A number of Bedford Modern School Year 13 students have excelled in the British Physics Olympiad.

The British Physics Olympiad (BPhO) has run for 25 years and is entered annually by over 1,600 talented young physicists.  The examination-based competition has a dual purpose: to challenge and reward the best physicists in British schools and to select the UK Physics Team for competition at international level.

The competition takes place over three rounds and more information can be found at www.physics.ox.ac.uk/olympiad/

Medals and Commendations were received by:-

Laurence Kedward - Bronze Medal
Ben Maries - Commendations
Will Simpson - Commendations
Tom Sweeting - Commendations
Tom Gilvary - Commendations
Richard Fish - Bronze Medal
Alex Holbrook - Commendations
Calum Harvey - Bronze Medal
James Hunter - Commendations
Andrew Fallow - Commendations
Kokul Sriskandarajah - Commendations

Bob Turner, Head of Physics at Bedford Modern School said: "Very well done to all our Year 13 students who participated in this extremely challenging three and a quarter hour theory paper.

"The technical and challenging questions in this examination paper tested our student's knowledge above and beyond A2 Level, and I am sure this will be beneficial in their first year at university."