Niall Finch:A mOst Talented Student has been Awarded

The One and Only!!Robert Smyth School a most talented student from Harborough's has been awarded a prestigious Arkwright Scholarship.
Niall Finch, he is six-teen years old, of Horseshoe Lane, Great Bowden, was chosen to receive the scholarship, for which only 22.8 per cent of applicants are successful, after passing an aptitude paper.

He demonstrated an original and creative approach to solving engineering design problems and presented GCSE work to a panel of interviewers at Imperial College in London.

Niall will carry the status of Arkwright Scholar through university and will get £225 a year from the Arkwright Trust through his A-levels for books or materials.

He said he was nervous before the interviews and added: “I’d never been to a proper interview before so I didn’t really know what to expect. It was alright in the end though, everyone was really nice”.

There were 743 applicants from 232 schools and 170 scholarships were awarded. The Arkwright Trust was formed in 1990 and is named after 18th century inventor and industrialist Sir Richard Arkwright.

Niall is studying for his GCSEs and says he would like to pursue a career in engineering in future. He intends to take A-Levels in maths, physics, product design and music technology.