Classics Prize

One of our A Level Classicists has received a Pearson & Silver Award from the Girls’ Day School Trust.

Lower Sixth student Izzy, currently studying Classical Greek, English, Latin and Maths, plans to use the prize money from the award to attend a Greek summer camp to prepare for A Levels and explore the subject more widely. Each year, the Pearson & Silver committee awards a number of prizes to GDST pupils to assist towards the cost of attending courses with a classical content. Entries are judged based on academic excellence in classical subjects, commitment to studying a classical subject at university and contribution to school life.  This year, eleven prizes were awarded nationally.

The Pearson & Silver Awards are just some of the many prestigious scholarships available exclusively to GDST pupils. The awards are named after Nancy Silver, a classicist and former GDST Head, and Bertram Pearson, a former member of the Council of the Trust, who left a share of his estate to the GDST for the purpose of promoting the study and pursuit of classical learning in Greek and Latin.