WHEN it comes to spelling in French, a Kenilworth School pupil is top class.
Madison Runacre won the French competition at the Foreign Languages Spelling Bee at Cambridge University.
The spelling bee is for all year 7 students studying French, German or Spanish in England, and Kenilworth School has been taking part since 2015.
The school’s students have qualified for the National Final at Cambridge University every year, and last year Isabel Blunt came second.
This year more than 17,000 students countrywide were entered for the competition, and Madison Runacre and Oliver Menon came first and second in the West Midlands Regional Final in order to qualify for the National Final.
This took place on June 27, during which the finalists were tested on 300 words and were pitted against 33 other competitors.
The objective is to be able to spell as many words as possible in French in one minute.
Madison qualified for the top four and had to spell again in front of an audience of around 200 students, parents, and teachers, where she achieved the top score along with the students who won the German and Spanish competitions.
Headteacher Darren Nicholas said: “I am absolutely delighted to congratulate Madison on this incredible achievement — winning the National Spelling Bee at Cambridge University is a testament to her determination, talent and the hours of hard work she has clearly put in. She should be so proud of this fantastic achievement.”
