- Success for Council's anti-fraud team
- How much power are you wasting?
- Protect your home from thieves this summer
- Young builders needed for child's-size city!
- Rugby World Cup success is 'outstanding' for Twickenham
- Crofters fashion show wows guests
- Curtain comes up on summer theatrical spectacular
- Karate kids get their kicks at Hampton Sports and Fitness Centre
- Performing on the edge
- Young people shape plan for future of children's services
- Car club membership rockets as residents save thousands
- Operation Lockout improves bike security
- Dodgy drivers warned over parking fraud
- Are you willing to gamble on the cocaine lottery?
- Free parking boost for businesses
- Your chance to display artwork at the Riverside Gallery
- Now it's over to Tomasz for the weather...
- London Youth Games team celebrated at the stoop
- Game, set and match, for free!
- Royal approval for pupils' bespoke deckchairs
- Raising the flag for borough's parks
- Businesses get greener thanks to the Council
- Borough blooms under the spotlight
- Play cool in parks this summer
- A snapshot of Richmond from around the world
- Land speed record holder sets challenge for school pupils
- Bike ride promotes cycling to secondary schools
- Third runway "will not reduce stacking"
- Borough's cyclists praised for wheely great challenge result
- Cycle starter packs launched to get Richmond pedalling
- PwC to help Council improve efficiency
- Earl of Wessex reopens 'Magnificent' Terrace Gardens
- Summer of larks in borough parks
- Lazy drivers are pushing up crime - police
- Team Richmond Shines at London Youth Games
- Young people needed for youth magazine
- Council acts to tackle cigarette litter
- Top award for borough crime team
- Family entertainment in Terrace Gardens
- Council kick starts regeneration of Barn Elms
- Top awards for young artists
- Results announced for £1million youth facilities vote
- Council thanks Father Thames Trust for donations
- Demont confirmed as principal designate of proposed academy
- Great British inventing praised
- Pupils excellence celebrated
- Café sunshine opens on Twickenham Riverside
Release Date: 02/07/2009
Pupils excellence celebrated
High-achieving pupils from across the borough were saluted at the Richmond Borough Schools’ Celebration of Achievement Awards, held on Tuesday 30 June.
Pupils from the borough’s primary, secondary and special schools picked up awards, having been nominated by their teachers and Council staff.
Outstanding achievers include a secondary school pupil who has excelled academically despite having arrived from Afghanistan only a year ago, with no family or formal education, and a primary school pupil who refused to take time off school despite having a series of complex leg operations.
There were also awards for those who have made progress in extracurricular activities such as poetry, piano playing and the championing of green issues, as well as 100 per cent school attendance.
Cabinet Member for Education and Children’s Services, Cllr Malcolm Eady, said:
“This annual event is an opportunity to celebrate the fantastic achievements of pupils in the borough, many of whom have overcome personal difficulties to excel. I enjoy it very much, as it demonstrates the wealth of talent and commitment to achieve shown by our young people. This year the bar, in terms of achievement, was raised even higher and my congratulations go to all who gained awards.”
Each borough school was invited to nominate a young person for their achievement across a range of areas, including sport, academic success and contribution to school life.
Award winners received vouchers for WHSmith and the Lion and Unicorn Bookshop in Richmond. The event was sponsored by Signs Express and was hosted by the Rugby Football Union.
View the full press release