Once again, our intrepid BGS Mathematicians have stormed the UK’s most famous school maths contest. This time it was the turn of Years 9 to 11 to step up to the plate and test their mettle against the fiendish intellect of the UK Maths Trust (UKMT), the inner circle of question-posing boffins whose mathematical interrogations can turn even the most able young minds into a panicky jelly of incoherent innumeracy.

The results speak for themselves:

To give some context: by design, the UKMT gives Gold certificates to the top 8.33% of students nationwide; whereas the BGS Gold rate was 30%.

Here are our highest-performing students - all invited through to the next rounds of the competition.

There are two types of second round competitions: the Kangaroos, taking their name from the historic ties between UKMT and their Australian counterparts; and the Olympiads, for the ultra-elite competitors.

Needless today, the BGS entrants acquitted themselves with aplomb. The highlight results were:

• Matilda Sargent 9FIM - Silver in the Grey Kangaroo, best in school
• Lev Griffin 11CPB - Bronze in the Pink Kangaroo, best in school
• Max Perez 10STA - Merit in the Hamilton Olympiad
• Diep Anh Nguyen 11PLV - Merit in the Maclaurin Olympiad

AMSP Maths Feast success!

For the second year running, we entered a crack squad of our Year 10s in the AMSP’s unusually-named Maths Feast, an annual team-based competition held at Thomas Tallis School comprising multiple challenging rounds. BGS successfully retained the title, due to some excellent teamwork and problem-solving under pressure.

There will be a more in-depth article on these achievements, and many others, in the forthcoming BGS Summer Magazine. For now, please join us in congratulating our hard-working and talented maths students on their success!

Mr Male, Mathematics Department