Academic Achievements
Oxbridge
For 2009 entry a total of 8 English School students enrolled at Oxford and Cambridge.
For 2008 entry a total of 14 English School students enrolled at Oxford and Cambridge
For 2007 entry a total of 2 English School students enrolled at Oxford and Cambridge.
For 2006 entry a total of 12 English School students enrolled at Oxford and Cambridge.
Therefore, over a four-year period, The English School sent 36 of its students to Oxbridge.
Public Speaking
The Senior Debating and Public Speaking President, Ariadne Panagapoulou 7B, won the Persuasive Speaking category at the International Independent Schools Public Speaking Tournament in Ontario, Canada, in October 2008.
Geography achievements in 2008
'A' Level Geography: Congratulations and Well Done to Phedeas Stephanides 7W, for achieving the Highest Subject Mark in Cyprus in the Edexcel Geography 'A' Level examination.
IGCSE Geography: Congratulations and Well Done to Petra Koulia 6G, for achieving the Highest Subject Mark in Cyprus in the Cambridge IGCSE Geography examination.
Top in the World for Cambridge IGCSE Economics
Congratulations to Agni Aristophanous 6W, for coming Top in the World in the IGCSE Economics examination.
French
Congratulations to our pupil Cleo Kitromilides 4W who received a Commendation from the French Ambassador for achieving the Highest Score in Cyprus in the DELF exams in the Summer of 2008.
European Youth Parliament National Session - September 2008
The following students were selected to represent the School at the European Youth Parliament International Jubilee Session, in Stockholm this coming April.
| Rania Kouros, 6R |
| Theodora Panayides, 5R |
| Chloe Kiliari, 6Y |
| Halide Bey, 5J |
| George Charalambous, 6R |
| Nicholas Mavreas, 5Y |
Athletics Team
Our Junior Girls Athletics Team came first in the Nicosia Competitions and now they’re off to the Pancyprian. Good Luck Girls!
Major importance is attached to students fulfilling their maximum academic potential, and placement in the student's choice of University. The June 2008 External Examination results are proof of the students' level of excellence:
Engineering
In 2006 a former student of the English School graduated from the School of Engineering at the University of Surrey with an Upper Second class BEng Honours Degree in Civil Engineering. The student was awarded The Atkins Prize for final year students who are judged to have completed BEng projects contributing most to the Civil Engineering profession.
Top in the World Achievement
In the June 2006 IGCSE Examination, an English School student was placed top in the world for her achievement in English Literature.
World Maths Day - 14th March
There has been a tremendous response of schools to World Maths Day which falls on March 14th every year.
March 14th is the birthday of Albert Einstein, 3.14 (the American way of writing the date), also happens to be the approximation we use for š, when we divide the circumference of any circle by its diameter!
The challenge for this year was to set a world record in answering 10 million mental arithmetic questions by pupils playing against each other in real-time battles of mental arithmetic through the internet.
Schools from 98 countries were registered for this international event. In the UK alone there were more than one thousand schools taking part. It proved to be an incredibly exciting event and the total number of questions answered actually came to 38 904 275.
The English School ranked 3rd worldwide as having the highest school contribution and Mr Nikandrou's class, 1W, are to be congratulated in coming 2nd in the world for highest class contribution.
We will remember this date next year and we are determined to try even harder to beat the 2 leading schools from Hong Kong!
From the English School to the World Economic Forum!
We were extremely proud that in January 2008 an English school student was selected to represent the Eastern Mediterranean region at The Greenwich Forum in London. After a gruelling selection procedure, the student was selected from many applicants by The British Council. She participated in the Greenwich Forum, entitled Our future, our activism. Your challenge, in London from 13-18 January 2008. From this group of sixty young people, from fifty countries, a smaller group was then selected to take the group's agreed challenges for the world leaders to the leaders themselves in Davos, Switzerland at the World Economic Forum. It took place between 23-28 January 2008. Participation in the Forum is a very special opportunity. Well done!
Results of the District Competition in Mathematics for Gymnasium and Lyceum – 15th November 2008
A’ Gymnasium
Commendation:
Maria Christodoulou (1G)
B’ Gymnasium
Commendation: Maria Nikodemou (2R)
Melissa Iakovidou (2R)
Constantinos Vrahas (2J)
George Antoniou (2R)
Antonis Kalakoutas (2B)
C’ Gymnasium
1st Prize: George Raphael Patsalides (3B)
Commendation: Andreas Olymbios (3G)
A’ Lyceum
1st Prize: George Panagopoulos (4Y)
3rd Prize: Charis Theodorou (4W)
Commendation: Andronikos Yiannikourides (4W)
Andreas Vyrides (4R)