A university future at Oxford is the aim of Queen Elizabeth High School student Kirsty Pierce who has won the annual mathematics award presented by Nationwide International.
Kirsty, 16, was the top performer at GSCE level in last year’s examinations, gaining a highly coveted A-star in mathematics.
“Kirsty was outstanding amongst a number of very good mathematics students.” said Head of Mathematics Beverly Hewson.
The school has consistently produced high quality mathematics students and Kirsty Pierce is the latest in a long line to win the Nationwide International award which has been presented since 1999. She follows in the footsteps of her father Peter who is an accountant. Mum Sharon has a career in teaching.
The annual winner holds the Nationwide International trophy for a year and also receives a gift of an Instant Access savings account which was handed over by the company’s marketing executive Amanda Park.
Kirsty - who lives in Foxdale and is a former pupil at St John‘s
primary school - is now in her first year of A level study where she is concentrating on Mathematics, French, German, History and English Literature. She now has her further education hopes set on being accepted at Oxford.
She is particularly interested in languages and would like to study German and Portuguese at University and hopes to travel in the future, but she is also keen to continue her mathematics studies.
Image caption: Kirsty Pierce receives the Nationwide award from Amanda Park (right) with QE2 Head of Mathematics Beverly Hewson
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