MCS celebrates former pupils making an impact during Covid19

Nothing makes MCS prouder than hearing about Old Waynfletes making a difference. The school has been celebrating former pupils carrying out important roles during the COVID-19 crisis with the hashtag #ThankYouFromMCS on the school Instagram, Twitter and Facebook accounts.

Recent OWs to feature include:

William Wynell-Mayow (OW 2009)

William is an Orthopaedic Registrar at West Middlesex Hospital.

Matt Field (OW 1995)

Matt, a former Head of School, is now British Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina and is playing a vital role in coordinating the government response there.

Read more about Matt’s work here.

Russell Barker (OW 1979)

Russell is an Anaesthetic Technician at North Shore Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand.

Alex Black (OW 2011)

Alex is working on the COVID-19 team at Bristol Royal Infirmary.

Miranda Rogers (OW 2014)

“I’ve graduated early and am now working in the Paediatric department in the John Radcliffe Hospital covering the junior doctor workload (as the juniors have been drafted to critical care). Here I am at my surreal graduation – at work, with my mortarboard, scrubs and bleep…”

Harry Potts (OW 2014)

Cambridge medic Harry Potts (OW 2014) also completed his education early to join Addenbrookes Hospital on the Respiratory ward.

Livvy Hitch (OW 2013)

Here is Livvy Hitch (OW 2013), who is a FY1 Junior Doctor at Ninewalls Hospital in Dundee.

Joe Wilson (OW 2016)

And this is Joe Wilson (OW 2016), a fourth-year medical student currently volunteering at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

Tom Sullivan (OW 2011)

Tom Sullivan (OW 2011) trained in Medicine at Clare Cambridge and Imperial. He is now working at the Royal London Hospital as a clinical fellow in major trauma surgery, though currently redeployed onto the Intensive Care unit as part of the hospital’s response to COVID-19.

Adam Sullivan (OW 2009)

Adam Sullivan (OW 2009) read Natural Sciences at Queens’ Cambridge and then trained as a medic. Adam is currently working on a medical COVID-19 ward at Whipps Cross Hospital alongside studying for a Masters in Public Health and Epidemiology at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Emily Black (OW 2015), John Black (OW 2018)

“Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, my brother (John Black, OW 2018) and I’s (Emily Black, OW 2015) clinical studies have both been suspended. I am going into my final year of Dental School at Bristol, and John is just finishing his second year studying Medicine at Leeds. Now we are living back at home, we both made a decision to start working for the NHS 111 service. Originally taking calls specifically related to COVID-19, we undertook a fast-tracked 2 weeks of training with the South Central Ambulance Service before going solo taking calls from the general public. After a few weeks of taking calls, we have just undergone another 3 weeks of upskilling training and we are now both trained to take all 111 calls solo. While it can be quite challenging at times, particularly while juggling an online term and exams with the Dental and Medical schools, we have both found the experience very rewarding.”

William Graydon (OW 2007) aka 220 KID

William Graydon (OW 2007), aka 220 KID, cycled for 22 hours in aid of FareShare, aiming to provide 22,000 meals for children who haven’t been able to receive their school lunches. You can read more about his journey and donate on his JustGiving page.

220 KID was no. 6 in the charts in May with “Don’t need love“.

Lizzie Battrum (nee Reavley) (OW 2012)

“I am teaching geography at a large 11-18 academy to the East of Nottingham. Our remote teaching involves turning the content and skills we would have been doing in the classroom into documents for each lesson which students can work through themselves and submit for marking and feedback. It’s taken time to adjust to this version of ‘teaching’ and I definitely miss the interactions of a normal classroom! I’ve also been spending time planning next year’s curriculum, contacting my tutees to ensure they and their families have all the support they need, and going into school to support key workers’ children. It’s definitely been busy!”

Jules Marshall (OW 1990)

Transport engineer Jules Marshall (OW 1990), who was designated as a Key Worker by the Government from day 1 of lockdown, has been keeping traffic light systems across Britain and Ireland going. Jules has spent the last 5 years connecting traffic lights up via the internet, meaning that now most of his team’s work can be done from home!

“I can only thank Mr Summerton for his passion in sparking my computer career. It’s been a long journey from those BBC Model B computers joined together by ECONET in the 80’s to what I’m doing now of linking up lights via 3/4/5G mobile networks”

Clive Peedell (OW 1990)

OW Clive Peedell (1990) for his tireless work as a Consultant Clinical Oncologist at James Cook Hospital, Middlesbrough, who has been adapting radiotherapy services in the response the pandemic.

Annie Robinson (OW 2012)

“I’m a Maths teacher and Head of Year 8 (I still think of it as third form…!) at a secondary academy for age 11-16 students In Fulham, London. Throughout lockdown, I’ve been finding my way through the maze that is online teaching, whilst going into school regularly as part of our duty of care to our vulnerable students and children of keyworkers.”

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Please join us in celebrating our former pupils on the frontline of this pandemic. If you hear about an Old Waynflete making an impact email us and we will make sure they are celebrated by the school community.