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GCE National Awards Ceremony 2007
The awards recognize outstanding performance in A-level examinations and the winners come from over a third of a million AQA entries. The awards are made each year in several subject categories, each category consisting of a number of broadly related subjects. The winners are chosen on a purely statistical basis following an analysis of all the results in each category.
Student of the year
The ‘Student of the Year’ award went to Katie Carpenter.
Katie, formerly of James Allen's Girls' School, London, achieved 4 A levels, all at grade A and a Distinction in an AEA award. She is now working at the Globe Theatre.
Pictured above with Sue Rogers, Chair of AQA, Katie received a trophy and a cheque for £500.
2007 award winners
This year's top performing candidates each received a solid silver medal and a diploma for them and their school/college.
Find out more about this year's awards winners.
Students (left to right)
Hannah Kirsch
JFS School, Harrow, Middlesex
AQA GCE Sociology
Sophie Bellows
Peter Symonds College
AQA GCE Environmental Science
Kara Todd
Ballyclare Secondary School
AQA Applied GCE Health and Social Care
Katie Carpenter
James Allen's Girls' School
AQA GCE Drama and Theatre Studies
Michael Lam
Watford Grammar School for Boys
AQA GCE ICT
Edwin Magombe
Bacon's College
AQA GCE English Language B
Leanne Price
Shrewsbury Sixth Form College
AQA GCE Business Studies
Lyndon Webb
Hereford Sixth Form College
AQA GCE General Studies, Specification B
Unable to attend
Celebrating achievement
Left: Simon Hughes with Edwin Magombe
Right: Julia Cleverdon, John Hayes and Mike Cresswell
Guests at the event were once again addressed by very distinguished speakers: Ms Julia Cleverdon CVO CBE, Chief Executive of Business in the Community; John Hayes, Shadow Minister for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education and Dr Mike Cresswell, Director General AQA.
This year we were particularly pleased to welcome the Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP, Minister for the Olympics and London, and Simon Hughes MP, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons and President of the Liberal Democrat Party: Tessa attended to congratulate the Student of the Year Katie Carpenter, as James Allen's Girls School is in her constituency and Simon attended in order to congratulate his award-winning constituent Edwin Magombe.
The event took place on Monday 19 November at One Great George Street. The awards were co-sponsored by AQA and a number of important companies with an interest in the field of education: DRS, Stephen Austin and Sons Limited, Nelson Thornes, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Research Machines and Exampro.
Read John Hayes's and Mike Cresswell's speeches.