Our success stories

Year 13 A level French student Maisie Fraser has been announced as a national runner-up in the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators, an initiative of University of Oxford’s Queen’s College Translation Exchange.

World championship medal-winner and Hills Road alumna Julia Paternain talks to us about her time at Hills Road and her recent experience at the World Championships in Tokyo.

Year 13 Sofia Olanrewaju has been shortlisted in the John Locke Essay Competition for her essay on international humanitarian law, chosen from over 60,000 entries worldwide.

Year 12 student Maggie Boyd, who studies A level German, has been recognised in the prestigious Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators, run by The Queen’s College at the University of Oxford.

The arrival of co-education at Hills Road in 1974 was a milestone for Cambridge’s sixth form education. Beverley Hines, one of the first girls to join the former Boys’ High School, shares her memories of those pioneering days.

Lizzy Fordham came second in a regional heat of the Articulation Prize 2025

Bethanie Agnes won the front cover illustration competition for the Apprenticeship Guide, with her artwork selected to feature on the upcoming edition distributed to thousands of schools and colleges across England.

Mental health advocate and podcaster Molly Smith on her time at Hills.

Amira took first place for her presentation on leveraging AI to track and analyse effects between proteostasis and cancer, at the Babraham Institute Sixth Form Conference.

Ali Kirkman, Vice-Principal of Hills Road, shares some memories.

Hills Road alumna Ellie Dixon has seen her music reach a global audience after her song “Swing” was featured as an in-app demo in Logic Pro 11, released by Apple.

Amira is a Y13 student who studies Art, Latin, History - Rights, Race and Revolutions. On 20 March 2024, she took part in the grand final of the Articulation Prize, which took place in the British Library.

Congratulations Nola on this incredible achievement. We can’t wait to see you represent your college and country in Brazil!

James Rayner is a Y13 student who studies History of Art, Music and Religious Studies. In 2024, he competed in the ARTiculation talks.

Y13 student, Thomas Deakin, acted as a panellist at the UKCA Cinema Conference at BFI Southbank on the 5 March. He studies English Literature, German, and History: Crisis, Conflict and Communism