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Last term, some Year 8 girls took part in a cybersecurity challenge run by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), which is part of GCHQ. The aim of the competition was to inspire girls aged 12 and 13 to pursue their interests in technology and take up a career in cyber security, where women make up just 22% of the workforce.

This year’s contest, which was entered by over 8,700 girls from across the UK, saw students tackle challenges covering topics from cryptography and logic to artificial intelligence and networking in the initial qualifying round.

Nower Hill had three teams that took part in the first round and we are really proud of the effort they put in to try something new. They answered questions after school over 10 days. They spent time after school working together as team to tackle problem-solving questions they had never seen before.

TEAM 8A	TEAM 8B	TEAM 8C - FINALISTS
Neguin	Sofiyah	Aimee
Aanya	Kalyani	Garima
Rayiann	Nusaybah	Dhanya
Shiann	Ishika	Niamh

We were very fortunate to have team 8C go through to the final due to their resilience, teamwork, and commitment to trying something new. Nower Hill was amongst the 130 schools that made it to the final, which took place on the 4th of February at Deloitte’s in the City of London. 

In the finals, the girls worked diligently on more cybersecurity challenges, and came overall 5th in the London contingent, which was made up of 12 schools. We are incredibly proud of their perseverance and achievement and hope they gained some valuable skills in the process. They were presented with a certificate for reaching the finals as well some professional goodies from Deloitte.

Well done and congratulations to Aimee, Garima, Dhanya and Niamh.. They truly are remarkable ambassadors for lighting the way in encouraging more female students into STEM. Thank you girls for your professionalism, determination and hard work on this remarkable journey!

Miss Athwal, Head of KS3 Computing