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- Dr Paul McKeating (Head of Chemistry)
- Dr Mehnaaz Lomas
- Dr Dilip Joshi
- Mr Eric Nicol
- Mr David Ricahrds
- Mrs Elena Kallas
What we do:
The Chemistry department is staffed by 5 full-time Chemistry teachers and 2 excellent dedicated technicians. This means that we can do demanding, engaging and exciting Chemistry with all age groups. Year 12 girls run a science club for younger students, where novel experiments can be carried out including making volcanoes, crystals, slime and explosions. Sixth form students also get involved with symposium talks and debates in collaboration with other schools. Younger students are involved in the science club and we have started to do the CREST award for young scientists to take on more involved projects.
We teach Chemistry from year 8 to year 13. All students take IGCSE double award science at 16 as we believe this gives them a solid foundation for further study without requiring them to narrow their options at too young an age. In the sixth form we teach both the IB diploma course (at higher and standard levels) and Edexcel A level specification. The subject is a very popular sixth form choice, with nearly half the cohort studying it, and students leave to do degrees in a variety of disciplines such as economics, pure sciences and medicine. Students should finish their school Chemistry studies with the ability to make sense of the physical world around them.
Extra curricular activities:
Students of all ages are encouraged to do Chemistry outside school, be it the Chemistry Olympiad competition, the Cambridge Chemistry Challenge, Salters' Festivals of Chemistry, the Top of the Bench competition as well as lectures at a variety of London university departments or analytical competitions.
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