Varndean College Cambridge Chemistry Competition Success
Varndean College students have once again competed in Cambridge University’s annual C3L6 Chemistry Competition and yet again won an impressive array of copper, silver and gold awards. Thirty-six Varndean students were granted awards; 1 gold, 15 silver and 20 copper. This represented just under 50% of first year International Baccalaureate Diploma students and 63% of […]
World-beating scores yet again for Varndean College IB Students
Varndean College is once again celebrating outstanding International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma results, with this year’s cohort of students bound for leading universities including Durham, Bristol, UCL, Warwick, York, Sheffield and Leeds. Waiting for decisions from: Oxford, Cambridge, Exeter, Imperial College, Edinburgh, King’s College London, St Andrews Star performers include Anya Rehman-Wood (ex Downlands School), whose […]
Varndean College Science Student wins UK ‘Young Scientist of the Year’ Award
Varndean College Science student Anya-Niamh Tidey has just been announced as the winner of Uptree’s ‘Young Scientist of the Year’ Future Talent Award. Sponsored by the NHS, the award recognises students who have made the most progress on their science career journey. Anya-Niamh first reached the final ten nominees, then made it down to the […]
Varndean College student Jude Birch makes BAFTA finals
Varndean College Computer Science student Jude Birch is one of 11 UK finalists in the ’15-18 years Game Making’ category of The British Academy of Film and Television’s (BAFTA) nationwide competition to find the country’s best young game designers. The competition was open to young people aged between 10-18 to submit game designs and concepts […]
Varndean College Visual Arts Summer Exhibition
Varndean College Visual Arts Department supports the work of more than two hundred A Level Photography, Art, Textile Design, Graphic Design and 3D-Design students from Brighton, Hove, Sussex and further afield; and on Friday 7 June – Tuesday 11 June opens its doors to the public to come and view the students’ work at its […]
Asia Trip for International Manager
Our International Manager, Shaun Clark, has just returned from visiting Shanghai in China where he spent time visiting four schools, two existing partner schools and two potential new ones. After giving several presentations, he interviewed eleven prospective students, as well as securing students for Varndean College’s International Summer Programme. Shaun said: “I was particularly excited […]
Varndean College Textile Students’ Success at Knitting and Stitching Show, London
Our A Level Textiles students recently attended the Knitting and Stitching Show at London’s Olympia and a number of them entered the show’s Dressmaking Competition which had three categories: ‘A Dress from your Stash’, ‘Go Green’ and ‘Upcycle old into New’. We are pleased to congratulate Spencer Thornton (Year 2) and Mia Brimilcombe-Cowie (Year 1) […]
Varndean College Student Successes in UK Maths Challenge
Students at Varndean College achieved 4 golds, 10 silvers and 11 bronzes in this year’s UKMT Senior Maths Challenge. Over 80,000 pupils from across the UK returned scripts with the top 10% receiving a gold certificate, the next 20% silver and the next 30% bronze. Approximately 7,000 of the top students are invited to sit […]
Beijing Bayi School Visit
The College welcomed 80 visitors from China’s Beijing Bayi School yesterday, who were visiting Brighton as part of a UK cultural tour. They enjoyed seeing our beautiful college and learning more about our successful A Star project. Following a tour of the college and lunch in our canteen, they then attended a presentation in the […]
Varndean College Film Studies students study ‘La La Land’ at Lewes Depot Cinema
Thirty Varndean College first and second year A Level Film Studies students attended a ‘La La Land’ Explore Film workshop course at Lewes Depot Cinema on January 17th. In her lecture, Faye Pirate explored Chazelle’s modern musical ‘La La Land’, which was accompanied by a screening of this film that nearly won the Best Film […]