Elliott Hudson College students have competed at the British Biology Olympiad 2025 last month, securing a total of 10 medals in their second year of competition, demonstrating their strong understanding of science and analytical thinking skills. The students earned 1 gold, 1 silver, and 3 bronze medals, along with 3 commendations. Their remarkable achievement highlights the students’ strong commitment to academic excellence in the sciences.

The British Biology Olympiad is a national competition for A level Biology students to test their biological knowledge, problem solving and logical thinking skills. It consists of 2 x 45-minute online tests of significant challenge in a very competitive field.

A special congratulations goes to the following students, for securing commendations, bronze, silver and gold medals:

• Commended – Larina Sabah, Alessandro Luis Te Cabral and Agnes Chan
• Bronze – Ava Braddock, Eshaal Masood, Harley Mortimer
• Silver – Eva Lako-Tombe
• Gold – Jamel Powell

This is an incredible achievement, as receiving a gold award places Jamel amongst the top 5% of 18,500 participants who competed from over 1,050 schools across the UK this year. Earning gold has also secured him an invitation to compete for one of four spots on the National Olympiad team in the next round. If successful, he will represent the UK at the International Biology Olympiad in the Philippines in July 2025—an exciting opportunity for Jamel!

Eva and Eshaal, both in Year 12, have earned their silver and bronze medals while competing against a mix of Year 12 and Year 13 students. We eagerly anticipate seeing what they can achieve if they compete again in 2026 as Year 13 students.

Participation medals were awarded to Janaan Hashi, Mohammed Raheem Bashir, Daniel Chu, Adele Wilson, Hadya Saeedi, Innocent Furawu, and all students who took part have now been given a free 12-month subscription to the Royal Society of Biology online student platform to help in their studies.

One of the Y12 students, Eva Lako-Tombe, had this to say about their experience:
“Doing the Biology Olympiad was a vital opportunity to test my problem-solving skills and a way to develop experiences that I can include on my UCAS personal statement. I’d definitely advise future students to do the Biology Olympiad next year as it is a great way to challenge yourself.”

“We are incredibly proud of all our students who took part in the Biology Olympiad. Their ability, commitment and enthusiasm for the subject shows and their success is a testament to their dedication and passion,” said Biology Subject Leader, Mrs Groom. “Competing at a national level is no small feat, and we hope this achievement inspires more students to take on new academic challenges in the future.”