Top awards for Durbanville school’s Class of 2022

Keanan Harmse|Published 2 years ago

Laura Brink won the “top in the world” award, for art and design and scored a “high achievement” for A-level English literature at the Cambridge International Awards last week. This photo was taken at Oxford University in the UK where she is currently studying English literature.

Reddam House Durbanville's Class of 2022 scooped one “top in the world” award and 11 “top in South Africa” awards at the Cambridge International Awards last week.

Victor Vermeulen took the “best across three A-levels” award and came first in South Africa, with a 94.7% aggregate, for chemistry, maths and physics.

Minkyum Kim, with an 96.4% aggregate average, was the best across eight English language-based secondary qualification subjects and achieved first place in South Africa in the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) category.

Laura Brink, who won the “top in the world” award for art and design and scored a “high achievement” for A-level English literature, said, “It is a wonderful and surreal honour. I completed my A-level art coursework in a feverish three months last year, so it almost felt like a dream until I heard the news and it became concrete.”

She’s currently tackling her first year of studies in English literature at Oxford University in the UK.

Rafael Montero da Silva (91%) scored a “high achievement” for AS-Level Spanish.

“One thing I did to maximise my results was to engage fully in the Spanish language. Every day I would watch the news in Spain on TV, read a book I liked or have conversations with my family,” he said.

Reddam House Durbanville executive head Barry Nieuwoudt said: “Every year we are overwhelmed by the tenacity, determination and competitive spirit of our Cambridge International students, and this year is no exception. We thank our teaching staff for their dedication and congratulate our top achievers on their exceptional results.”