Head Boy and Head Girl for next academic year at Malet Lambert have been announced as Year 10 pupils Jacob and Yasmin, with Evie and Thomas taking on the roles of deputy heads.
Sixteen candidates from Year 10 put themselves forward for the roles, and took part in a whole day selection process.
All candidates scored well but the top four were so close that Head of School, Mr Sprakes, decided to create deputy head positions for Evie and Thomas.
Mr Sprakes said: “The competition to become our next Head Boy and Head Girl this year was huge. We had a total of 16 candidates, all with wonderful qualities.
"The pupils were judged on eight activities, involving a number of staff, pupils and governors. The activity that makes me particularly proud is the presentation to staff.
"We understand it can be quite daunting, but being a competent public speaker is key to the role. All of the pupils did a fantastic job, the staff were wowed and the ranking decision was extremely difficult.
"I will be writing to all of the candidates to congratulate them. Those who were unsuccessful will now be in a great position to interview for House Captain, which will be the next role advertised this half term. Once again our fantastic pupils continue to make us proud."
All pupils had to put forward their vision for the school, amongst which were proposals to increase funding for extracurricular clubs, provide counselling sessions for pupils, and stress management classes.
Yasmin and Jacob were both delighted to have been chosen to take on this role.
Yasmin said, "This is completely unexpected but I'm very pleased. Everyone performed so well. It really could have been anyone's game."
Jacob was equally honoured, commenting, "I'm glad to be leading a great arrangement of pupils at Malet Lambert. I'm particularly proud to have come this far through a difficult selection process."
Evie and Thomas also both spoke of how much it meant to have achieved the positions of deputy heads.
The four pupils will take the helm of the Pupil Leadership Team, alongside the soon-to-be-elected House Captains of our new house system.
Their first official meeting will be in the next couple of weeks.