
Aidan Devane
 Trinity School
 
Jim Ashworth
 Trinity School

The challenge, to see how today's GCSE pupils fared answering questions taken from chemistry papers since the 1960s, caused much media interest.

The winner receives £1,000, as does his school, while the runners-up will get £500, with their schools getting that sum also.

We appreciate and value the enthusiasm and cooperation shown by everybody who engaged in the challenge - pupils and teachers - and wish them well in their future studies.

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