Cynthia
Akpobi: Winner of the Outstanding Achievement
at GCSE award
Grades: 10 x A* and 1 x A at GCSE
School: St Angela's Ursuline School in Forest
Gate
Other: Cynthia was a member of the school's
Gospel Choir and the school council. She
won an award for her Spanish work. She received
the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh award.
Currently: Studying for A Levels
Foad Mohamed: Winner of the Outstanding
Achievement at A Level award
Grades: 4 x A at A Level
School: Thomas Tallis School in Greenwich
Other: Foad arrived in the UK from Somalia
aged nine, having not been taught to read
or write. He served as a translator for
Somali parents at school. He was chairperson
of the school council and captain of the
football team.
Currently: Studying Medicine at Oxford University
Sydney Vieira: Winner of the Outstanding
Achievement at A Level award
Grades: 4 x A and 1 x B at A Level
School: St Dominic's Sixth Form College
in Middlesex
Other: Sydney volunteered with Mencap helping
to run a Saturday playgroup for autistic
children.
Currently: Studying at King's College London
David Charles: Winner of the Outstanding
Achievement at Higher Education award
Grades: First Class degree in Biology
School: Imperial College London
Other: David was Vice-President of the Royal
College of Science Student Union. He also
mentored other students.
Currently: Continuing his studies at Imperial,
he is now President of the Royal College
of Science Student Union
Shardae Smith: Winner of the Outstanding
Achievement at Higher Education award
Grades: First Class degree in Mathematics
and Statistics with Finance
School: Queen Mary's, University of London
Other: Shardae volunteered for a charity
mentoring schoolchildren from Hackney
Currently: Working for the charity full-time
before taking up a post as a trainee actuary
Award
Winners - London
Schools and the Black Child Awards 2007
Kalil Rouse: Winner of the Outstanding Achievement
at GCSE award
Grades: 11 x A* and 1 x A
at GCSE
School: Queen Elizabeth's School in Barnet
Other: Kalil won an award for his rugby-playing
at school. He was also involved in the school
choir.
Currently:
Lasian Palmer-Stephenson: Winner of the
Outstanding Achievement at GCSE award
Grades: 10 x A*, 4 x A and 1 x
B at GCSE
School: Phoenix High School in Hammersmith
Other: Lasian was the chair of the school
council, she was head girl and she was the
vice-chair of the youth parliament.
Currently: Completed A Levels in Psychology,
Philosophy, History and English Literature.
Would like to have a year out before going
to university
Martin Edobor: Winner of the Outstanding
Achievement at A Level award
Grades: 3 x A at A Level
School: Seven Kings High School in Ilford
Other: Martin achieved on of the top 10
scores in the country in his Psychology
exam. He was a peer mentor for primary school
students, he volunteered with mentally ill
patients in a local hospital and with elderly
people at a local care home.
Currently: Studying Medicine at University
College London
Gbemi Coker: Winner of the Outstanding Achievement
at A Level award
Grades: 3 x A at A Level and 1
x A at AS Level
School: Wallington High School in Wallington
Other: Gbemi was head girl at her school.
She was a member of the gospel choir and
she took part in the peer-support programme.
Currently: Studying at Pembroke College,
University of Oxford
Robert Knox: Winner of the Outstanding Achievement
in Higher Education award
Grades: First Class degree in Law
School: Downing College, University of Cambridge
Other: Robert was one of the few students
to gain an Arts and Humanities Research
Council scholarship to fund his postgraduate
research
Currently: Studying for his PhD at Cambridge.
Robert came fifth in the year for his exams
last year and was awarded the Clive Parry
Prize for International Law
Yvette Gyamfi: Winner of the Outstanding
Achievement in Higher Education award
Grades: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor
of Surgery; First Class degree in Medical
Genetics
School: St George's, University of London
Other: Yvette was a member of the editorial
board of the student magazine. She trained
as a clinical skills demonstrator to help
other students with their work and she trained
as an assessor of pre-clinical students.
Award
Winners - London
Schools and the Black Child Awards 2006
Tendai Sibanda: Winner of the Outstanding
Achievement at GCSE award
Grades: 12 x A*, 1 x A and 1
x B
School: Phoenix High School, Hammersmith
Other: Tendai's teachers admired his ability
to set himself challenging targets and his
focus.
Abiola Ogunbiyi: Winner of the Outstanding
Achievement at GCSE award
Grades: 10 x A* and 2 x B
School: Wallington High School for Girls
Other: Abiola was a keen musician at school
- playing the piano to grade 6 and the flute
to grade 8 and singing in the choir. Her
Textiles GCSE was in the top five marks
in the country.
Alex Mbaya: Winner of the Outstanding Achievement
at A Level award
Grades: 2 x A and 2 x B at A Level
School: Hackney Community College
Other: Alex had only been in the UK and
learning English for two years when he took
his A Levels.
Currently: Working at Goldman Sachs
Annique Simpson: Winner of the Outstanding
Achievement at A Level award
Grades: 4 x A at A Level
School: St Charles Catholic Sixth Form
Other: Annique undertook work experience
writing visual reports on arts event for
the BBC. She also mentored disadvantaged
young people in London.