The Academy annual Senior Prize giving was held recently on the evening of 5th June. This prize giving is to highlight the achievements of our Senior Students across all subject areas, academic and vocational. It also recognises those students who have demonstrated the qualities we aspire our young pupils to develop throughout there time at the Academy with awards and trophies presented across a number of areas.
Below is a list of our winners of the Senior School Open Awards:
| Open Prize Awards – Prizegiving 2025 | ||||
| Subject | Award | Sub-category | Winner | Year |
| English | Rotary Youth Speaks Award | Senior | Rebekah Wellby | S4 |
| Social Subjects | Outstanding Contribution to Social Subjects by an S6 Pupil | Senior | Harry Durham | S6 |
| Art | The John Halliday Award for Excellence in the Arts | Senior | Iona White | S6 |
| Tech | Rotary Cup for best pupil in Technical subjects certificate only | Senior | Stewart Walker | S5 |
| Music | The John Womersley Award for Music | Senior | Katie Bentall | S6 |
| Tech | Francis Gibson Memorial Trophy for Excellence in Woodworking | Senior | Alfie Grant | S4 |
| English | Peter Cook Memorial Prize for Non-Fiction | Senior | Hazel Dempster | S4 |
| RMPS | Senior RMPS Trophy | Senior | Hazel Dempster | S4 |
| PE | Erskine Trophy for best 5th year Higher PE pupil | Senior | Beth Hutchison | S5 |
| Music | The Mitchell Award for Music | Senior | Thomas D’Haen | S4 |
| PE | The Fitzgerald Trophy Awarded to overall commitment to school sport | Senior | Caiden Baty | S6 |
| Art | The Margaret Kelly Design Prize | Senior | Iris Moodie | S6 |
| Engineering Science | Shell Award for Excellence in Engineering Science £50 | Senior | Noah Crudgington | S5 |
| Health and Food | Helen Jamieson Memorial Prize for Health and Food Technology | Senior | Eliza Scott | S4 |
| SFL | The Sloan Award for outstanding progress | Senior | James Wallace | S5 |
| Sport | The Alan Lamont Trophy Senior Boys 100m | Senior | Charlie Shields | S4 |
| Sport | The David Phillips Memorial Trophy Senior Boys 800m | Senior | Nathanael Wellby | S6 |
| Sport | The Caven Cup Challenge (Senior Pentathalon) | Senior | Jethro Grounsell | S6 |
| Maths | Killey Awards | Senior | Hannah Chen | S6 |
| Maths | Killey Awards | Senior | Lucy Davies | S6 |
| Maths | Killey Awards | Senior | Conner Clark | S6 |
| Maths | Killey Awards | Senior | Logan Poland | S6 |
| Maths | Killey Awards | Senior | Finlay Duncan | S5 |
| Maths | Killey Awards | Senior | Angus Valentine | S5 |
| All | BP Awards for Leadership | Senior | Hazel Dempster | S4 |
| All | Rector Medal | Senior | Murray Patterson | S4 |
| All | Rector Medal | Senior | Ryan Hind | S5 |
| All | Rector Medal | Senior | Chloe Sutherland | S6 |
| All | Rector Medal | Senior | Nathanael Wellby | S6 |
| All | Rector Medal | Senior | Bruce Copeman | S6 |
| All | Rutherfurd Medal for Leadership | Senior | Emilie Sutherland | S5 |
| All | Edward Shamash Memorial Trophy | Senior | Caiden Baty | S6 |
| All | John Brown Memorial Trophy for outstanding contribution to the corporate life of the school | Senior | Hannah Chen | S6 |
| All | Frank C Triebler for the 6th year girl showing outstanding qualities of leadership and character | Senior | Iona White | S6 |
| All | Proxime Accessit – Runner Up to Dux of the School | Senior | Lucy Davies | S6 |
| All | The Hamilton Prize for Dux of School | Senior | Hannah Chen | S6 |
The evening also gives us the opportunity to say a final farewell to our departing Sixth Year Students with the traditional Leaving Ceremony, where upon receiving their Certificates the students will depart through the doors of the school for one last time.
