Former Wickersley School student awarded Feoffees scholarships for university studies

A CHARITY which hands out scholarships to promising students praised the “very high” standard of candidates as it gave a helping hand to a rising science whizz and a promising history student.

Jack Crossthwaite, who is reading chemical engineering at Cambridge University, was selected for the Harold Bridges Scholarship, along with Finn Thompson, a history student at Durham University.

Both are former Wickersley School students and received their £1,000 grants from the Feoffees of the Common Lands of Rotherham, the town’s long-running charity.

Secretary Ann Ogley said: “The level of the candidates was again very high, with impressive A level results and places obtained at university.”

Jack is pictured with Little Greave (in effect the vice-chair) of the Feoffees, Nigel Elmhirst.

Awards are open to final year A level students in Rotherham attending Rotherham sixth forms.

Students need to write a personal statement, and their application needs to be through the educational establishment and supported with a written statement from a tutor.

Qualifying students will have achieved exceptional A level grades and have secured a place at University to read either English, foreign languages or history for the Feoffees Scholarship, and physics, chemistry, mathematics or engineering for the Harold Bridges Scholarship.