The committee members take their work seriously, for two main reasons: firstly, this is a good example of pupil power – while teachers may make nominations, it is only those ten or so Upper Sixth pupils sitting on the committee who have the power to vote; secondly, to retain the value of the ‘School First’, precious few are handed out.

Nowadays School Firsts have been split into two types: sporting and non-sporting. Below is a list of those pupils who  were given the coveted award during the final School Assembly of the Michaelmas Term for their exceptional contributions to School life in non-sporting activities:

For his exceptional contributions to the extra-curricular academic life of the School:
Otto Rothwell Hurley

For their exceptional commitment to, leadership of and success in MUN (Model United Nations):
Chad Usher, Koby Ferdinand-Okpala and Ebrahim Jamshid

For their outstanding service and commitment to the Royal Marines Section of the CCF:
Harry Remnant, Freddy Williams, Emma Graham and Tom Plaut

For their exceptional contributions to school Drama and Musical Theatre:
Ben Lloyd and Dominic Sullivan

For their exceptional contributions to the musical life of the School:
Reuben Denison and Rory Leslie

For their outstanding service to the Army Section of the CCF:
Arthur Gell and Tim Lovick

For his exceptional contributions to school life across a wide variety of fields:
Freddy Williams