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05th October 2026

Celebrating Success in the Cambridge Chemistry Challenge

Last Summer, over 85 of our first-year chemistry students took on the gruelling Cambridge Chemistry Challenge (www.c3l6.com) - a paper whose questions are much more in line with university-level thinking but based on first-year A-level chemistry topics. Well done to all our intrepid chemists who took part - this paper develops problem-solving skills and resilience, preparing candidates for not only University but challenges they will likely face in the world of work in terms of transferable employability skills. 

 

We achieved the following certificates: 

Copper certificate: 37 candidates

Silver certificate: 14 candidates

Gold certificate: 5 candidates

 

Here is the "national picture" for comparison: