Plenty to celebrate at Crossley Heath's prize giving

Head teacher Lynnette Cassidy congratulated students on their fantastic achievements and reflected on the life of the school during the year, acknowledging staff who had left and joined the school, including how pleased she was to have joined Crossley Heath herself.

The Guest speaker, Katharine Markwick, also presented the special prizes and GCSE and A Level certificates to the students.

Katharine is a former student with a successful career in writing and theatre-making and is currently a member of ‘Clowns Without Borders UK’ who help children and families in crisis situations through play and laughter.

She encouraged students to seize all opportunities presented to them and to not be frightened to make mistakes.

Award winners were:

The Norris Memorial Prize for Head Girl : Cara James

The CE Fox Prize for Head Boy: Charles Royle

The Cockroft Prize for Deputy Head Girl: Rosie Baldwin, Sophie Rushworth, Phoebe Singh

The Cockroft Prize for Deputy Head Boy: Edward Garside, Shuler Xu

The Heath Old Boys Association Athlete's Prize for Excellence in Sport (Girls): Rosie Baldwin

The Heath Old Boys Association Athlete's Prize for Excellence in Sport (Boys): James Millington

The David Alexander Prize for Sporting Endeavour (Girls): Katrina Burt

The David Alexander Prize for Sporting Endeavour (Boys): Cole Wilson

The Vernon Brearley Prize for Public Service: Angus Wood

The Jessie Bishop Prize for Public Speaking: Robin Casey

The Miller, Turner & Walton Trophy for Most Improved Student of the Year: Karen Dymond

The Lambert, Roper & Horsfield Enterprise Award: Alex Shelton

The Matthew Roche Prize for Art: Toby Robins

The Ian Mitchell Prize for Drama: Emmeline Armitage

The Alan Brearley Cup for GCSE Textiles: Robina Murray

The Websters Interiors Award for GCSE Art: Katie Nancarrow

The Tudor Tatchell Evans Memorial Trophy for Outstanding Contribution to Kings House: Sophie Wisniewski

The Sheila Francis Jackson Memorial Trophy for Poetry: Charlie O'Connor

The Mrs Grahame Trophy for Outstanding String Musician: Poppy Wallis

The Philip Webb Prize for Outstanding Contribution to House Activities: Molly Nicholson

The Terry Higgins Prize for Sports Studies: Luke Sharman

The John Musther Prize for German: Alice Bennett

The JH Brearley Prize for Economics: Holly Eastwood

The CO Mackley Prize for History: Kate Walton

The Crossley Heath School Prize for Design Technology: Nathan Cornish

The Flora Crossley Prize for English Literature: Jessica Cousen

The Crossley Heath School Prize for Business Studies: Matthew Barrett

The Heath Old Boys Prize for Chemistry: Alexander Robertson

The Steve Eggleton Prize for Biology: Bethany Waring

The Louie Musther Prize for Mathematics: Edward Garside

The HC Morris Prize for Physics: Cara James

The Neville Woodhead Prize for Psychology: Phoebe Singh

The Jessie Crossley Prize for Religious Studies: Kimberley Taylor

The Neville Woodhead Prize for School Music: Sophie Rushworth

The Heath Old Boys Prize for Further Mathematics: Alexander Dickie

The Crossley Heath School Prize for Food Technology: Sam Potts

The John Robertshaw Prize for A Level Progress: Jamshaid Karim

The Lambert, Roper & Horsfield Prize for Information Technology: Alexander Dawson

The George Littlefair Prize for French: Rosie Baldwin

The Crossley Heath Association Prize for English: Laura Duncan

The Crossley Heath Association Prize for Geography: Holly Eastwood

The Crossley Heath Association Prize for A Level Spanish: Nada Bazaraa

The Crossley Heath Association Prize for Exceptional Attainment at A Level: Shuler Xu

The Milena Gagic Memorial Prize for Philosophy: Penny Lockett

The Kevin Allen Prize for Perseverance in Mathematics: Reece Geisler

The Old Crossleyans’ Association Prizes for OUTSTANDING Achievement at KS4: Morgan Cockroft, Anna Dickie, Lucy Doig, Keerthi Koppula, Hannah McQueen, Jack Meller, Robina Murray, Phoebe Nixon, Ellie Waring, Ameera Zaman

The Old Crossleyans’ Association Prizes for HIGHLY COMMENDED Achievement at KS4: Emmeline Armitage, Toluwanimi Asalu, Maisie Bennett, Alexander Dawson, Rojan Ghaderi, Anna Gregory, Paula Hofmann, Sophie Jackson, Rebecca Knowles, Hamaad Mahmood, Kishan Mistry, Katie Nancarrow, Louise Page, Beth Pearce, Sam Potts, Afra Rahim, Abbie Richardson, Hannah Shelton, Stella Wigglesworth-Littlewood, Niamh Wilkins