Molly Corrigan runner up for Whitbread Memorial Prize

Molly Corrigan and Anusia Battersby

Molly Corrigan, a student at Beech House School, has been voted runner up for the Whitbread Memorial Prize after the ISA Academic Policy Committee met to adjudicate this year's nominations.

The Whitbread Memorial Prize is awarded for the best GCSE results in an independent school in the country.

Beech House School students Anusia Battersby and Molly Corrigan were both nominated for the prize after they achieved an excellent set of GCSE results with a total of 25 grade A and A* results between them. This is the first time that pupils from Beech House has been nominated for this award.

A spokesperson for Beech House School said: “It was an extremely challenging task to decide between a selection of the most highly-achieving students in the country. We were delighted that Molly Corrigan was voted runner up in this prestigious national award.”